454 CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
Var. ? latipes ; leaves sessile suddenly narrowed subauriculate, bracts narrowly 
obovate. —Tenasserim ; Beddome.—Leaves 13 by 4} in., primary nerves 20 on each 
side the midrib. 
73. S. Sabinianus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 86, aud in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 190; leaves petioled broadly elliptic shortly acuminate at both 
ends nearly entire uppermost often sessile cordate, spikes linear pubescent 
often interrupted towards the base, bracts obovate obtuse, sepals oblong 
minutely pubescent. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 4/2. Ruelha 
Sabiniana, Wall. Cat. 2338; Bot. Reg. t. 1238; Reichb. Exot. t. 210. R. 
argentea, Wall. Cat. 2339. 
NEPAL; Wallich. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent; Wallich, &c. 
A shrub, 2-5 ft.; branches glabrous. Leaves 6} by 3 in., undulate, subcrenate, 
lineolate, minutely setulose above, glabrate or obscurely pubescent beneath; upper 
leaves often unequal dissimilar, one of each pair smaller sessile cordate. Spikes 2-4 in., 
quasi-peduncled, mostly solitary ; bracts } by 4 in.; bracteoles i in., oblong. Sepals 
scarious, minutely glandular-pilose, obscurely oblanceolate not spathulate. Corolla 
1} in., curved, much ventricose nearly glabrous, lavender-coloured, contracted base 
short. Filaments glabrous. Capsule scarcely } in., pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds j5in., 
much compressed, orbicular; when wet the fine white hairs spring out abundantly ; 
areoles nearly half the diam. of the seed, glabrous. —The figures Bot. Mag. t. 3517 
and Lodd. Bot. Mag. t. 1712, adduced for this species by Nees and T. Anderson, show 
the uppermost leaves petioled much acuminate at the base. Some examples. of S. 
Sabinianus have the spike much interrupted, and the species might be placed in the 
next section. Wallich notes, in the Nepal example named R. argentea, that the 
flowers were white. 
74, S. tamburensis, Clarke ; leaves ovate shortly acuminate serrate, 
spikes linear interrupted towards the base ciliate subhirsute, bracts ovate, 
sepals spathulate ciliate. 
E. NEPAL; at the Tambur River, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. . . 
Capsule upwards of 4 in., 4-seeded. Seeds 7, in., much compressed, orbicular in 
outline, covered all over with short inelastic hairs ; areoles 0. The general habit and 
corolla as of S. Sabinianus, but the serrate leaves, subhirsute spike, and seeds will not 
match. 
75. S. nutans, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 475; leaves ovate 
or broadly elliptic acuminate serrate hairy, spikes ellipsoid or oblong very 
dense glabrous, bracts large elliptic concave. Ruellia strobilina, Wall. Cat. 
2362. R. hirta, Don Prodr. 119. Goldfussia nutans, Nees in Wall. Pl. 
As, Rar. iii. 88, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 174. 
NEPAL; Wallich. 
, A shrub, 1-2 ft. ; branches hairy. Leaves 3 by 14 in., base attenuate or rounded, 
with scattered hairs on both surfaces, not lineolate ; nerves 7 pair; petiole i-l in. 
Peduncles 3-14 in., divaricate or deflexed, hairy ; spikes 1-14 by 3 in.; bracts j in» 
subacute; bracteoles 4 in., oblong. Calyx 4-4 in., divided nearly to the base, seg- 
ments linear glabrous. Corolla 1-1} in, curved; ventricose part longer than the 
contracted base. Capsule not seen ; and the place of the species is dubious; the 
spike resembles that of some of the strictly strobiliform Malabar species; Nees says 
the bracts are deciduous, but they cannot be so till long after flower. 
76. S. acrocephalus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. A73; leaves 
ovate acute crenate hirsute, spikes peduncled solitary linear-cylindric dense 
hairy, bracts ovate, seeds puberulous subglabrate. Adenosma affinis, Griff. 
ANotul. iv. 133. 
KHASIA Mrs., alt. 4-5000 ft., plentiful in the northern half, Grifith, H. J. 4 T., 
