450 CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
far removed from S. vestitus ; but it is so nearly allied that the specimens have been 
sometimes confounded by the best botanists. 
61. S. calycinus, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 227, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 469; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends hairy on both 
surfaces, bracts spathulate ovate obtuse glabrous or hairy. Bedd. Ic. 
Pl. Ind. Or. t. 209. S. coloratus, Nees in DO. Prodr. ix. 186, not of T. 
Anders. 
CEYLON, alt. 5-7000 ft. ; Gardner, &c. 
A shrub, 4-6 ft., stem glabrous below, more or less hairy upwards. Bracts spathu- 
late, often subpetioled, lower passing sometimes into leaves as shown in Beddomes 
figure. Corolla varying from green to a lurid reddish yellow. Seeds 4to the capsule, 
scarcely j in., obovate.—Otherwise as S. Hookeri, from which this species (which is 
Nees’ S. coloratus) differs at sight by being a little more hairy. The S. calycinus 
var. 8 of Nees is founded on a sheet of 3 fragments, whereof 2 are S. calycinus T. 
Anders., 1 is S. Hookeri. 
Van. ? parvifolia; leaves 4-$ in. long, heads small 2-5-fld., corolla scarcely 
ł in., anthers subexserted. $S. calycinus, Nees in DC. Prodr. ix. 469.—Ceylon; 
Walker. 
62. S. laxus, T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 228, and in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. ix. 469; leaves cordate ovate acuminate minutely scabrous-hairy Or 
glabrate, bracts ovate or orbicular subentire glabrous or ciliate. Bedd. Te. 
Pl. Ind. Or. t. 923. 
CEYLON; Hantani, alt. 4000 ft., Thwaites. hed: 
A shrub, 4-6 ft.; branches glabrate. Leaves 6 by 3} in., crenate or toot e d 
nerves 6 pair; petiole 2in. Spikes 2-5 in., often in dense subsessile clusters on the it) 
wood ; bracts 4-1 in.; bracteoles j in., linear-oblong. Sepals } in. (or more 1n ae ° 
lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla 3-1 in., glabrous except hairy anes 
within, orange-red ; ventricose portion short, about as long as the contracted portion : 
lobes ovate, elongate, subacute, as described by T. Anderson, not well shown id 
Beddome's figure. Stamens and pistil glabrous. Capsule } in., narrowly ellipsoić, 
4-seeded. Seeds 4-1 in., thin, obovate or subquadrate, glabrous; areoles obsolete. 
Easily distinguished from the allied Ceylon species by the broad decisively-cordate 
base of the leaves. 
63. S. Andersonii, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 222, and Te: t l 
Ind. Or. t. 208; leaves rhomboid-elliptic or ovate acuminate loosely vitou 
on both surfaces, bracts elliptic obtuse glabrous ciliate. T. Anders. ™ 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 469. 
S. DECCAN; Anamallay Mts., alt. 6000 ft., Beddome. ;7 
A very large shrub up to 20 ft. (Beddome) ; branches hairy upwards. | Leare le 
by 4 in., rhomboid, base rounded or subcordate, crenulate; nerves 7 pair; pe De 
1} in. Spikes 1-21 in., axillary, nodding; bracts 3 in.; bracteoles $ in. ate 
oblong. Sepals 3-2 in., linear-oblong, ciliate. Corolla 14 in., subcampanu ate, 
contracted base very short, subsymmetric, glabrous except hairy lines within, D 
blueish. Stamens and pistil glabrous. Capsule not seen ; but the species 18 doubt- 
less closely allied to S, calycinus, as Beddome says, and the leaves still more resemble 
S. vestitus. 
64. S. luridus, Wight Ic. t. 1515-6; leaves ovate acuminate closely 
softly hairy on both surfaces, bracts large orbicular entire glabrous. 
Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 469. 
NILGHERRY Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft.; Gardner, Wight, &c.  ANAMALLAY MTS. 
(fide Beddome's list). 
Gregarious shrubs, 10-18 ft. high, often forming entire coppices, flowering every 
