410 CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. D. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
xi. 183; glabrous, leaves broad-lanceolate acuminate at both ends, spikes 
small oblong often deflexed at flower-time, corolla small. T. Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 468, partly; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 211. Ruellia 
ciliata, Wall. Cat. 9415 (not Wall. Cat. 2392). Goldfussia Zenkeriana, 
Wight Ic. t. 1517 P, not of Nees. 
S. DECCAN PENINSULA; the Ghauts up to 4000 ft., common, Beddome; Nilgher- 
ries, Mangalore, &e., Courtallum, Wight (n. 1949, Herb. Propr.). 
Resembling S. warreensis in leaves and spikes; but the peduncles and bracts are 
perfectly glabrous, the spikes slenderer. Corolla in the dried examples }-% in.; 
Wight's figure shows them very much too large; Beddome figures (and describes) 
them an inch, but his description appears largely taken from S. warreensis. 
31. S. adenophorus, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 225, not of Nees nor 
of T. Anders.; glabrous, leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends subentire, 
heads oblong, bracts obovate, calyx-segments lanceolate subobtuse. 
S. Deccan ; Anamallay Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft., Beddome. . 
Shrubby, 3-4 ft, Leaves 4 by 1 in., conspicuously lineolate above ; nerves 6 pair, 
slender; petiole } in. Heads 1-2 in., often deflexed ; bracts 1-1 in., obtuse, some- 
times mucronate, glabrous, lineolate ; bracteoles 1 in., narrowly ligulate. Calyz 
nearly 3 in., divided about half-way down; segments membranous. Corolla 1-1} 10., 
glabrous without, very hairy within, nearly straight; cylindrie rather shorter than 
the urceolate part. Filaments hairy downwards. Pistil glabrous. Capsule not 
seen.— Beddome says that T. Anderson identified this plant with the Ceylon 5$. lan- 
ceolatus, but there must have been some mistake, as except in the leaves there is little 
resemblance between the two. In its habit, deflexed peduncles, and bracts, this seems 
very nearly allied to S. ciliatus, Nees, but in the absence of seeds it is hazardous to 
guess at affinity. 
32.? S. decurrens, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 189; glabrous, leaves 
elliptic acuminate at both ends, spikes clavate-oblong, bracts large narrowly 
elliptic obtuse decurrent. S. pallidus, Z. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1x. 
470. Goldfussia decurrens, Wight Ic. t. 1522 (not Endopogon decurrens 
Nees). 
S. Deccan; Coimbatore, Courtallum and Nilgherries, Wight; Anamallays 
Beddome. 
Herbaceous (fide Wight), green. Leaves 7 by 2} in., entire or obscurely crenate, 
conspicuously lineolate above; nerves 10 pair; petiole lin.  Peduncles 1-2 in., slightly 
thiekened upwards, quadrangular or subalate, divaricate or deflexed, often with 
bract-like leaves below the head ; heads 1} in., tapering at the base; bracts 1 by jin. 
bracteoles:j in., linear-ligulate. Calyx 4 in., subscarious, divided more than halt-way 
down, segments lanceolate. Corolla 14 in., glabrous without ; cylindric portion 
scarcely so long as the ventricose. Filaments hairy downwards. Pistil glabrous. 
Capsule not seen.—This species is placed here from its similarity to S. ciliatus and 
S. adenophorus. 
tt Seeds hairy. 
*| Species of the Deccan Peninsula and Ceylon. 
33. S. Walkeri, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 181; nearly glabrous, leaves 
broadly elliptic acuminate at both ends, spikes ovoid few-fld. cymose, bracts 
ovate adnate obtuse bullate, capsule with 2 very large seeds. Bedd. Ic. Pl. 
ind. Or. t. 222; T. Anders. Thwaites Enum. 237, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
ix. 470. 
CEYLON; alt. 4-7000 ft., Walker, &c. 
A shrub, 6 ft., gregarious, flowering when about six years old, then dying. Leaves 
6} by 23 in., crenate, minutely sparsely scabrid-pubescent ; nerves 7-8 pair; petiole 
