Strobilanthes.] ^ cix. acanTHAcExZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 473 
at both ends ciliolate pubescent, flowers alternate or opposite in leafy spikes, 
npper bracts ovate or spathulate persistent, corolla 1 in. nearly glabrous 
purple. 
Kuasta Mrs., alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent; J. D. H., &c. 
A small, erect, somewhat densely branched shrub, Leaves 21 by à in. equal or 
subequal, minutely dentate undulate or subentire ; nerves 5-6 pair, puberulous, 
beneath ciliate ; petiole obscure. Spikes 1-3 in., numerous, axillary and terminal, 
nearly glabrous ; lower bracts leaf-like ; upper sometimes spathulate (hardly petioled 
as in S. urophyllus); bracteoles 74 in., ovate. Sepals 4-4 in., subequal, linear, obtuse. 
Corolla nearly straight, hairy within; cylindric base shorter than the ventricose 
portion ; segments short, round. Filaments very hairy downwards. Ovary glabrous; 
style sparsely hairy. Capsule 3in., 4-seeded, Seeds }—} in., ovate, pubescent ; 
areoles hardly any.—This common Khasia in habit and leaves remarkably resembles S. 
isophyllus; the inflorescence, sepals, &c., are totally different. 
136. S. Panichanga, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 478; leaves 
broadly elliptic acuminate at both ends rusty-pubescent, panicles lax capil- 
lary pubescent, flowers scattered mostly alternate, bracts minute persistent, 
corolla 13 in. nearly glabrous.  Ruellia Panichanga, Wall. Cat. 2387. 
i yatasia Panichanga, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 90, and in DC. Prodr. 
Sinner; Wallich. CACHAR; Keenan. . 
À shrub; branches tetragonous, pubescent upwards. Leaves 6} by 23 in., serrate ; 
nerves 10 pair; petiole 4 in. Peduncles j-2 in., repeatedly trichotomous ; bracts 
and bracteoles scarcely } in., linear, pubescent. Calyx } in., deeply subequally 5-fid, 
closely uniformly pubescent; segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla nearly straight, 
puberulous, cylindric base longer than the calyx, gradually widening into the rather 
narrow cylindric portion of the tube; segments round, short, contorted in bud. 
laments and style with scattered white bairs. Capsule more than } in. 
137. S. coloratus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 481, not of 
Nees; leaves ovate or elliptic acuminate glabrous, panicles capillary very 
compound glabrous, bracts elliptic caducous, corolla 13 in. nearly glabrous 
pale purple. Ruellia colorata, Wall. Cat. 2388. Goldfussia colorata, Wees 
în Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 89, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 176.—Acanthacea, 
Grif. Itin. Notes, 87, n. 1280. 
K EASTERN HIMALAYA; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 2-5000 ft., Clarke. Assam and 
HASIA Mrs., alt. 2-4000 ft., frequent; Grifith, H. f. 4 T., &c. " r. 
^ nearly glabrous shrub, 3-6 ft. Leaves 7 by 24-4 in., serrate ; nerves 7-8 pair ; 
petiole 1-1iin. Panicle often 1 foot in diam.,leafless bractless with 200-500 flowers, 
sometimes denser with stouter shorter branches; bracts j in. Calyx j-3 in., deeply 
"fid; segments subequa!, lanceolate, glabrous. Corolla tubular-ventricose, glabrous. 
Capsule 4-1 im, 4-seeded. Seeds | à im. ovate, pubescent; areoles hardly any. — 
he flowers said by Nees to be capitate are mostly alternate scattered; they are 
“pitate only at the tips of the younger panicle-branches. . 
T AR. crinita ; panicle-branches minutely thinly glandular- hairy. dr. xi 
; Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 481. Goldfussia crinita, Nees in DC. Proar. le- 
V6.— Bhotan, alt. 1000 ft.; Griffith. Assam.—Varies in the thinness of the panicie- 
ranches just as does the type. 
S. crinitus, 
Series D. Paniculate. Flowers panicled laxly, or densely, secund, sub- 
Picate. — Bracts conspicuous, persistent. Capsule elliptic, compressed, 
"Uneate at both ends. Seeds shaggy, often only 2 perfected, or if 4 im bri- 
jated.— Species of Ceylon or S. Deccan Peninsula. (This series approac ‘A, 
m technical character, though not in habit, the section *** of the series A, 
racteatæ. Compare S. perfoliatus above, which Wight placed here.) 
