434 CIX. ACANTHACER. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
Stems 1-2 ft., much branched, rigid. Leaves 2 by 13 in., shortly acuminate at 
both ends, conspicuously lineolate above; nerves 5-6 pair; petiole 4 in. Heads 
numerous, terminal, } in. diam., each closely embraced by the two uppermost leaves (ex- 
clusive of the proper bracts); bracts 3 in., linear-oblong, at first nearly glabrous or 
hairy ; bracteoles 3 in., linear, at first nearly glabrous or hairy. Calyx } in., divided 
hardly half-way down, obscurely or prominently hairy at flower-time, hirsute in fruit, 
segments narrowly lanceolate. Corolla 14 in., blue or whiteish, glabrous without, 
hairy along 2 lines within; linear base of the tube about as long as the suddenly- 
widened ventricose part. Filaments hairy nearly to the summit ; rudiments often 3, - 
whereof 2 often carry minute rudimentary anthers. Ovary slightly hairy upwards. 
Capsule $ in., 4-seeded. Seeds } in. long, very thin, glabrous ; areoles 0.—There is no 
difference between the typical foliosus and the Var. capitatus; the heads on one stem 
which appear (superficially) glabrous in flower are very hairy in fruit, owing to the 
development of the hairs on the bract, bracteoles and calyx. 
** Seeds (in water) densely hairy except on two lateral circular areoles 
near the base on each face.—( Linear or subcylindric base of the corolla short, 
more gradually narrowing into the ventricose portion than in the preceding 
section.— Species of the S. Deccan Peninsula.) 
,13. S. Kunthianus, T7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 465; leaves 
elliptic narrowed into the petiole crenate-serrate rigid strongly nerved 
beneath, spikes dense, bract ovate, calyx deeply divided, corolla 1 in. blue. 
Ruellia Kunthiana, Wall. Cat. 2367. Phlebophyllum Kunthianum, Nees i 
Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 83, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 102; Wight Ic. t. 448. 
P. angustifolium, Benth. in Pl. Hohenack. n. 1178. 
Mrs. of S. Deccan PENINSULA, alt. 5000-7500 ft. ; plentiful in the Nilgherries, 
Wight, &c. 
. Stems 12-20 in., numerous, erect, rigid, quadrangular upwards. Leaves 2 by 
lin., obtuse or subacuminate, bristly or scabrid above; primary nerves beneath close, 
parallel, prominent, secondary reticulated more or less concealed by close hard white 
tomentum ; petiole 4 in., very broad. Spikes 1-3 in., hairy ; bract 3 in. ; bra cteoles 
jin. linear-ligulate. Calyx 4-4 in., floccose-villous ; segments linear-lanceolate, base 
shortly connate. Corolla ventricose from near the base, palate hairy within, blue or 
whiteish. Filaments pilose. Ovary glabrous; style hairy. Capsule 1-3 in., oblong, 
rigid. Seeds 4, densely hairy (hairs spreading when wet) except on the circular basal 
areola on each of its faces. 
14. S. gossypinus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460; leaves 
ovate acute entire woolly beneath, spikes linear-oblong woolly, corolla 14 10- 
woolly without. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 198. 
Mrs. of S. DECCAN PENIN . 4000- , ; Sispara 
plentiful, &e.. Belinea. ENINSULA, alt. 5500 ft.; Mysore, Lobb; Sisp 
Shrubby, covered (except the leaves above) with dense yellowish wool, flowering 
at 6-7 years old, then dying. Leaves 4 by 2 in., base broadly rhomboid, subcoriaceous, 
wool of upper surface deciduous; nerves 13 pair, approximate, subparallel; petiole 
iin. Spikes 1-3 in., compound and (by the reduction of the upper leaves) running 
into terminal panicles ; bracts 4—] in., elliptic, obtuse ; bracteoles 4 in., linear-oblong. 
Calyx nearly } in., divided about half-way dowh ; segments narrowly lanceolate, 
subobtuse. Corolla nearly straight; ventricose portion of the tube much longer than 
the cylindric base. Filaments hairy. Ovary glabrous, with a few long hairs near the 
apex; style glabrous; ovules 4, Seeds not seen. j 
15. S. canaricus, Bedd. Ie. Pi. Ind. Or. t.215; leaves ovate acumi- 
nate subentire mature puberulous on the nerves beneath, spikes linear-oblong 
minutely cinereous-lanate, bracts ovate, corolla $ in. white. 
