Hijpoestes?^ xcviii. acanthace.k (c lakke). 2 40 



0-J- in. long. Heads 1-1| in. long, ovoid, terminal, densely strobilate ; 

 outer floral leaves spathulate-obovate, suddenly acuminate, rigid, clohely 

 imbricate, with 18 spikelets under each. Jiracts free, '1 outer ! in. 

 long, oblong. Sepals J in. long, free. Corolla \ in. long. Pistil 

 glabrous except for a few hairs near the top of the ovary. Capsule 

 \-\ in. long; seeds 4, tubercled. — Lindau in Engl. iV Prantl, Ptlan 

 zenfam. iv. ;] B. .')3y. 



Wile Iiand. Bongo: Addai, Schiveinfuvth, ser. 3, 30! 2553 1 



12. H. Forskaleiy R. Br. Prod. 474, in obs. Small shrub, 1-2 ft. 

 high, nearly glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves 2 by 5 in., elliptic- 

 lanceolate, acuminate to an obtuse point, midrib glabrous beneath in 

 the type form (Steiodner, l'^24), or minutely scabrous hairy in the forms 

 called II. annua and //. Kothii : petiole (»-.\ in. long. Inflorescences 

 axillary, and running into a narrow terminal panicle ; spikelets mostly 

 in unilateral cymes v,-lj in. long; floral leaf to spikelet mostly ^-/. in. 

 long, ovate. Two outer bracts of spikelet united for half their length 

 into a tube (involucre of Lindau), their free portions lanceolate, sub- 

 obtuse, minutely pubescent, without glands or long white hairs. Calyx 

 ^ in. long, tubular for J its length, minutely pubescent, scarious : seg- 

 ments 5, lanceolate, subacute. Corolla \-\ in. long, hairy without. 

 Filaments rather thick, glabrous above, hairy below ; pollen ellipsoid, 

 with ;> stopples. Pistil glabrous in the type form ; sometimes with a 

 few hairs near the top of the ovary and on the base of the style. Cap- 

 sule I in. long, those seen 2-seeded ; seeds smooth. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 163 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 49 ; Solms-Laub. in 

 Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 111,24;) ; B. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Apj^end. 

 (;2 ; Xees in DC. Prod. xi. 507 ; Zarb, Cat. Spec. Bot. Pfund. ;)2 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 394 ; Lindau in Engl, tk Prantl. Pflanzen- 

 fam. iv. :] B. 3;)o, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 371, and in Ann. I.^tit. 

 Bot. Boma, vi. (1S96) 81. //. annua, Steud. Nomencl. ed. '1. i. 791. 

 H. Rothii, T.Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 49. Justicia panicvlaUt, 

 Forsk. Fl. ^^gypt.-Arab. 4. ,/. Forskalei, Yahl, Symb. i. 2. 



Wile Ziand. Kordofan : Abou Hefe, Pj'und. Kritrea : Keren, Stctiduer, 1524 I 

 1529 : Kazen, 8000 ft., Rohlfs Sf Sleeker ! Habab, 7000 ft., Hildehrandt, 456 ! 

 Abyssinia, widely spread, b(i00-9000 it., Schimper, 29! 35! 241 \ 350 1 390! 405! 

 1861 ! Roth, 485 ! Petit ! Salt ! Pearce ! Plowden ! Somaliland : Berbera. Riva, 

 111! between Lafaru and Herer, Riva, 29! Danna Torrent. i?n-ff, S38 1 Ogaden. 

 Robecclu, 241 ! 246 ! 257 ! 



Iioiver Guinea. Angola : Huilla, Newton, 120 I Antunes, 84 ! 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Xyasaland. Kondowe to Karongii , 

 2000-6000 ft., 7^'%^'^'.' 



Also in Arabia. 



This plant is also said to grow on Kilimanjaro by Lindau ; but, as it has bfcn cun- 

 sidered merely a ghibrescent form of H. verticilldris, K. Br., it is not possible 

 to separate out either the synonymy or the distribution completely. The plant above 

 referred here from Nyasaland may belong: to II. rerlicinaris, K. Hr., var. ijlahra, 

 S. Moore. 



13. H. Hildebrandtii, Lindau in Emjl Jahrh. xx. 4S. Stt>ms, 

 and nearly the whole plant, densely and minutely canescent. Leaves 



