444 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
(not black) ; nerves 7 pair; petiole 2 in. Peduncles short or 0; spikes 1-1j in.; 
bracts $ in., ventricose, membranous. Calyx 4 in., divided nearly to the base; seg- 
ments ligulate, subobtuse, membranous, lineolate. Corolla glabrous without, hairy 
within, pale blue; contracted portion scarcely shorter than the ventricose ; limb 
equal, segments round. Filaments and style hairy. Capsule scarcely 4 in., oblong, 
4-seeded. Seeds } in., ovoid, glabrous except on the very margin. . 
Van. ? campanulata; leaves ovate subacute hairy, spikes subglobose solitary or 
few together, bracts elliptie ventricose glabrous, bracteoles O, corolla scarcely à in. 
S. campanulata, Wight Ic. t. 1562. S. involucratus Var. 8, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 
184. S. lupulinus, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 469, partly. Ruellia lupu- 
lina, Wall. Cat. 2355 b, partly.—Coorg ; Wight.—Plant 5-10 in. Leaves 1-2 in., 
drying green. Heads }-1 in. Corolla subcampanulate ; lobes very short. Capsule 
less than 3 in., seeds glabrous. Possibly an alpine var. of S. Heyneanus, but the 
corolla is a different shape, as well shown in Wight’s figure. The example of Wall. 
Cat. 2355 b in his own Herb. is nearer S. Heyneanus, Nees, type ; that in Herb. 
Hook. agrees closely with Wight’s campanulatus. . 
VaR. ? fusca ; leaves broadly elliptic acuminate at both ends very sparsely hairy, 
heads globose nodding mostly solitary, bracts broadly elliptic ventricose glabrous, 
bracteoles 0, S. lupulinus, Benth. in Pl. Hohenack. n. 814; T. Anders. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 469 partly, not of Nces.—Mercara in Canara, Hohenacker. Branches 
15 in. nearly glabrous. Leaves 5 by 24 in., somewhat black in drying, densely lineo- 
late on both surfaces, very minutely sparsely hairy. Heads 1-1j by 3-1 ìn. ; bracts 
and calyx as of S. Heyneanus. Corolla not known. 
VaR. viridis; stem stout rough, leaves 1-3 in. very scabrous, heads small bracts 
(at flower-time) closely adpressed. S. asperrimus, Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 187, not 
of Nees.—Strobilanthes sp. n. 32, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T.—Mysore ; G. Thomson. 
— The specimens do not match those of S. jupulinus, but Col. Beddome after seeing 
them says it is that species. 
43. S. ixiocephalus, Benth. in Flora 1849, p. 557 ; leaves lanceolate 
or elliptic acuminate slightly hairy, heads ovoid closely cymed, bracts ellip- 
tic acuminate to an obtuse apex viscous hairy. Bedd. lc. Pl. Ind. Or. 
t. 203. S. Neesianus, Wight Ic. t. 1593; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 188. 5 
eriocephalus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466.—Strobilanthes sp. n- 
64, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 4 T. S.glutinosus, Grah. Cat. Pl. Bomb. 162 P. 
W. Deccan PENINSULA and S. Mapras, alt. 1-3000 ft., frequent; Wight, 
Hohenacker, &c. 
A smali shrub. Zeaves 5 by 2 in., or oftener smaller narrower, base cuneate (some- 
times very shortly), crenate, mature nearly glabrous, conspicuously lineolate above; 
nerves 7 pair; petiole 3 in. Heads }-1} in., bracts and calyx enlarged in fruit, 
usually very glutinous, sometimes softly hairy ; bract $ by $in; bracteoles 4 in. 
linear-spathulate, Calyx 4-4 in., divided nearly to the base; segments ligulate, 
fruiting spathulate, obtuse, membranous, Corolla $-1 in., glabrate without, hairy 
within, subsymmetrie, white; cylindric portion nearly as long as the ventricose. 
Filaments hairy towards the base, Pistil glabrous. Capsule } in., often 2-seeded. 
Seeds  in., thin, ovate, densely elastically hairy on all sides; areoles very small. 
44. S. micranthus, Wight 1c. t.1519 ; leaves ovate acuminate sparsely 
thinly pubescent, heads solitary ovoid noddin g, bracts broadly lanceolate 
pubescent, bracteoles longer corolla shorter than the calyx. T. Anders. 1n 
Journ, Linn. Soc. ix. 468, 
NILGHERRY Mrs; Wight. 
Suffruticose or herbaceous (Wight), erect ; stems glabrous. Leaves 6 by 34 in., 
base broad, shortly decurrent, closely serrate ; nerves 11 pair; petiole 14 in. Heads 
1}-24 in.; bracts 1 in., widest close to the base, thinly herbaceous; bracteoles } n» 
linear-lanceolate, Calyx 4~% in., divided nearly to the base ; segments linear-Janceo- 
late, very acute, pubescent. Corolla } in., subeampanulate, dry appearing dull red ; 
lobes very short, round.  Zilameats glabrous; anthers exserted. Pistil glabrous. 
