448 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. D. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
Prodr. xi. 183; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends mature glabrate, 
heads ovoid peduncled pubescent or glabrate, bracts ovate or elliptic narrowed 
upwards concave entire. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 474. Ruellia ? 
glabrata, Wall. Cat. 2390.— Acanthacea, Griff. Ic. Pl. As. t. 425. 
Knas1A and JAINTEA MTs., alt. 34000 ft. ; Wallich, Griffith, &c. 
A shrub, 3—4 ft., erect; branches pubescent, glabrate or with spreading fulvous 
hairs. Leaves 5 by 13 in., undulate, crenulate or nearly entire, raphides very obscure 
on either surface; nerves 7-9 pair; petiole scarcely j in. Peduncles 1-3 in., often 
subcy mose, quadrangular, slightly thickened upwards, fulvous pubescent or glabrate ; 
heads 14 in., dense; bracts 1} in., coriaceous in fruit; bracteoles # in., sublinear, 
scarious. Sepals resembling the bracteoles. Corolla 1 in., subsymmetric, glabrous 
(blue, Nees). Capsule 3 in., broadly oblong, glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds } in., ovate, 
shaggy with silky, dusky, subinelastic hair, except on the small areoles.— Wallich’s 
examples are subglabrous, but others are very pubescent.—In Griff. Notul. iv. 145, 
the plate cited t. 425 is named Phlogacanthus curviflorus : there is some great blunder 
here, and the description is puzzling. 
55. S. Maingayi, Clarke; leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends 
somewhat pubescent, heads subsessile ovoid nearly glabrous, bracts ovate or 
elliptic large concave often crenate upwards glabrous. 
MALAYA, probably Malacca or Penang; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 1182). 
A shrub, apparently allied to S. pectinatus & glabratus; branches pubescent. 
Leaves 4 by 1 in., serrulate, puberous and inspersed with most minute raphides ; 
nerves 8 pair, brown-pubescent beneath at least when young; petiole scarcely } in. 
-Peduncles O-¢ in., rusty-pubescent; heads 1 in.; bracts 3-1 in., outermost barren 
ovate, inner elliptic, usually with a few coarse crenations near the apex ; bracteoles 
i-i in. linear, glabrous. Sepals rather larger than, similar to, the bracts. Corolla 
1} in. at least, glabrous.—No capsule nor expanded flowers seen. There are specimens 
(unnamed) from Sumatra which may be conspecific with this, but they have hairy 
eads. 
56. S. glomeratus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 475 ; leaves 
ovate acute serrate hairy, heads ovoid subsessile hairy, bracts elliptic 
elongate or oblong entire or toothed, corolla 13-2} in. purplish glabrous. 
Ruellia glomerata, Wall. Cat. 2361. Goldfussia glomerata, Nees in Wall. 
PI. As. Rar. iii. 88, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 173; Bot. Mag. t. 3881 ; Maund 
-Botanist, t. 155. 
KnasiA MTs., alt. 1000-3500 ft., frequent; Wallich, &e. Britis BURMA, in 
the hills, Brandis, Parish. 
A shrub, 2—6 ft. ; branches hairy upwards, often horizontal with complanate foliage. 
Leaves 44 by 2} in., base narrowed or rounded (often unequal), villous above, less so 
beneath; nerves 6 pair; petiole }-lin. Heads 1-1} in., often pseudo-axillary; bracts 
1 by } in., herbaceous, softly hairy, outermost pair usually serrate subfoliaceous, inner 
entire; bracteoles j-3 in., linear-lanceolate. Calyx 4-8 in., divided nearly to the 
base ; segments linear-oblong, in fruit nervose, membranous, subobtuse. Corolla 
subsymmetric ; cylindric nearly as long as the ventricose part. Filaments and pistil 
sparsely hairy. Capsule ł in., broadly oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds 2 in., densely silkily 
subinelastically hairy ; areoles very small.—T. Anderson has placed this in his Go/d- 
Jussia section, which has “the spikes naked in flower-time and bracts early deciduous 2 
but the outermost braets, including the empty pair (floral leaves), are persistent when 
the capsule is dehiscent. 
.97. S. Brandisii, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 475; leaves 
elliptic acuminate each end thinly hairy, heads obovoid softly densely 
white-hairy, bracts linear-spathulate, corolla 14 in. nearly glabrous. 
Prev; Karen Hills, Kurz ; Tongoo, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis (fide T. Anderson). 
