468 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 
terminal, pedicelled. Calyx 1-j in. divided nearly to the base; segments linear. 
Corolla straight, tubular-ventricose, hardly 4 in. diam. ; segments short, round. 
Filaments and style glabrous; ovary 4-ovulate. Capsule } in., clavate, compressed, 
pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds jin. orbicular ; when wetted the fine hairs spring out ; 
areoles very small.—Kurz, after removing this species to Strobilanthes, suggests that 
it is allied to Hemigraphis Griffithiana, of which not merely the ovules, but the 
inflorescence, &c., are totally different. 
119. S. secundus, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 480; leaves 
elliptic acute at both ends nearly glabrous, spikes lax long, flowers distant 
in opposite pairs, bracts petioled ovate deciduous, corolla 1} in. minutely 
pubescent without yellow with a brown-purple tube.—Strobilanthes sp. 
n. 23, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T., partly. 
MisHMEE and Assam; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6122). ASSAM ; Simons. 
Leaves 63 by 3 in., crenate or subentire, ashy puberulous on the nerves beneath 
otherwise glabrous, upper surface with minute raphides; nerves 8 pair; petiole jin. 
Spikes 12 in., whip-like, sparingly branched (in Griffith's type specimens), sometimes 
depauperated 3 in., 5-fid.; lower bracts leaf-like, upper gradually smaller, leaf-like, 
deciduous, uppermost only 3 in., lanceolate; bracteoles obsolete. Calyx } in., divided 
nearly to the base, glabrous, enlarged in fruit ; segments unequal, narrowly lanceolate, 
linear-elongate, subobtuse. Corolla curved, cylindric base hardly so long as the calyx. 
Capsule nearly 1 in., base long barren narrow, 4-seeded. Seeds 3-4 in. ovate, 
shaggy; areoles very small. 
190. S. flaccidifolius, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 194; glabrous, 
leaves elliptic acute at both ends, spikes forming somewhat dense panicles, 
flowers opposite many remote, bracts petioled ovate deciduous, corolla 2 in. 
nearly glabrous purple. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 481. 
Championi, T. Anders. in Benth. Fl. Hongk. 261. S. flaccidus, Mann, 
Assam For. Rep. 1876-7, par. 135; Gamble, Man. Ind. Timb. 280 ; Kurz 
For. Fl.i.239. Ruellia indigofera, Griff. Trav. 237. R.indigotica, Fortune, 
Resid, Chin. 158. Balfour, Cyclop. Ind. IV. (Ruellia). R. Cusia, 
Ham. in Wall. Cat.9386. Goldfussia Cusia, Mees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
iii. 88, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 175.  Dipteracanthus ? calycinus, Champ. i 
Hook. Kew Journ. v. 133. 
N. and E. BENGAL with Assam, alt. 1—4000 ft. in the lower hills, often cultivated, 
Hamilton, Griffith, &c.—DrisTRIB. N. Burma, S. China. 
A shrub. Leaves and flowers closely resembling (when dry) those of S. secundus, 
but the inflorescence denser, the flowers rather larger. Capsule 3 in., not constricted 
at the base ; lower seeds less than 1 in. from the base.— Except as to the capsule, this 
looks exceedingly like a cultivated form of S. secundus. Yields the dye “ Room.’ 
_ Series C. Alterniflore. Bracts persistent or caducous, large or small, 
m Opposite pairs (sometimes unequal) one of each pair mostly barren. 
Spikes linear lax usually interrupted often flexuose, zigzag or twisted, oF 
compound passing into much-branched panicles ; spikes upwards at least 
generally sympodal. Flowers mostly distant, alternate.—(Several species 
in this section have some of their flowers opposite, but these are in such 
case often twisted much to one side; and in many cases where such occur 
as solitary in the axils of leaves, they are really alternate on shortened 
axillary branches with 2 opposite bracts, whereof one only contains a flower.) 
— Species of N. India and the Malay Peninsula. 
121. S. divaricatus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Sor. ix. 478; leaves 
lanceolate or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes axillary and 
terminal elongate flexuose or zigzag, flowers distant both paired and alter- 
