104 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
Strobilanthes imbricatus, Nees; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 455.— 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Burma to Tenasserim. 
Strobilanthes monadelphus, Nees; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 457.— 
Shan hills at 4000 feet. 
Eastern India and Burma. 
Strobilanthes ($ Endopogon) connatus, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
(Plate XVI.) 
Herba erecta, caulibus rectis rigidis subtetragonis primum 
incanis dein glabrescentibus. Folia coriacea, late connata, 
lanceolata, usque ad 6 poll. longa, longe acuminata, integra, 
supra glabra, cystolithis numerosissimis insigniter conspersa, 
subtus ineano-lanata. Flores speciosi, in racemos 2 poll. longos 
densos braeteatos axillares et terminales breviter pedunculatos 
dispositi, brevissime pedicellati; bracteæ pubescentes, ovate, vix 
acute, calyces subæquantes; sepala subæqualia, lineari-lanceo- 
lata, 8-9 lineas longa, acuta, extus pubescentia, intus strigillosa; 
eorolla sesquipolliearis, abrupte curvata, e tubo gracili torto 
subite expansa, extus glabra, intus postice villosa, limbi lobis brevi- 
bus rotundatis; stamina perfecta 2, antica, vix exserta, antheris 
glabris approximatis, filamentis dilatatis, infra medium valde 
dilatatis longe barbatis; ovarium vertice pilosum, ovula in quoque 
loculo 2, stylo supra medium parce pilosulo. Capsula ignota. 
Hills in Eastern Karenni at 2000 feet; very common in the 
dry forest-tracts. 
Characterized by thick connate leaves and short dense axillary 
and terminal clusters of flowers. The tube of the corolla is 
twisted so as to bring the upper lip lowermost or in front, 
and the odd lobe uppermost. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVI. 
Portion of a plant of Strobilanthes connatus, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. 
Fig. l, a flower from which the corolla has been removed, with the pair of 
bracteoles at the base; 2, corolla, showing the twist in the tube; 3, 
portion of corolla and stamens; 4, a stamen ; 5, pistil with the style 
removed ; 6, section of ovary ; 7, an ovule or young seed. All enlarged» 
Strobilanthes gregalis, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex erectus, ramosus, 1-2-pedalis, caulibus ramisque 
rigidis teretibus rectis. Folia brevissime petiolata, coriacea, 
