446 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
The only scrap of this does not permit of dissection ; it can hardly be conspecific with 
S. exsertus, but may not be congeneric ; it closely resembles S. lanceolatus. 
48. S. Gardnerianus, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 226; hairy, 
leaves sessile ovate, spikes ovoid or interrupted at base, bracts and brac- 
teoles longer than the calyx, corolla 1 in. purple, anthers included. Endo- 
pogon Gardnerianus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi, 723. 
CEYLON ; Gardner, Thwaites. 
Shrubby, 1-2 ft.; stems terete, scabrous below, white-hirsute upwards. Leaves 
2 by li in., acute or subobtuse, base rounded, subcrenate. Spikes capitate, $ m., 
nearly enclosed by bracts, few-fld., or lower axillary flowers being added becoming 
interrupted, linear-oblong; bracts $ in., ovate; bracteoles 4 in., linear-oblong. Calyz 
4 in., slightly hairy. Corolla-tube linear-cylindric below, suddenly inflated upwards, 
as of Stenosiphonium. Capsule and seeds unknown: hence the place of this species 
is uncertain; some of the examples might, so far as the inflorescence is concerned, be 
placed next S. sexennis among the Series D. * Paniculatz.”’ 
TT Species of N. India and the Malay Peninsula. 
49. S. scaber, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 84, and in DC. Prodr. 
xi. 177, partly; leaves elliptic or obovate acuminate scabrous or ultimately 
glabrate, spikes dense often clustered, bracts lanceolate large hairy, corolla 
$-1 in. yellow very hairy within. Bot. Reg. xxvii. t. 32; T. Anders. m 
Thwaites Enum. 997, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467, partly. Ruellia 
scabra, Wall. Cat. 2393, not Wall. Cat. 2377. R. aspera, Nees in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 147, as to the Bengal material. R. crispa, Herb. Linn. Propr. 
N. and E. Beneat PrarNs; Silhet, Wallich; Purneah, J. D. H.; Maldah, 
Mymensingho, Dacca, &c., Clarke.—DisTRIB. Burma. 
Stems 1-3 ft., pubescent or hairy upwards. Leaves 44 by 2 in., base narrowed, 
crenate, sometimes very coarsely scabrous-subhispid, sometimes nearly smooth but 
hard; nerves 7-8 pair; petiole 3 in. Spikes 1-2 in., hairy; bracts 1 by jin. ob- 
tusely acuminate, green; bracteoles 1 in., linear-oblong. Calyx i—-iin., divided nearly 
to the base; segments linear, pubescent. Corolla symmetric, glabrous ; cylindric 
base nearly as long as the ventricose portion; lobes rounded. Stamens included ; 
filaments hairy towards the base. Ovary glandular at the apex, always 4-ovulate ; 
style nearly glabrous. Capsule nearly } in., 4-seeded. Seeds 4, in. diam., discoid ; 
numerous fine hairs near the margin, elastic when wet ; areoles very large, glabrous.— 
This is only S. scaber, Nees, in so far as that includes Ruellia scabra, Wall.; Nees 
description (purple flowers, &c.) is totally different. „S. scaber only occurs in Ceylon 
as a cultivated plant, according to Thwaites and Beddome. 
50. S. phyllostachyus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 75; 
leaves elliptic or obovate acuminate scabrous, spikes dense often in close 
cymes, bracts large elliptic with a ligulate apex softly hairy, corolla i-l m. 
yellow somewhat hairy within. S.crispus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
ix. 467, not of Blume. 
Prov; Kurz. MOULMEIN; Parish. TENASSERIM ; Beddome. . 
Herbaceous, 2-3 ft. ; stems glabrate. Leaves 4-0 in.; petiole 2 in. Spikes nearly 
as of S. scaber; bracts 1 in., ligulate tips often recurved; bracteoles j-3 in., linear. 
Calyx 3— in., divided nearly to the base; segments linear silky. Corolla nearly as 
of S. scaber, Capsule } in., 4-seeded ; seeds 3-4 in., thin, ovate, with dense long 
elastic hairs on all sides except the small areoles.—So like S. scaber (except the seeds) 
that it is difficult to distinguish it. 
Var. dura; leaves smaller bracts narrowed upwards without ligulate tip.— Stro- 
bilanthes sp. n. 14, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T.—Chittagong ; Seetakoond, H. f- 4 T. 
Rangoon; M*Lelland. T. Anderson refers this to S. scaber (in Journ. Linn. Soe. x. 
467), which the bracts resemble; he subsequently saw it was different, and wrote it up 
