820 XCIV. ACANTHACE.E. [Justicia 



Journ. Linn. Soc, vii. p. 118 (1863); non L. Nicoteha nilgher- 

 rensis Linclau in Engl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 h, p. 329 (1895). 

 HuiLLA.— In fl. No. 5043. 



2. J. andongensis C. B. CI., I.e., p. 185. 



J. Betonica S. Moore, I.e., p. 309, forma ii. p. 310; non L. 

 PuNGO Andongo. — At Mangue ; fr. No. 5111. 



3. J. versicolor 0. B. CI., I.e., p. 186. 



Nicoteha versicolor Lindau in Enijl. Bot. Jahrb. xxii. p. 118 

 (1895). 



HuiLLA. — Flowers whitish-violet in colour. In dry hilly places near 

 Pao above the river Maiomba ; fl. and fr. June 1860. No. 5049. 



4. J. tenella T. And., I.e., p. 40 ; C. B. CL, I.e., p. 187. 

 Rostellularia tenella and R. crennlata Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 



369 (1847). R. parviflora Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 481 (1849). 

 Island of St. Thomas.— In fr. Dec. 1860. No. 5200. 



5. J. Iseta S. Moore, I.e., p. 311 ; 0. B. CL, I.e., p. 188. 

 PuNGu Ani)oN(;o. — A perennial herb, 2 to 3 ft. high; rhizome 



woody ; stems numerous : flowers violet in colour. In bushy hilly 

 places between Condo and Quibonde ; fl. March 1857. No. 5108. A 

 sufErutescent herb, up to 4 ft. high ; flowers rosy-violet, very abundant. 

 Among the rocks of Fonte de Casamba in the presidium : fl. beginning 

 of May 1857. No. 5081. 



6. J. flava Vahl, Symb. Bot. ii. p. 15 (1791) ; C. B. CI, I.e., p. 

 190 ; non Kurz (1873). 



Dianthera amerieana, var. a., Forsk. Fl. ^.'Egypt.-Arab. p. 9 

 (1775); non L. (1753). B. flava Vahl, I.e., i. p. 5 (1790). ,/. 

 vlicata Vahl, Enum. i. p. 156 (1804), var.; S. Moore, I.e., p. 310. 



Lo.\NDA. — In the city ; fl. and fr. April 1854. No. 5135. At Teba ; 

 fr. Coll. Carp. 830. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — In fl. and fr. No. 5183. 



PuNc;o Andongo. — Stem creeping, rooting at the nodes : leaves 

 ranging up to 2 in. long by Ii in. broad. Fl. and fr. Dec. 1856. 

 No. 5097. Infl.-bud. No. 5074"^ 



HuiLLA. — Flowers yellow. In wooded pastures near MumpuUa ; 

 fl. and fr. Oct. 1859. No. 5035. In hilly pastures among low bushes ; 

 fl. and fr. Dec. 1859. No. 5036. 



The following No., represented by an imperfect specimen, must 

 be compared with this species ; S. Moore, I.e., p. 363, compared it 

 with his Hi/poestes callicoma : — 



HuiLLA. — Flowers ochroleucous, solitary. In the open forest 

 between Erne and Ivantrda, only one specimen : fl. and fr. end of Feb. 

 1860. No. 5060. 



7. J. Lazarus S. Moore, I.e., p. 313; C. B. CI., I.e. (ined.), n. 33. 

 ,/. insularis S. Moore, I.e., p. 341 ; non T. And. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A herb, apparently annual ; stem somewhat 

 prostrate, divaricately branched ; flowers whitish. In sandy places at 

 the banks of the river Cuango, very rare ; fl. Nov. 1854. A small 

 form of the species. No. 5211. In fl. No. 5117. Infl.andfr. No. 5143. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A herb, 3 ft. high or more, apparently annual. 



