Strobilanthes. | CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 463 
S. isophyllus; and as S. isophyllus cannot be found wild, it may prove to be a rever- 
sionary (under cultivation) form of S. anisophyllus. 
101. S. erateegifolius, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 477; 
leaves subsessile elliptic or obovate crenulate glabrous, heads 1-5-fld. 
terminal solitary on numerous short leafy lateral branches hairy, bracts 
id bracteoles linear-oblong about as long as the calyx, corolla 1} in. 
ue. 
MovrwzIN; Griffith, Parish. 
Branches elongate (15 in. at least), glabrous, subsimple with numerous shortened 
small-leaved lateral branches in opposite pairs each terminated by a flower-head. 
Leaves 24 by 1 in. (those on the lateral branches 1-1 in.), lineolate above, pale 
leathery beneath; nerves 6 pair. Peduncles 0-4 in.; bract }-} by i in., green, 
prominently white-ciliate ; bracteoles similar to, rather smaller. Sepals 4 in., linear- 
lanceolate, green, ciliate, i in. in fruit. Corolla nearly straight, glabrous; cylindric 
base much shorter than the ventricose portion. Capsule} in., broadly clavate-elliptic, 
minutely pubescent, 2-seeded. Seeds 3 in., fulvous-shaggy ; areoles very small. 
** Heads elongate mostly interrupted "below, frequently all the flowers 
scattered or only a few at the tips of the spikes capitellate. 
102. S. lamiifolius, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 476, partly; 
leaves ovate acute nearly glabrous, young heads strobilate, bracts ovate 
acute scarcely pubescent, bracteoles oblong about as long as the calyx, 
corolla 13-1} in. nearly glabrous. Ruellia rotundifolia, Don Prodr. 120. 
R. lamiifolia, Wall. Cat. 2347. Goldfussia lamiifolia, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. 
Rar. iii. 88, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 172. 
NEPAL; Wallich. . 
Stems 15 in., flexuose, glabrous. Leaves 2 by 11 in., base rounded or shortly acumi- 
nate, serrate, minutely pubescent on the nerves beneath, lineolate on the upper surface; 
herves 6—7 pair; petiole 4 in. Spikes peduncled, mostly solitary, 1 in. in flower 
scarcely 2 in. not interrupted in fruit; bracts j in.; bracteoles j in., caducous. 
Calyx 4 in, in fruit 1 in, divided nearly to the base; segments linear-lanceolate, 
pubescent. Corolla purple (Nees). Capsule } in., pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds $in., 
ovate, silky ; areoles hardly any. 
103. S. pauper, Clarke; leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends 
puberulous beneath or glabrate, heads oblong in fruit interrupted small or 
1-fld., bracts obovate quadrate shorter than the calyx, corolla 13 in. purple. 
8. lamiifolius, 7, Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 476, partly.—Goldtussia 
Sp. n. 26, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Kwasta Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft.; Nunklow and Nungbree, H. f. & T., &c. . 
, A meagre shrub, 1-2 ft.; branches upwards hairy or glabrate. Leaves 34 by j-lin., 
minutely toothed or subentire, densely obscurely lineolate ; nerves 6-7 pair; petiole 
1-l in, Spikes in fruit sometimes 2 in., usually shorter, or the flowers occasionally 
nearly all solitary ; bracts scarcely } in., tip obtusely triangular, green, subpubescent, 
caducous; bracteoles 1 in., oblong, caducous. Calyx 4 in., in fruit j in., sub-5- 
partite ; segments linear-spathulate, glandular-pubescent. Corolla nearly glabrons ; 
narrow cylindric base nearly as long as the ventricose part. Stamens glabrous. Cap- 
sule } in., pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds y;-} in., ovate, shaggy ; areoles small. 
104. S. extensus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 195; leaves subsessile ovate 
acuminate hairy base "rounded or cordate, spikes long interrupted below, 
racts ovate, corolla 14-14 in. nearly glabrous purple. T. Anders. in ded in 
Linn, Soc, ix. 476. Goldfussia extensa, Nees in Wall. Cat. 7160, and in 
Wall, Pi. As. Rar. iii. 88. 
