474 CIX. ACANTHACER. (C. B. Clarke.) | Strobilanthes. 
138. S. sexennis, Nees in. DC. Prodr. xi. 187; leaves sessile elliptic 
attenuate at each end denticulate nearly glabrous, bracts sessile ovate base 
rounded or subcordate glandular-hairy or glabrate, corolla 14 in. glabrous. 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 483. S. interruptus, Benth, in Pl. 
Hohenack. n. 1432. 
CEYLON; Walker, Thwaites, C. P. n. 2593. NILGHERRY Mrs.; on Dodabetta, 
Hohenacker. 
A shrub, flowering at 6 or 7 years old, then dying down, Branches subquadran- 
gular, glabrous, transversely verrucose. Leaves 3 by lin. ; nerves 5-6 pair; petiole 
winged, base dilated. Bracts } by i-i in., glabrous or hairy on the same spike ; 
bracteoles $ in., oblong obtuse. Calyx divided subequally nearly to the base; seg- 
ments linear-oblong, hairy at least at the tips. Corolla white (Beddome). Capsu f 
i in., glabrous, 2-seeded.— Described from Nees’ type specimen; the specimen 1n leaf 
only which he adds bas very large many-nerved leaves very woolly when young, *h 
is a gregarious undershrub well known to Col. Beddome in Ceylon, of which the 
flower has not yet been observed. . . : 
Var. arguta; leaves distinctly dentate sometimes slightly hairy, petiole (even B 
the leaves near the spikes) usually well defined sometimes 1-2 in. not dilated at VN 
base, spikes often elongate secund sometimes dense, S. argutus, Nees in DC. Prodr. 
xi. 188.— Ceylon, frequent; Gardner, Thwaites, C. P. 66 partly, &c.—Appears à 
trifling variety. . 
Var. cerinthoides ; leaves sessile elliptic or oblong narrowed suddenly at the very 
base subentire coriaceous few-nerved. S. cerinthoides, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 724; 
T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 229. Mackenziea sessilis, Nees in Dc. Prodr. xi. 303. 
—Ceylon; Thwaites (C. P. nn. 2594, 66 partly), Mackenzie, &c.—The type of this 
with nearly all the leaves subsessile rounded at the base seems to form a distinct species, 
but there are examples wherein the lower leaves are cuneate at the base. The flowers 
are noted white with much purple marking. o 1 DC. 
VAR. hirsutissima ; stem and leaves hirsute. S. hirsutissimus, Nees in . 
Prodr. xi. 187.— Ceylon ; Walker, Thwaites (C. P. n. 3626), &c. 
139. S. homotropus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 187; leaves oblong or 
elliptic long attenuate at the base glabrous, spikes very hairy flexuose 
or somewhat twisted, bracts elliptic or subovate narrowed at the base, 
corolla 1 iu. nearly glabrous. S. sexennis, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 206, no 
of Nees. 
NircHERRY Mrs., alt. 8000 ft.; Wight, &c. . . 
This has been treated as a var. of S. sexennis, but the bracts are quite unlike. 
140. S. violaceus, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t 205; leaves large petioled 
ovate hairy on both surfaces, bracts elliptic or oblong much shorter tha 
the calyx, corolla 1} in. glabrous without deep violet. 
NitesErry Mrs.; Sisparah, alt. 6000 ft., Beddome. hair 
A large shrub, very rarely flowering (Beddome) ; branches quadrangular, airy 
upwards. Leaves 6j by 33 ïn., shortly acuminate at both ends, crenulate ; nerve 
14 pair; petiole 1-2 in. Panicles 6-10 in., lax, hairy ; bracts 2 in. ; bracteoles 3 me 
oblong hairy. Calyx divided nearly to the base, less hairy than the bracteoles me 
ments } in., narrowly oblong, obtuse, Corolla nearly straight, urceolate, very airy 
within; constricted base short; segments short, rounded, Capsule not seen. 
141. S. gracilis, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 222, and Ie. Pl. Ind. 
Or. t. 207, not of T. Anders.; leaves sessile lanceolate attenuate at bot 
ends glabrous, panicle glabrous, bracts oblong much shorter than the calyx, 
bracteoles 0, corolla 1 in. white lilac tinged. S. Beddomei, T. Anders. n 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 482. 
ANAMALLAY Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft.; Beddome. 
