Barl&'ia] xciv. acanthacEjE. 81 T 



13. B. salicifolia S. Moore, I.e., p. 268 ; 0. B. CI., I.e., p. 162. 

 LiBONGO. — A slender erect undershrub, 2 to 3^ ft. high, almost a. 



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

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

 clothed with a yellowish felt ; flowers deep blue, an inch long. In 

 elevated little woods composed of Ewphorhia (of. E. CandeMrrum 

 Welw. herb. n. 641), above the petroleum mine, plentiful ; fl. mostly 

 fallen, Sept. 1858. No. 5119. An erect, branched, rigid shrub, 

 3 to 4 ft. high ; tomentum of the younger leaves sulphur-coloured ; 

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

 petroleum mine ; fr. Sept. 1858 Coll. Cakp. 833. 



PuNGO Andongo. — About Lombe and Candumba ; in fl. No. 5102. 

 About Quibinde andCondo ; in fl.-bud. No. 5103. 



This species is the Acanthacea referred to by Welw. Apontam. 

 p. 589. n. 70 (1859). 



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

 GOLXINGO 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. 5071- A 

 perennial herb ; root woody ; stem 2 to 3 ft. high, the primary 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. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 

 p. 1093. 



1. N. deeorus S. Moore in Jonrn. Bot. 1880, p. 307 (Oct.);. 

 C. B. CI. in PI. Trop. Afr. v. p. 138. 



HuiLLA. — 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 oiliate ; corolla ringent, whitish purple ; ovary 

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

 between the great lake of Ivant&la and Quilengues, rather rare ; fl. 

 end of Febr. 1860. No. 5057- 



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

 LoANDA. — A sufErutescent 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, the limb entire 

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

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

 Nos. 5171, 5064, 5125, 5128. 



17. ASYSTASIA Blume; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1094. 

 Intrusaria Eafin. PI. Tellur. iv. p. 66 (1836). 



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

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



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



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