101. ACANTHACE.E. 239 
1. Strobilanthes apricus, 7' Anders. in Benth. Fl. Hongk. 
p. 262. 
Gutzlaffia aprica, Hance in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. p. 143; Walp. Ann. 
iii. p. 214. 
Phlebophyllum aprieum, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. Dot. v. p. 131. 
Hoxakoxa (Champion! Urquhart! Wilford! Hance!). Mus. 
Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
~ 2. Strobilanthes debilis, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis, ramosa, procumbens, molliter pilosa, Ruellie 
prostrate similis sed gracilior et debilior, caulibus teretibus gra- 
cillimis flaccidis, internodiis quam folia brevioribus. Folia longe 
graciliterque petiolata, tenuia, mollia (albo-maeulata, Ford), ovali- 
oblonga vel interdum fere orbieularia, eum petiolo usque ad 
1} poll. longa, obtusa, obscure pauci-crenulata, venis obscuris. 
Flores lilacini, pulehri (teste Ford), purpurei (teste Henry), in 
axillis foliorum superiorum solitarii, subsessiles, haud pollicares, 
bracteolis 2 segmentis calycinis simillimis et fere æquantibus 
suffulti; calycis segmenta 5, subequalia, anguste lanceolata, vix 
acuta, ciliato-fimbriata, circiter 23 lineas longa; corolle parce 
pilosule tubo angusto subite ventricoso expanso, lobis brevibus 
late rotundatis subequalibus; stamina 4, leviter exserta, fila- 
mentis vix dilatatis parce pilosulis, antheris muticis liberis; ova- 
rium pilis paucis apicem versus instructum, loculis biovulatis: 
Capsula calycem paullo excedens, apice parce albo-pilosa, sepius 
2-sperma ; semina orbicularia, valde compressa, pubescentia. 
Huren: Chienshih (4. Henry!); Kwanerune: Lofaushan 
(Ford!) Herb. Kew. 
Similar to S. radicans, T. Anders., but having slender, her- 
baceous, weak stems and fringed calyx-lobes. 
3. Strobilanthes flaccidifolius, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 194; 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 481; Hance in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 116; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 
p. 468; Bretschn. Notes on some Botanical Questions on Export 
Trade of China, p. 8; G. Watt, Econom. Prod. Ind. part 2, p. 59; 
Bot. Mag. t. 6947. 
Strobilanthes Championi, T. Anders. in Beuth. Fl. Hongk. p. 261, 
Dipteracanthus ? calycinus, Champ. in Hock. Kew Journ. Bot. v. p. 133; 
W alp. Ann. v. p. 649. 
Strobilanthes flaccidus, Mann, Assam Forest Report, 1876-7, par. 135. 
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