Strobilanthes.] CIX. ACANTHACEE, (C. B. Clarke.) 439 
Corolla 13-13 in., glabrous without, white (Beddome), cylindric base nearly as long 
as the urceolate part. Filaments hairy, especially downwards. Style sparsely 
patently hairy. Capsule $ in., oblong ellipsoid. Seeds thin, obovate, obtuse, glabrous ; 
areoles 0.—Beddome says * ovary very hairy at the apex,” but in his figure and speci- 
mens it is very slightly so. Possibly the note applied to heteromallus ? 
27. S. Perrottetianus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 179; rufous-hirsute, 
leaves ovate acuminate, heads ovoid or subclavate, bracts ovate acute over- 
topping the calyx, capsule 2-seeded. Wight Ic. t. 1513; T. Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466. 
NIıLGHERRY Mrs., alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent; Wight, &c. 
Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 44 by 21 in. (often smaller), base broadly rhomboid, crenate ; 
nerves 7 pair; petiole 1j in. Heads 1-2 in., often wider upwards, or substrobiliform, 
hirsute, in appearance peduncled or panicled, but the two outermost bracts are empty, 
and more or less leafy; bracts $ in.; bracteoles 4 in., linear. Calyx $ in., divided % 
the way down, subscarious with numerous red hairs; segments sublinear, acute. 
Corolla 1 in., pale-lilac, subsymmetric; narrow portion of the tube short; glabrous 
without. Filaments hairy. Ovary glabrous ; base of style patently hairy. Capsule 
3 in., oblong.ellipsoid, 2-seeded. Seeds 3 in. long and upwards, very thin, ovate, not 
hairy, but minutely scabrous-lamellate ; areoles 0. 
28. S. Zenkerianus, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467; gla- 
brous except the fruiting calyx-tips, leaves ovate shortly acuminate, spikes 
ovoid or oblong, bracts narrowly eiliptic-oblong overtopping the calyx, cap- 
sule 4-seeded. Goldfussia Zenkeriana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 172. . G. 
Leschenaultiana, Nees l. c. P. Endopogon Strobilanthes, Wight Ic. t. 1500. 
NILGHERRY Mrs., alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent ; Sir F. Adam, Schmidt, Wight, &c. 
.. À shrub, 2-3 ft., much resembling S. foliosus (n. 8), and really closely allied to 
it. Leaves 3 by 12 in., base cuneate, serrulate, upper surface prominently lineo- 
late ; nerves 7 pair; petiole 11-2 in. Spikes 1-24 in., young globose or oblong, 
mature oblong; bracts ł in.; bracteoles $ in., sublinear. Calyx i-$ in., divided 
nearly to the base ; segments linear-lanceolate, glabrous or in the fruiting examples 
With scattered patent gland-tipped bairs. Corolla 1} in., blueish, glabrous without ; 
cylindric nearly as long as the ventricose part. Filaments hairy in their lower half. 
Pistil glabrous or nearly so. Capsule } in., oblong-ellipsoid. Seeds j in. long, very 
thin, elliptic, glabrous; areoles 0. 
29. S. warreensis, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 341; leaves broad- 
lanceolate acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes oblong hairy, calyx 
greatly enlarged in fruit, corolla 4 in., capsule 4-seeded. Dalz. § Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl.187. S. ciliatus, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 468, partly. 
S. parviflorus, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 197. 
_W. Deccan PENINSULA ; near Belgaum, Warree country, Dalzell; Ram Ghaut, 
Ritchie; Coorg and S. Canara, alt. 3000 ft., Beddome. . ; 
Shrub, 2-5 ft. Leaves 6 by 2 in., much acuminate, crenate, lineolate on both 
Surfaces ; nerves 7 pair; petiole 3 in. Spikes 1-2 in., peduncles hairy, erect in 
fruit; bracts (flowering) 4-4 in., elliptic, hairy ; bracteoles } in., linear. Ca yz 
(flowering) l in. divided nearly to the base; segments linear pubescent upwards. 
Corolla straight, nearly symmetric, glabrous, linear-cylindric about as long as the 
Subcampanulate portion; white purple-spotted. Filaments hairy below, not more 
Monadelphous than in many other species. Pistil glabrous. Capsule jin. a te- 
oblong ; fruit-sepals 3 in., narrowly oblong, hairy. Seeds j in. long, thin, e Ped 
glabrous ; areoles 0. —The extraordinary enlargement of the calyx in fruit was no 
by pr. Ritchie, whose examples have flowering and fruiting spikes on the same 
ranch, ' 
30. S. ciliatus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 85, and in DC. Prodr. 
