Echinacanthus.] | cix. AcANTHaCEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 415 
middle cauline oblong, narrowed to both ends, upper 13 by 2 in.; mature subsessile, 
glabrate, lineolate or obscurely pubescent. Cymes 1-2 in., viscous-pubescent, forming 
a quasi-panicle 6-8 in. long; bracts ł}—} in., linear, secund, opposite, one barren, the 
other stipitate O45 in.; bracteoles 0. Calyax-tube 3-4 in.; lobes j in. Corolla dark 
purple with lilac veins, cylindric equalling the ventricose portion. Filaments and 
anthers sparsely hairy. Ovary glabrous, style hairy. Capsule 3 in., oblong scarcely 
ventricose ; solid cylindric portion scarcely jj in.—(See 6, E. Pumilio.) 
2. E. parviflorus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 459; leaves 
ovate acuminate serrate, sepals linear glabrous, corolla 1-1} in. glabrous. 
Kuasia Mrs.; Griffith, Simons (fide T. Anderson). 
Glabrous, erect, divaricate. Leaves 3-6 by 2-3 in., base obliquely rounded; 
petiole 2-3 in. Panicles axillary and compound, terminal 6-10 in. long; flowers 
opposite, sessile ; flowers often secund ; bracts 4 in., linear; bracteoles minute. Calyx 
divided to the base. Corolla straight, thrice as long as the calyx, funnel-shaped 
portion thrice as long as the cylindric. Capsule compressed, 8-seeded; seeds small, 
compressed.— Not seen ; the foregoing abstracted from T. Anderson. 
3. E. Brugmansianus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 168; leaves oblong 
attenuate at both ends repand sub-crenate hirsute-tomentose. 
Ispra? in Vahl’s Herbarium (Nees). 
Calyx-segments a little shorter and less attenuate than those of E. attenuatus.— 
Not seen ; the foregoing copied from Nees. 
** Anther-cells muticous at the base. 
4. E. Andersoni, Clarke; leaves ovate acuminate mature glabrate, 
cymes lax large zigzag glabrous, corolla 2 in.—Echinacanthus sp. T. 
Anders. ms. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Darjeeling ; Pomong, alt. 3000 ft., Clarke. Knasta Mrs. ?; 
Calcutta Herbarium. . 
Àn undershrub, 3 ft.; young parts (at least sometimes) with dense snow-white 
Wool. Leaves 4 by 2} in., base rounded, crenate-serrate, raphides obscure ; petiole 
li in. Cymes in terminal panicles 12 by 15 in., flowers all solitary, mostly opposite 
on the ultimate branches; pedicels d in.; bract at the base of the pedicel 1 in., linear ; 
bracteoles izin., linear. Calyx à in. and upwards, narrow, glabrous or nearly so; 
Segments long.linear acute, connate at base for j-à in. Corolla nearly glabrous, 
blueish. Anterior filaments hairy at their base, sparsely so upwards; posterior 
filaments glabrous, anthers rather smaller. Style glabrous, stigma rather short. 
Capsule exceeding 4 in., narrowly-oblong, 12—16-seeded from the base. Seeds discoid ; 
9n applying water the hairs start out.— Habit and inflorescence of a sympodal Stro- 
bilanthes, but the capsule is many-seeded. The inflorescence differs from that of 
E. attenuatus in that, of the 2 flowers in the axils of opposite bracts, one is not 
usually obsolete, 
VAR. viscosa; panicle and sepals viscous-pubescent, corolla 3 in. pubescent.— 
Sikkim, alt. 4000 ft.; Lingcham, Clarke. 
5. E. longistylus, Clarke; leaves ovate acuminate mature nearly 
glabrate, cymes lax large zigzag viscous-pubescent, corolla 13 in. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 14000 ft. ; Punkabari and Kursiong, Clarke. 
Closely resembling the viscous-pubescent Var. of E. Andersoni, but the corolla 
Very much larger. Style hairy, thickened upwards, stigma linear-lanceolate (resem- 
Ing the pistilof Æchmanthera. Seeds 8-12 to the capsule, the hairs on them starting 
out When wetted.— The position of this and of E. Andersoni is doubtful between 
Strobilanthes and Echinacanthus. 
9. E. Pumilio, Clarke; finely glandular-pubescent, leaves small 
