XCIV. ACANTHACB^. 819 



to J 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, 6192. 



19. LEPIDAGATHIS WUld.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 1101. 



1. I. pallescens S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 308, C. B. 01. 

 in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 127. 



Pungo Andongo. — A strictly erect herb, apparently perennial, with 

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

 Qnitage, rather sparingly ; fl. March 1857. No. 5084. 



2. L. seabra 0. B. 01., Z.c, p. 139. 



NeuroLcanihus scaher Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost. Afr., 0., p. 369 

 (1895), partly. 



Pungo Andongo. — Flower whitish. In the moist forest between 

 Candumba and Mangue near the river Molemba, in company with 

 a Bambusacea (of. Oxytenanthera dbyssinica Munro ; Welw. herb. no. 

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

 No. 5104. 



20. MONOTHECIUMHochst.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 11 04, 

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



(1860); S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, p. 309; 0. B. 01. in Fl. 

 Trop. Afr. v. p. 176. 



Justida a/ristata Wall. List, n. 2481 (1830) ; Nees in Wall. PI. 

 As. Ear. iii. p. 115 (1832) ; non Vahl. Anthocometes aristaius 

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



GOLUNGO 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 1856. Nos. 5155, 5198. 

 At Galomba 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. 



Pungo Andongo. — In fr. No. 5197. 



21. BRACHYSTEPHANUS Nees ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. 

 ii. p. 1105. 



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

 Nov. 1894) ; 0. B. 01. in Fl. Trop. Afr. v. p. 179. 



Island op St. Thomas. — Leaves ranging up to 3 in. long by IJ 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. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 

 1108, excl. sect. Monechma. 



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

 Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. p. 103 (1832) ; 0. B. 01. in Fl. Trop. Afr. 

 V. p. 185 (1899). 



Adhatoda nilgherrensis Nees, I.e. A. nilgherrica Nees in DO. ' 

 Prodr. xi. p. 386 (1847). J. Betonica S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 

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



