Harleria] xciv. acanthack.*:. 817 



l;]. B. salicifolia 8. Moore, I.e., p. 268 ; V. B. CI., I.e., p. 162. 



Lir.nx(;o. — A slender erect underslirub, '2 to 'A\ ft. high, almost a 

 shrub : stems numerous, as well as the branches bard and rigid ; 

 leaves lasting a long time, the younger ones somewhat rugose and 

 clothed with a yellowishifelt : flowers deep blue, an inch long. In 

 elevated little woods composed of I'.ujthorbia (cf. Jl. Candrluhruni 

 Welw. herb. n. G41), above the petroleum mine, plentiful ; fl. mostly 

 fallen, Sept. ISjS. No. 5119- An erect, branched, rigid shrub. 

 ?> to 4 ft. high : tomentum of the younger leaves sulphur-coloured ; 

 Mowers labiate, deep azure. In wooded mountainous places about the 

 petroleum mine ; fr. Sept. 1^58 Coll. Caki*. 833. 



PuNCd AMiiiNtjd. — About Lombe and Candnmba ; in fl. No. 5102- 

 About Quibinde and Condo : in tl.-bud. No. 5103. 



This species is the Acauthacea referred to by Welw. Apoutam. 

 p. 589. n. 70(185'.)). 



14. B. villosa S. Moore, I.e., p. 267 ; C.B. CI., I.e., p. 164. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A subscandent herb, 4 ft. high; corolla bluish : 

 two of the stamens elongated with anthers of a deep violet colour. 

 Among the eastern Queta mountains, fl. June 1856. No. 6071. A 

 perennial herb ; root woody : stem 2 to 3 ft, high, the {)rimary one 

 rather erect, the others ascending ; calyx tetraphyllous, two of the 

 segments lanceolate one of which is bifid at the apex, the other two 

 linear : corolla milk-bluish, the tube pale yellowish, the lobes of the 

 limb bluish, marked with violet lines inside; stamens 5, two of them 

 fully developed, the other three much shorter, one of these without 

 an anther and two with anthers much smaller than those of the 

 longer stamens but nevertheless polliniferous. In elevated bushy 

 rather dry places in Sobato de Quilombo ; fl. middle of July 1856. 

 No. 5070. 



16. NEURACANTHUS Nees ; Benth. ct Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 

 p. 1093. 



1. N. decorus S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 307 (Oct.); 

 C. B. CI. in Fl. Ti-op. Afr. v. p. 138. 



HriLLA. — A perennial herb, 10 to 18 in. high ; root rather thick ; 

 stems several, strictly erect ; leaves somewhat rigid, dark green above, 

 yellowish green beneath : flowers spicate : bracts with long cilia on 

 the margin ; calyx-lobes ciliate; corolla ringent, whitish purple ; ovary 

 ellipsoidal, acuminate at both ends. In hilly rocky bushy places 

 between the great lake of Ivantala and Quilengues, rather rare : fl. 

 end of Febr. LSGO. No. 5057. 



2. N. scaber S. Moore, I.e., p. 307 ; C. B. CI., I.e., p. 138. 

 LdAM'A. — A suffrutescent herb ; rootstock woody : stems 6 to 15. 



somewhat erect or ascending ; flowers from milk-white to very pale 

 bluish : corolla almost salver-.shaped, the tube straight, tlie limb entire 

 plane-subconcave and nearly square. In the more elevated hilly parts 

 of the district ; near Boa Yista : fl. and fr. end of May 1858. 

 Nos. 5171, 5064. 5125. 5128. 



17. ASYSTASIA lUume; Benth. & Hook. f. Cen. V\. ii. p. 1094. 

 I„tr»mr„' Katiu. Fl. Tellnr. iv. p. 66 (1836). 



1. A. coromandeliana Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. p. 89 

 (1832) ; C. B. CI. in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 131 (1899). 



Justicia gangetica L. Cent. PI. alt. p. 3, n. 102 (2 Jiin<^ 1756). 



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