Strobilanthes.] CIX. ACANTHACEE, (C. D. Clarke.) 441 
lj in. Cymes often of 3 heads, sometimes compound ; peduncles clavellulate or 
winged; heads 42 in., 2—4 fld., enveloped by the two outer bract-like erect leaves ; 
proper bracts j in., green, slightly ciliate; bracteoles + in., sublinear. Sepals j in., 
linear-lanceolate, obtuse, scarious, nearly glabrous. Corolla 3 in., subsymmetric, 
glabrous without, hairy within, white or purplish ; contracted base short. Filaments 
hairy at the base. Pistil glabrous. Capsule 3 in., ellipsoid. Seeds nearly i in., 
very thin, ovate, shaggy with adpressed wavy silky bair not elastic in water; areoles 
0.—Beddome's figure shows the corolla within and filaments glabrous, which they 
may be sometimes, for it is not a very constant character in Sérobilanthes ; but none 
of the numerous specimens are so. 
Var. ? stenocarpa; leaves broadly ovate pubescent beneath somewhat flaccid, 
capsules 4 in. 2-seeded, seeds j in. shaggy with silky hair, areoles hardly any.— 
Ceylon; Thwaites, C. P. n. 3517. This probably differs specifically from sS. 
Walkeri, the difference in the size of the fruit being startling; but it must stand 
next to it. 
31. S. Thwaitesii, 7. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 227, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 470; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends scabrous 
pubescent beneath, spikes oblong few-fld. cymose, bracts sessile elliptic 
elongate acute bullate. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 219. 
CEYLON; Ambagamowa, Thwaites. 
A shrub, 4-5 ft. Leaves 6} by 21 in., crenulate, subcoriaceous, mature glabrate 
above fuscous pubescent beneath; nerves 7 pair; petiole 1ł in. Peduncles fascicled 
or cymose, thickened upwards, more or less pubescent ; outermost empty bracts } in., 
ovate; bract proper nearly 1 in., ciliate; bracteoles } in., linear. Calyx à in., divided 
$ the way down; segments narrowly lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla exceeding 1 in., 
subsymmetric, white, glabrous without, hairy within; linear-cylindric base of the 
tube hardly so long as the campanulate part. Filaments and style sparsely hairy. 
Capsule not seen. 
35. S. caudatus, T7. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 228, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 470; leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate fuscous-pubescent 
beneath, heads oblong fuscous-villous, bracts oblong, corolla nearly glabrous 
within. Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 213. 
W. Deccan PENINSULA; S. Canara, 2-6000 ft., Beddome; common also in 
Koorg and Wynaad, fide Beddome. Cryton; Hantani, Thwaites (C. P. n. 364). 
_ A shrub, 4-5 ft. Leaves 6 by 1} in., base tapering, subentire, mature glabrate 
lineolate above ; nerves 10-12 pair; petiole}in. .Peduncles 1-2 in., hairy, divaricate, 
carrying 1-3 nodding spikes 1-13 in. long; bracts } in., oblong ; bracteoles 3 in., 
narrowly oblong, Calyx nearly à in., oblong, softly brown-hairy, divided nearly to 
the base; segments sublinear, obtuse. Corolla 3-1 in., nearly glabrous, white tinged 
orange or reddish ; cylindric portion shorter than the ventricose ; limb suboblique, 
Segments short round. Filaments glabrous. Ovary scabrous, slightly glandular- 
ary ; style thinly hairy. Capsule }in., broadly ellipsoid, fuscous-pubescent, 2-seeded. 
Seeds 4 in, diam., rufous, inelastically shaggy ; areoles small.—Col. Beddome's Malabar 
plant has rather longer hairs on the stem and leaves than the Ceylon. —— 
Var, laniceps ; tips of the branchlets purple, peduncles and spikes densely 
white with patent hairs >} in. long, corolla 1} in. very hairy within, filaments 
alry.—Ceylon; Thwaites,—Sent by Thwaites, numbered 364, subsequently to the 
Pull of n. 364, and probably not seen by T. Anderson before Thwaites’ Enum. was 
published, 
36. S. tristis, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470; leaves elliptic 
acuminate at both ends nearly glabrous, heads oblong 2-3-fld. panicled, 
2racts elliptic acuminate overtopping the densely hairy calyx-teeth, capsule 
“seeded.  Goldfussia tristis, Wight Ic. t. 1508. 
NILGHERRIES ; Gardner; below Sispara, Wight. S. TINNEVELLY; Beddome. 
