ACANTHACE^ (S. Moore) 83 



2-5-3'0 mm. long. Flowers pale mauve. Calyx 8 mm. long, with 

 somewhat unequal segments. Corolla-tube 10 mm. long, 2 mm. 

 wide; upper lip 5 mm. long, 3" 5 mm. broad, rounded distally and 

 topped with a small 2-toothed cusp less than 1 mm. long ; lower lip 

 6" 5 X 3 '75 mm. Anther-cells linear, the upper 1-2 mm. long, the 

 lower (including the spur) 1-75 mm. Ovary l"o mm. ; style 12 mm. 

 long. Capsule 13-14 mm. long, the stipe 6 -5-8 -5 mm. long and 

 about 1 mm. wide, the seed-bearing part 2 mm. wide. Seeds brown, 

 minutely warted, the lower 1"5 mm. in diameter, the upper smaller 

 and perhaps not functional. 



A remarkable plant, unlike any African Justicia known to me. 

 It should be inserted in the genus at the end of § Gendarussa after- 

 J. glabra Koxb. 



Justicia (§ Gendarussa) Talbotii S. Moore sp. nov. Fruti- 

 culus ramis foliosis ad nodes aliquautulum tumidis minute fulvo- 

 pubesceutibus deinde glabrescentibus ; foliis satis longe breviusve 

 petiolatis ovatis apice cuspidato-acuminatis ipso obtusis ba;si obtusis 

 membranaceis supra glabris subtus in nervis minute pubescentibus ; 

 foliis floralihus paucis senioribus lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis 

 exemptis parvis lineari-lanceolatis subulatisve minute pubescen- 

 tibus ; Jiorihus submediocribus breviter pedicellatis in paniculam 

 elongatam apertam crebi'o ramosam minute pubescentem digestis; 

 bracteis bracteolisque parvis lanceolato-oblongis obtuse acutis ; 

 calycis segmentis 5 lanceolato-oblongis obtusis acutisve minute 

 pubescentibus ; corollae extus puberulae tubo calycem excedente 

 satis lato faucibus baud dilatato labio antico late rotundato- 

 obovato ultra medium diviso labium posticum ovato-deltoideum 

 apice retusum aequante ; antherarum loc. inf. incurvo-calcarato ; 

 ovario minute pubescente ; stylo incluso puberulo ; capsula inferne 

 compressa. 



Oban ; u. 1425. 



Blade of leaf at most 14 x 6*5 cm., usually 8-9 x 4-4*5 cm., 

 green when dry, somewhat paler below ; petioles of the largest leaves 

 3 cm. long, of the smaller 1 cm. or less, channelled above, minutely 

 pubescent. Pajiicle 16-29 x 5-9 cm., the main axis straight, the 

 lateral branches springing from it at about a right angle and mostly 

 2-4 cm. long. Oldest floral leaves 2 • 5-3 cm. long, 8-10 mm. broad, 

 the rest 2-10 mm. long. Floivers unilateral upon the partial inflor- 

 escences, cream-white with dark crimson lines. Pedicels 1-5 mm. 

 long. Bracts and hracteoles about 1 mm. Calyx 5 mm. long. Tube 

 of corolla 7 mm. long, 3 mm. broad ; lijjs 5 mm. long, the upper 

 nearly 5 mm. wide at the base, the lower about 4 mm. wide, with 

 lobes 3 mm. in length ; palate very intrusive. Filaments 3 mm. long. 

 Upper cell of anthers 1 • 2 mm. long, lower cell narrower, 1 • 75 mm. 

 long, including the strongly curved spur. Ovary 2 mm. long. Style 

 6 • 5 mm. long. Capsule 18 mm. long, the compressed basal part 10 mm. 

 broad, the fertile part 3*5 mm. Seeds with a brown finely warted 

 testa, about 2 mm. in diameter ; retinacula truncate. 



Near the last, but with different inflorescence and flowers. This 

 is one of the plants used by the natives to stupefy fish. 



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