DB. T. AJfDEHSOX ON INDT.^Jf ACA>'TnACE^. 4G5 



Herba ceteris specieLus minor. Folia acuminata^ Lasi obliqua, in pe- 

 tiolo decurrentia, grosse dentata, 1-2 unc. longa, 1-1 ^ unc. lata, 

 petiolo foliis s^cpe duplo longiore. Bractece 2-3 lin. longa*. Corolla 

 infundibulifonnisj tubo gracili 4 lin. longo. Stamina 4, 2 exserta, 



I possess several specimens of this species. It is easily dis- 

 tinguished by tlie smalliiess of all the parts of the inflorescence, 

 but especially of the corolla. 



XTI. STHo:BiLANxni:s, Bhtme, 



Sect. I. Endopogon. Flares sjncati, Spic(e elongatcBy plus minus ter- 

 minales axillaresquey plerumque erectcc sed nunquam omnino axil- • 

 lares ^ Bractece imhricat<e, 



1. S. coxsANGuiXEUS, 7\ Auders. in Tkwaites^s Enum, PL ZeyL 

 p. 226, cum syn, 



Variat « foliis glabris. — S. hypoleucus, T, Anders. I. c. 



Variat /3 foliis hypolcucis. 



Hab, In montibus ludias australis et Zeylaniic ; in montibus Nilgiri ad 

 portam "Coonoor" dictara, Beddomel; in montibus Diiuligul et 

 Maisor, JVight in herb. Wall. 240S a, b, c ; in montibus Concan, 

 Gibsonl; Zeylanise, in provincia Maturatte, alt. 3000 ped., Tkwaites, 

 C. P. 2002 ! partim, 2897 ! var. Lypoleucus. 



2. S. NiGRESCENS, T. Anders. L c. 



Hab. In Zeylania in provincia Ambagamowa, alt. 3000 pad., Tliwaites, 

 ' C. P. 3353 ! 



3. S. viscosus, T. Anders. I c. cum 5j/n.— Endoj)ogon versicolor, 

 ' Wight, Icon. t. 1-1.97, excL descripiione. 



Hab. In montibus Anamallay, Eeddome, n. fi!)!; in provincia centrali 



Zeylania;, Thwaites, C. P. 2002 partm ! et 2898 ! 



4. S. cuspiDATUS, T.^nJers.— Eudopogoncuspidatus, Bfwf A. iwLzwn^fl, 

 xxiv. p. 646. 

 t. 1497 {excL icone). 



Hab. In montibus Nilgiri, Wight !, Hohenacker. 



I have seen the specimen, in Wight's herbarium, from which 

 the figure no. 1497 of the ' Icones ' was taken. The specimen 

 belongs to Strobilanthes viscosus ] but the description refers to >§. 

 cii^pidatits. 



5. S, KuNTHiANUS, T. ^ncZer^.— Phlebophyllum Kunthianum, N. ah 

 E. in Wall, PL As. rar. iii, p. 75 et 83, cum syn. 



Hab. In pratis montanis Indiee austraUs ; in montibus Nilgiri, H ight !, 

 G. Thomsonl; ad Ootacamund, alt. 7000 ped., T. Anders.; in mon- 

 tibus Pulney, Wight I; prope Cochin, Johnstone I 



Strolilanfhes apricus, from Hongkong (see synonymy in Ben- 

 tham'a * Flora TTmifrironfTOTiQi'a '^ i"a n^firlv filliPfl to this SDecies. 



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