456 OIX. ACANTHACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) —— [Strobilanthes. 
attenuate or obtuse, conspicuously lineolate above, obscurely so beneath; nerves 6 
pair; petiole 3 in. Peduncles 2—4 in., slender, quadrangular, glabrous, numerous, 
axillary, often divided, sometimes bearing reduced caducous leaves; bracts j in., 
rounded at the tip, densely lineolate ; bracteoles 4 in., linear-obovate, densely lineo- 
late. Calyx X in., divided subequally nearly to the base; segments linear-spathulate, 
minutely ciliate. Corolla not seen. Capsule j in, pubescent at the tip, 4-seeded. 
Seeds 4, in., ovate, densely shaggy; areoles small.—Seems very nearly allied to S. 
subflaccidus, Kurz; but the spikes are in general so much shortened that it might be 
looked for among the capitate series. As in S. subflaccidus, the fruiting spikes have 
the upper bracts, but some of the lower fallen. 
*** Spikes elongate more or less interrupted, or flowers nearly all dis- 
tant but mostly opposite.—(Seeds in all hairy.) 
80. S. Helferi, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 472; leaves ovate 
acuminate rounded or subcordate at the base nearly glabrous, spikes simple 
elongate lax subtomentose, flowers distant opposite, bracts broadly obovate 
obtuse, corolla 11-13 in. 
TENASSERIM, “ Three Pagodas," Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6117). 
Branches divaricate, somewhat zigzag, terete, pubescent upwards. Leaves 3} by 
1} in., crenate, puberulous and lineolate above, subpubescent on the 7 pair of nerves 
beneath; petiole 1 in. Spikes axillary, short-peduncled, solitary, opposite, 2-5 in. ; 
flowers nearly all paired and distant; bract 1 to each flower, 1 in., densely minutely 
fuscous-pubescent, ciliate, apex } in. broad green patent or reflexed ; bracteoles 0. 
Calyx j in., equally sub-5-partite; segments linear-ligulate, pubescent, subobtuse. 
Corolla nearly glabrous, straight; cylindric base twice as long as the calyx. Capsule 
iin. Seeds 4, in., orbicular, dusky pubescent ; areoles small.—T. Anderson errs in 
saying “ corolla small ; the buds, which appear on the point of expansion, are scarcely 
jin.long; but there is one fully expanded flower overlooked by T. Anderson, which 
is (dry) nearly 1j in. 
81. S. macrostegius, Clarke; leaves elliptic acuminate subentire 
nearly glabrous, spikes axillary sessile lax scarcely interrupted, bracts 
obovate suddenly linear-acumihate, capsule and seeds large. S. fimbriatus, 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470 partly, not of Nees.  Endopogon 
macrostegius, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 470. 
Assam and Kuasia Mrs.; Griffith. CmirTAGONG; Kasalong, Clarke. 
A straggling, inelegant shrub, 2-5 ft.; branches terete, pubescent upwards or 
nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 24 in., base cuneate, lineolate above, obscurely so 
beneath, minutely pubescent on the 9 pair of nerves beneath; petiole 1} in. Spikes 
2-5 in., with 6-8 flowers in opposite pairs; bracts 3-1 in., including the linear 
acumen } in. long, pubescent, or in Griffith’s examples subglabrous ; bracteoles 4 ii., 
linear-oblanceolate cuspidate, fulvous-pubescent upwards. Sepals in fruit similar to 
the bracteoles. Corolla not seen. Ovary glabrous, a dense fulvous tuft of hairs at 
the apex. Capsule 1 in., oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds } in., ovate, shaggy ; areoles obso- 
lete.— Probably S. fimbriatus, Kurz (For. Fl.ii.244), from the forests of the Pegu 
Yomah and Tenasserim, the bracts of which Kurz says are entire, so that it could not 
have been Nees' S, fimbriatus, 
82. s. polythrix, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470; leaves 
elliptic acuminate rufous-ciliate, spikes axillary subsessile continuous very 
rufous-ciliate, bracts 1-14 in. linear-lanceolate. 
Knasra Mrs.; Herb. Kew and Herb. Calc. 
A shrub; branches terete, with patent long rufous hairs. Leaves 63 by 23 ins, 
base attenuate or subobtuse, remotely serrate, mature with few scattered long rufous 
hairs; nerves 9 pair; petiole 1 in. Spikes 2-4 in., rufous hairs 4 in. long, slender, 
patent; bracteoles $ in., linear, green, rufous-ciliate. Calyx in fruit nearly 1 M., 
