472 ‘crx. acANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.)  —[Strobilunthes. 
short axillary branch which has 2 opposite bracts, 1 barren, the other with a flower 
often supported by the two normal but minute bracteoles. 
Var. microphylla, Nees; leaves very thin herbaceous uppermost cuneate or 
rhomboid at the base, bracts lanceolate or subovate many foliaceous not cordate, sepals 
in fruit much broader than in S. Wallichii type, corolla-mouth much on one side, 
capsule more than 3 in., seeds } in. Ruellia alata, Wall. Cat. 2371 b.—N.W. 
Himalaya, alt. 7-11,000 ft.; from Kashmir to Kumaon, common, Wallich, &c.— 
Connected by intermediate forms with the Sikkim type. Leaves often large, some- 
‘times small. 
132. S. atropurpureus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 86, and in 
DC. Prodr. xi. 195; leaves ovate acute coarsely serrate sparsely hairy, 
spikes lax, flowers solitary or paired, many of the lower bracts eaf-like, 
sepals linear subobtuse patently hairy, corolla 13 in. blue. T. Anders. m 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 477. Ruellia atropurpurea, Wall. Cat. 2398. 
SUBALPINE W. HIMALAYA, alt. 6-10,000 ft.; from Jamu to Nepal, frequent, 
Wallich, &c. . 
A perennial, often growing in swamps ; stems 1-1} foot, thick, succulent, hirsute 
upwards, or dwarfed 3-6 in. Lower leaves petioled or the petiole winged to the 
base. Corolla usually much curved, the ventricose part of the tube very broad. 
Otherwise as S. JWallichii var. microphylla, of which this species has been treated 
(perhaps correctly) at Kew as a var. 
133. S. subnudatus, C/arke; leaves petioled elliptic acuminate at 
both ends nearly glabrous uppermost sessile cordate, spikes linear hairy 
interrupted, nearly all the bracts small oblong, sepals linear elongated sub- 
ur hairy, corolla 14 in. purple—Goldfussia sp. n. 29, Herb. Ind. Or. 
SUBALPINE SIKKIM; Lachoong, alt. 9000 ft., J. D. H. 
Stems 1 foot, from a woody rootstock, slender, nearly glabrous. Leaves 1j by 
+ in., crenate, with minute scattered bristly hairs above and on the nerves beneath, 
raphides obsolete; petiole 3 in., one or two pairs of the leaves at the base of the 
spikes sessile cordate. Spikes 1—4 in.; flowers mostly subsolitary, occasionally oppo- 
site ; bracts j in., oblong or elliptic (none of the flowers with large bracts. similar to 
the uppermost sessile cordate leaves as in S. Wallichii); bracteoles similar to the 
bracts. Sepals in fruit 1-3 in., as of S. Wallichii.—This has been taken as a form 
of S. Wallichii ; but none of the numerous forms of S. Wallichii have bracts and 
hairy spikes without foliaceous bracts like it. 
134. S. urophyllus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 192; leaves lanceolate 
acuminate at both ends glabrous, flowers scattered, lower bracts leaf-like 
upper small long-petioled ovate, corolla 4 in. curved pubescent without. 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc.ix. 477. Ruellia urophylla, Wall. Cat. 2344. 
Dipteracanthus urophyllus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 82. 
Kuasta Mrs. ; Wallich. JAINTEA, alt. 4000 ft. ; Jarain, Clarke. 
, ^ small, ramous, nearly glabrous shrub. Leaves 5} by 1} in., those on the flower- 
ing branches much reduced, serrate, not (or very obscurely) lineolate ; nerves 9 pair ; 
petiole 1} in. Flowers scattered, alternate and subopposite on small-leaved branches ; 
bracts 3 m. exclusive of their } in. petioles, nearly glabrous, persistent ; bracteoles 
similar. Calyx 4-} in., divided nearly to the base, pubescent; segments linear, 
enlarged more hairy in fruit, Capsule 4-4 in., 4-seeded. Seeds 4 in, ovate, 
pubescent ; areoles very small. 
Var. sikkimensis; leaves much broader, corolla 1 in. much curved purple-blue.— 
Darjeeling; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6125) ; alt. 6000 ft., Z'reutler.— Leaves 5} by 
24 in. * Flowers faintly fragrant” (Treutler). 
135. S. stenophyllus, Clarke ; leaves narrowly lanceolate attenuate 
