Strobilanthes.] ^ cix. AcANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 467 
115. S. Thomsoni, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 478; leaves 
ovate or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes short cymose or 
fascicled axillary shorter than the leaves glabrous or viscous-hairy, bracts 
and bracteoles very small, corolla 13 in. purple.—Strobilanthes sp. n. 30, 
Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T. 
SUBTROPICAL SIKKIM and W. BHorAN, alt. 2-6000 ft., common; J. D. H., T. 
Anders., &c. 
A shrub, 3-5 ft. ; branches elongate, flexuose, glabrous. Leaves 44-64 by 24 in., 
serrate, with small raphides on both surfaces; nerves 6 pair; petiole 1-3 in., some- 
times 0, Spikes 1-3 in., in nearly all the axils, densely divided from the base, the 
flowers'nearly all in crowded but distinct opposite pairs; lower bracts resembling 
reduced leaves, lanceolate ; upper 4 in. spathulate, glabrous pubescent or very viscous- 
hairy. Calyx in flower often less than ł in., in fruit sometimes nearly 3 in., divided 
nearly to the base; segments equal or unequal, glaucous or green, hairy. Corolla 
somewhat curved, minutely pubescent, ultimately glabrate. Capsule scarcely 4 in., 
minutely pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds q5.in., orbicular, innumerable fine white hairs 
springing out on applying water; areoles very small.—There is a wide series of forms 
here collected, varying much in the size and hairiness of the calyx, but all remarkable 
by the fasciculate axillary inflorescence. Possibly T. Anderson also included here S. 
agrestis, which has different inflorescence, and much larger capsules. 
116. S. levigatus, Clarke; nearly glabrous, leaves elliptic acumi- 
nate at both ends serrate, flowers loosely panicled nearly all in opposite dis- 
tant pairs, bracts very caducous, corolla 1? in. nearly glabrous. 
SIKxm ; J. D. H. 
A shrub, glabrous except a few glandular hairs occasionally on the calyx and 
Panicle-rachis. Leaves 7 by 2} in., sharply serrate, obscurely lineolate, nerves 8 
pair ; petiole 3 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, large, lax; bracts and bracteoles 
all fallen before some of the corollas have opened. Calyx 4 in., divided nearly to the 
ase; segments subequal, narrowly lanceolate, subobtuse, somewhat enlarged, mem- 
Tanous in fruit. Corolla nearly as of S. angustifrons & agrestis. Capsule 
1-3 in., glabrous, tip obscurely glandular. 
117. S. debilis, Clarke; leaves small elliptic sparsely hairy, spikes 
Small interrupted, flowers in opposite pairs, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla 
1m. nearly glabrous without long white-hairy within. 
Prev; Kurz, . 
Stem creeping, rooting ; flowering branches 4-8 in., erect, branching, pubescent. 
Leaves 1} by $ in., apex triangular, very obtuse, base cuneate, undulate or crenate, 
densely lineolate and with a few long multicellular hairs above, pubescent beneath ; 
zoves 5 pair; petiole à in. Spikes 1-2 in. weak, hairy; bracts j in.; bracteoles 
id in, linear, green, hairy. Sepals i-iin., linear, subulate, very hairy. Corolla 
nearly Straight ; cylindric base hardly half as long as the urceolate part; segments 5, 
short, round, subequal. Filaments glabrous. Ovary 4-ovulate. Capsule not seen.— 
very anomalous species ; it is possible that the bracts are not caducous, and that it 
should not be arranged here. 
118. s. glandulosus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, ii. 92; viscous, 
leaves narrowly elliptic repand-crenate, spikes very numerous, lowest 
Facts leaf-like subpersistent, proper bracts small oblong caducous, corolla 
Scarcely 4 in. yellow. Hemigraphis glandulosa, 7. Anders. in Kurz Anda- 
ep. App. B. 13. 
- ANDAMAN Isr : . 
n branched herb uri). etes 3 by lin.  subobtusely cuneate at both ends 
early glabrous ; nerves 6 pair; petiole} in. Inflorescence exceedingly sticky, Mat 
compound ; lower bracts persistent, or deciduous forming the spikes into compounc 
icles ; flowers distant in opposite pairs, or in small heads ; or in nO solitary, 
