Strobilanthes. | CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 433 
CEYLON ; Central Province, Thwaites, C. P. 2897, collected by Gardner. 
Stem glabrous. Leaves 5 by 1$ in. mature glabrous above; nerves 8 pair; 
petiole $ in. Spikes 3-4 in., clustered in the axils (end of the branch not seen) ; 
bracts j in. Calyx $ in., divided balf-way down, hardly enlarged in fruit; teeth 
narrowly lanceolate, glabrous. Corolla glabrous without in bud. Capsule 4 in., 
4-seeded. Seeds 7, in., obovate-elliptic, smooth, hairless, longitudinally wrinkled, 
without lateral areoles. 
9. S. nigrescens, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 226, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 465; leaves narrowly elliptic acuminate at both ends serrulate 
glabrous, spikes linear uninterrupted hirsute, bracts lanceolate mostly 
overtopping the calyx. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 217. 
CEYLON, alt. 3000 ft.; Thwaites, C. P. n. 3353. 
A shrub, 4-5 ft., blackish-green when dry. Leaves 5 by 13 in., lineolate above, 
reticulate beneath ; nerves 7 pair; petiole 1i in. Spikes 2-5 in., axillary, simple or 
compound, and running into terminal panicles; bracts } in.; bracteoles 1-1 in., 
narrow. Calyx } in. and upwards hairy, divided about half-way down, enlarged in 
fruit. Corolla pale-purple, very nearly as of S. viscosus. Capsule 5 in., very broad 
and stout, 2.seeded (in Thwaites, 3353). Seeds 1 in. diam. (unripe), hairless and 
without lateral areoles. 
10. S. rhamnifolius, 7' Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 226, and in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466; leaves ovate shortly acuminate crenate-serrulate 
glabrous, spikes linear-oblong very hairy densely panicled, bracts widely- 
elliptic imbrieated. Buteræa rhamuifolia, Nees in DO. Prodr. xi. 725. En- 
dopogon rhamnifolius, Wight Ie. t. 1521. 
CEYLON, Gardner; alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites, C. P. n. 2007. . 
A shrub, 1-2 ft., hairy upwards. Leaves 2} by lj in., base obtusely rhomboid ; 
nerves 6 pair; petiole 1} in. Spikes 1-4 in.; bracts 3 in. not acuminate ; 
bracteoles 4-4 in. linear-oblong. Calyx j in., very hairy, divided hardly half-way 
down (not so deeply as figured by Wight); teeth narrowly lanceolate. Corolla 
1-1} in., purple, pubescent, cylindric portion more than } in., very narrow, ventricose 
portion j-3 in. ; teeth ovate. Stamens 2; filaments sparsely hairy more than half 
their length. Ovules 2 in each cell.— The habit, bracts and shape of the corolla are 
much as in S, erareolata var. densa; but the capsule and seeds being unknown, the 
exact position is doubtful. 
ll. S. deflexus, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 227, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soe. ix. 470; glabrous, leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends 
denticulate, heads peduncled few-fld. closely capitate. Bedd. Ie. Pl. Ind. 
r, t. 218. 
CEYLON, alt. 3-4000 ft. ; Gardner, Thwaites, C. P. 1998. 
A shrub, 4—5 ft., green. Leaves 44 by li in.; nerves 6 pair; petiole „1 im. 
eduncles axillary, 1-1} in. thickened upwards, deflexed; outer bracts $ in., 
elliptic, often nearly enclosing the whole head; proper bract 4 in., lanceolate ; 
bracteoles rather shorter, linear. Calyx $ in., divided half-way down, glabrous or the 
linear-lanceolate teeth puberulous. Corolla 4-1 in., pale purple, nearly glabrous, 
ary in the palate within; cylindric base of the tube as long as (and suddenly 
widened into) the ventricose portion, not so funnel-shaped as in Beddome's figure. 
Stamens 2, glabrous. Pistil glabrous. Capsule not seen; and, the seeds being 
unknown, the affinity is doubtful. 
12. S. foliosus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467 ; leaves ovate 
ytulate glabrous, " heads " sessile ovoid densely capitate. Goldfassia 
eschenaultiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 172. Endopogon foliosus 4 
capitatus, Wight Ic. tt. 1501, 1499. 
Nitournny Mrs., alt. 6-7000 ft., frequent ; Gardner, Wight, &c. 
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