458 CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) — [Strobilanthes. 
occur blotched; nerves 9-11 pair. Inflorescence and flowers as of S. maculatus, but 
the bracts usually 4-} in. wide towards their base. Seeds jg in. diam., pubescent.— 
Certainly closely allied to S. maculatus, and may be a high-level hairy form of it, as T. 
Anderson supposed ; but besides the difference in the bracts fixed on by Nees the seeds 
are about double the diam., much more shortly dusky hairy. 
86. S. petiolaris, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 189, in part; leaves ovate 
acuminate at both ends mature nearly glabrous, spikes linear panicled hairy, 
bracts obovate-spathulate, corolla 13 in. ventricose. S. maculatus, T. 
Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. A73, chiefly. 
SIKKIM and Buoray, alt. 3-10,000 ft., common; Griffith, T. Anderson, &c. 
ASSAM ; Griffith, 
A lax shrub, perhaps not specifically distinct from S. maculatus; the leaves are 
often spotted as on it, the small seeds are similar; but the bracts are much broader 
(as Nees states), and the corolla is much larger, usually purplish or even rose instead of 
lavender blue; nerves 7 pair, i, e. much more distant than in S. maculatus & mona- 
delphus. The species reaches a very high level, the Alpine specimens being smaller 
with smaller leaves but equally large flowers. 
Var. tubiflos; spikes divaricate densely glandular-hairy, corolla (unexpanded) 
more than 1 in. the ventricose portion scarcely 4 in. diam—Mishmee ; Dailoo, Griffith 
(Kew Distrib. nn, 6095, 6103).—* Corolla deep blue ; bracts lead-coloured ” (Griffith’s 
field-note).— This is very possibly a distinct species, though it must be closely allied to 
S. petiolaris ; but it is very dangerous to assume the shape of the corolla from buds 
in this genus. 
87. S, perfoliatus, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 471; leaves 
sessile lanceolate or elliptic much acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes 
axillary cymose lax subcontinuous very viscid ciliate, bracts oblon linear- 
acuminate, capsule clavate 2-seeded. Endopogon integrifolius, Dalz. om 
Hook, Kew Journ, ii. 342; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 185. Leptacanthus 
alatus, Wight Ic. t. 1527. 
W. Deccan PENINSULA ; Concan, Canara, Coorg, Law, Dalzell, &c. 
Shrubby, nearly glabrous except the spikes. Leaves attaining 15 by 4} in., more 
often 6 by 14-2} in., very variable in size and in width, sparingly toothed, lineolate 
above; nerves 6-12 pair; petiole winged to the base, there dilated, auriculate, 
sometimes subdecurrent, never perfoliate. Spikes 2-5 in., closely cymed (or solitary) 
on very short axillary peduncles, very open, hardly interrupted even at the base in 
fruit ; bracts 2 by $ in.; bracteoles 4 in., linear. “Calyx 4-4 in. (elongate in fruit), 
divided nearly to the base, segments linear. Corolla 1} in., straight, glabrous 
without, hairy within; cylindric base of the tube nearly as long as the ventricose 
part. Stamens included; longer filaments glabrous. Ovary glabrous, style thinly 
hairy, Capsule j-4 in., compressed. Seeds 4 in., ovate, shaggy ; areoles hardly 
any. 
88. S. glutinosus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 86, and in DC. 
Prodr. Xl 194; viscous hairy, leaves ovate acute, spikes short, lowest bracts 
leat-like upper obovate or oblong shorter than the calyx, eorolla 2 in. 
Anders. in Journ. Linn, Soc, ix. 476. Ruellia glutinosa, Wall. Cat. 2390. 
R. Jacquemontiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 145. 
KASHMIR, GURWHAL, Komaon and NEPAL; Wallich, Jacquemont, &c. 
A shrub, 2-5 ft.; branches villous. Leaves 3 by 1} in., base cuneate or rounded, 
crenate, villous on both surfaces ; nerves 5-6 pair; petiole 4-2 in. Spikes densely 
capitate, or more often the lowest flowers are remote, solitary, opposite in the 
axils of bract-like leaves ; bract -jin. ovate, subfoliaceous, persistent ; bracteoles 
Pin, oblong. Calyx $-4 in. divided nearly to the base; segments linear, obtuse, 
viscous hairy. Corolla nearly glabrous ; linear-cylindric base nearly as long as the 
ventricose part. Stamens glabrous, Capsule 3 in. viscous-pubescent, 4-seeded. 
