388 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIX. 



Shrubs with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals United. 



Strobilantlies. slnti- 

 nosus, 



ACANTHACEiE. 

 F. B. I.iv. 468. 

 Himalaya, 3-6,000 ft. 

 Valleys below Simla 

 (Collntt). 



medium size, sticky, hairy ; leaves 3 by 1^ in., ovate 

 toothed, hairy on both sides ; jflowei-s pale blue on 

 short spikes forming a round head or often the lowest 

 flowers are separated, solitary in the axil of leaf like 

 bracts ; upper bracts \-^ in., ovate shorter than the 

 calyx, bracteoles ^ in. oblong, calyx sticky hairy, lobes 

 linear ; corolla 2 in. long, tube lower half cylindric, 

 upper dilated, limbs spreading, lobes 5, stamens 4 ; 

 style linear hardly bifid, capsule f in. oblong, sticky 

 velvety, seeds ovate hairy. 



Strobilaixtiies Dalliou- 

 sianus, 



Aoakthace^. 

 F.B. I. iv. 460. 

 Himalaya, 6-S,O00 ft. 

 Simla, Mahasu (Collett). 



medium size, hairy ; leaves 3-6 by 1^-2 in., pointed 

 at both ends, hairy toothed ; flowers dark blue 

 or purple in heads of three or very short spikes, 

 bracts \ in. orbicular, concave, smooth, whitish, 

 bracteoles none ; calyx slightly velvety, nearly 

 smooth ; corolla 1^-2 in. long, tube 'yellowish, curved, 

 gradually swollen from near the base, limb ^-f in. 

 diam., purple, lobes 5, rounded, stamens 4 ; capsule 

 I in. long, oblong, velvety ; seeds 4 ovate, silky. 



Strobilanthes alatus, 



mcludin? 



S. aagustifrons, 



ACANTHACE.a;. 

 F. B. I. iv. 464 and 466. 

 Himalaya, 6-10,0 uO ft. 

 Mashobra (Collett). 



medium size, sticky hairy ; leaves 5 by 2| in., hairy, 

 long winged stalks, ovate, sharply toothed, long point- 

 ed, flowers dark blue in interrupted spikes or in 

 clusters, bracts soon falling off, narrow hardly as long 

 as the calyx, bracteoles \ in., soon falling off ; corolla 

 \\ in. long, tube curved, gradually dilated from close 

 to the base, limb f in. diam., lobes 5, stamens 4 ; 

 capsule f inch, narrow, glandular hairy, seeds 4, ovate 

 hairy. 



Lantana Camara, 



Verbenace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 562. * 

 The Plains. 



rambling, rough, branches four-angled with re- 

 curved prickles ; leaves 3 in. long, ovate, rough above, 

 woolly beneath, stalk \ in. long ; flowers scented in 

 stalked ovoid heads, bracts longer than the calyx, 

 corolla tube pink, slender, i in. long, mouth i in. 

 diam., lobes spreading, 4-5, orange or yellow, stamens 

 4, style 1, stigma oblique ; drupe ^-\ in., purple, 2 

 bony cells. An American plant. 



