Pseicderantheminn] xciv. acanthace.b. >S19 



to ^ in. long ; flowers blue or deep violet-bluish. In the damp shady 

 primitive forest of Mata de Pungo in the praesidium ; fl. May 1857. 

 Nos. 5177. 5192. 



19. LEPIDAGATHISWilld.; P.eiith. <t Hook. f.Gen. Pl.ii. p. 1101. 



1. L. pallescens S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 308, C. B. CI. 

 in Kl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 127. 



Punch Andcnco. — A strictly erect herb, apparently perennial, with 

 whitish rosy flowers. In sandy places at the sides of forests near 

 Quitage, rather sparingly ; fl. March 18o7. No. 5084. 



2. L. scabra C. B. CI., I.e., p. 129. 



Neurdcanthns scaher Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost. Afr., C, p. 369 

 (189.^), partly. 



Pr.Ncio Andongo. — Flower whitish. In the moi.st forest between 

 Candumba and Mangue near the river Molemba, in company with 

 a Bambusacea (cf. Oxytenanthera ahi/ssinlca Munro ; Welw. herb. no. 

 1134) : tl.-bud and only one fl. (not seen by me), March 1857. 

 No. 5104. 



20. MONOTHECIUM Hochst.; Benth.cfcHook.f.Gen.Pl.ii.p.ll04. 

 1. M. aristatum T. And. in Thwaites, Enum. PI. Zeyl. p. 234 



(1860); S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 309; C. B. CI. in Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. v. p. 176. 



Jifsticia aristata Wall. List, n. 2481 (1830) ; Nees in Wall. PI. 

 As. liar. iii. p. 115 (1832) ; non Vahl, Anthocometes aristatus 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 312 (1847). 



GoLUNGfi Alto. — An erect herb ; rhizome woody ; leaves mem- 

 branous, bright green, much paler beneath : flowers white, caducous. 

 In wooded places among the mountains of the western Queta above 

 N-delle, not uncommon ; fl. beginning of June 1850. Nos. 5155, 5198. 

 At Calomba on the Luinha ; fr. July 1856. No. 5134. A slender 

 undershrub, with rigid flexuous branches. In shady wooded places 

 close to the rivulet Quiapoza near Sange ; imperfect inflorescence 

 affected with a gall ? Feb. 1856. Doubtfully referred here. No. 1228. 



PrN(;() Am.uxo.).— Infr. No. 5197. 



21. BEACH YSTEPHANUS Nees; Benth. ct Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 ii. p. 1105. 



1. B. occidentalis Lindau in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xx. p. 53 (16 

 Nov. 1891) ; C. K (X in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 179. 



Island ok St. Thomas. — Leaves ranging up to 3 in. long by li in. 

 broad or rather broader ; inflorescence terminal, oblong, many-flowered, 

 rather dense, 2 in. long. On the coast in wooded places ; fl.^Dec. 1860. 

 No. 5208. 



22. JUSTICIA Houst., L. ; Bentli. k Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 

 1108, vxv\. .sect. .Mouoi'lima. 



1. J. nilgherrensis Wall. List, n. 2435 (1830), and ex Nees in 

 Wall. PI. As. liar. iii. p. 103 (1832) ; C. B. CI. in Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 V. p. 185 (1899). 



Adhatodn niUjherrensis Nees, I.e. A. nilgherrica Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. p. 386 (1847). ./. lietonica S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 

 1880, p. 309, forma i. p. 310, var. neilgherriensis T. And. in 



