436 CIX. ACANTHAOEX, (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
VAR. hypoleuca; as Var. Amomum, but the leaves often (when young) silky 
white beneath. Ruellia sesamoides, Wall. Cat. 240 B. Endopogon hypoleucus, 
Nees in Wail. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 99, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 104. E. viscosus, Nees, 
Var. humilis, Wight Ic. t. 1498; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 104.—Mts. of S. Madras, 
Wight; Bellary, Beddome.—A very trifling var. of the preceding Var. Amomum ; 
but the Ceylon plant, the S. hypoleucus of T. Anderson, is the very different 
S. rhytisperma. 
18. S. jeyporensis, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. '214; leaves ovate 
acuminate crenulate mature nearly glabrous, spikes linear-oblong viscidly 
patently hairy, bracts lanceolate acuminate recurved, corolla $ in. white. 
S. DEccAN PENINSULA; Golconda in Vizigapatam, alt. 2500 ft., and Mts. in 
Jeypore, Beddome. 
A large shrub. Leaves 73 by 4 in. base shortly acuminate, mature densely 
obscurely lineolate above, thinly puberulous beneath; nerves ll pair; petiole 22 in. 
Spikes 1-24 in., uninterrupted ; bracts 3 in.; bracteoles | in., narrow. Calyx à 1m. 
and upwards, divided 2 the way down; segments linear from a short lanceolate base, 
patently hairy. Corolla nearly straight, ventricose portion of the tube much longer 
than the cylindric. Ovary 4-ovulate in Beddome's figure. Capsule } in., 2-seeded in 
Beddome’s example. Seeds discoid, areolate on each face, densely hairy except on the 
areola, 
*** Species of the Khasia Hills. 
19. S. adnatus, Clarke; leaves widely elliptic acuminate at both 
ends subentire glabrous, spikes linear stout dense strobiliform, bracts 
. ovate acute adnate, calyx and corolla small. S. decurrens, T. Anders. n 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470, not of Nees (in DC. Prodr. xi. 189). Endopogon 
decurrens, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 105. 
KnasrA Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent; Griffith, H. f. & T., &c. UPPER 
ASSAM; Jenkins. . 
A shrub, 2-4 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 21 in.; nerves 10 pair; petiole 
14 in. Spikes 3-5 in., axillary and terminal in short dense panicles; bracts i by 
} in., glabrous, ciliate, persistent, reticulate, scarious; bracteoles 0. Calyx scarcely 
lin. divided nearly to the base into linear segments. Corolla 4-} in., glabrous 
without. Stamens 2, glabrous except at their point of attachment, 2 linear rudi- 
ments added. Capsule 4 in., 4-seeded. Seeds ovate, glistening, glabrous, hairless, 
without lateral areoles. 
20. S. khasyanus, F. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 471; hirsute, 
leaves ovate acuminate toothed, spines axillary clustered linear lax, bracts 
linear-spathulate as long as the calyx, corolla slender white. Endopogon 
khassyanus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 104. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 2-4000 ft.; Griffith, H. f. & T., &c. Sixkrw; Darjeeling 
(Herb. Griffith). 
A shrub, 2—4 ft., densely patently brown-hairy, somewhat glandular-viscid. Leaves 
4 by 2 in., shortly narrowed into the petiole, strongly crenate or subserrate, mature 
hirsute on both surfaces; nerves 9 pair; petiole 1} in, Spikes 1-4 in., forming 
axillary tufts of unequal length, linear but scarcely interrupted ; bracts 1-j in.; brac- 
teoles d in. linear. Sepals iin., linear, somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla-tube § m., 
linear, funnel-shaped only towards the top, lobes 1-1] in., roundish, patent. Filaments 
glabrous, unless at the very base, anthers much exsert. Capsule j in., 4-seeded. 
Seeds ovate, with an areola on each Side; hairy (except on the areoles) with adpressed 
hairs inelastic when wetted. 
Subgenus 3. Eustrobilanthes. Calyx deeply subequally 5-fid. 
Stamens 4, perfect ; anthers not very unequal. 
