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2. S. coNFERTUM, N. ob E. in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 105.— S. diandmm, 



N, ab E. L c. partim. 

 Hub. In pratis siccis niontium Nilgiri, Wight !, T. Anders. ; In mon- 



tibus prope Courtalarn, Wight ! 



General Walker's specimens from Ceylon in the Ilookerian 

 Herbarium, referred by Nees von Esenbeek to S. diandnm, be- 

 long to 8. Russcllianum, 



3. S. RussELLiANUM, N. ab E. in Wall. PL As. rar. iii. p. 84 ; DC. I c 

 Yariat a foliis glabrls. — S. Russelianum, Nees. 



Variat j3 foliis subserlceis. — S. subsericeum, Nees, L c. 



Hub. In locis glareosis montanis Nilgiri et Zeylania3, ad alt. 7800 ped., 



prope Ootacamund, T. Anders.; in montibus Dindygal, Wight I; 



Maisor et Camatic, G. Thomson \ ; in Zeylania, Thwaites, C F, 



2001! 



Wight's figures in the Scones/ t. 873, t. 1502, belong to this 

 species. Nees quotes Wall. No. 183 in Herb. DC. as from Nepal ; 

 but there is no specimen of this genus from the Himalaya in the 

 Wallichian Herbarium, or among the large collection of Aean- 

 thacece in the Kew Herbarium, or in the Herbarium of the 

 Calcutta Botanical Gardens. The genus is confined to southern 

 India and Ceylou. 



4. S. SETosuM, T. Anders. — Caule erecto, tetragono ; foliis ovato- 

 erenatis, apice longe aciuninatis, asperis; spicis gracilibus; bracteis 

 linearibus, calyces a^quantibus, sctoso-ciliatis, glandulosis ; calycis seg- 

 mentis ad medium coalitis ; corolla infundibuliformi, tubo coustricto 

 elongate apice curvato; staminibus fertilibus longe cxsertis; capsula 

 glabra, compressa.— Strobilantbes no. 67, herb. hid. Or. Hooh.fiL et 

 T. Thorns. 



Hub. In provinciis Maisor et Carnatic, G. Thomson] 



Planta suffruticosa, venosa. Caiilis gracilis, tetragonus, supra nodos 

 tumidus. Folia petiolata, basi oblique subcordata, valde venosa, i-^ 

 unc. longa, ^-1 unc. lata ; petiole tetragono, \-2 unc. longo. Flores 

 in ramis brevibus terminales. Bractece et calyces 3 lin. longi. ^^" 

 rolla ealyee duplo longior. Capsula calycem aequans. 



5. S. PARviFLORUM, T. Anders. Foliis ioferioribus et canlinis longis- 

 sime petiolatis, ovatis, in petiolo deeurrentibus, apice acumiuatis, 

 dentatis, glabris, foliis floralibus et ramorum plus minus sessilibus ; 

 spicis laxis, parvis,lanceolatis vel subulatis, calycem aequantibus, gla- 

 bris; calycis segmentis subulatis, corolla multo brevioribus. — Steno- 

 siphonium Russellianum, N. ab E. I c. partim. — Ruellia arcuata, 

 Wall. Cat. n. 23:34 a, b.— Strobilantbes, sp. no. 68, Herb. Ind. Orient- 



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