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Strobilanthes—continued. 
šft. 1823. Syns. Goldfussia anisophylla (B. M. 
anisophylla (H. E. F. 191), R. persicifolia (B. R. 955). 
S. consanguineus (related). jl. blue, in compound, axillary and 
terminal spikes ; corolla ŝin. long, the lobes ovate, acute. June. 
l. ovate, acuminate, obscurely toothed, glabrate, prominently 
lineolate above. h. 2ft. to 5ft. 1873. 
S. glomeratus (clustered).* ji. purplish; corolla l}in. to 2łin. 
long, glabrous; heads ovoid, sub-sessile, hairy, often pseudo- 
axillary. November. l. ovate, 44in. long, acute, sé ed, nar- 
rowed or rounded at base, villous above, less so beneath; pe- 
tioles jin. to lin. long. A. 2ft. to 6ft. 1838. (B. 155, and 
B. M. 3881, under name of Goldfussia glomerata.) 
S. g. speciosus (showy). fl. of a full, if not bright, purple, 
showy. (B. M. 4767, under name of Goldfussia glomerata 
speciosa.) 
8. isophyllus (equal-leaved).* fl. lavender-colour, similar to those 
of S. anisophyll Aut l ite, nearly equal, linear- 
petioles 
(B. 244 
) Ruellia 
lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, glabrous, din. iong; 
łin. or less in length, or wenang: h. lft. to 2ft. 1 
and B. M. 4363, under name of Goldfussia isophylla.) 
S. Sabinianus (Sabin’s). fl. lavender-colour; corolla lin. long, 
curved, much ventricose, nearly glabrous ; spikes 2in. to 4in. 
long, pubescent, mostly soli . March. J. petiolate, broadly 
elliptic, shortly acuminate at both ends, 64in. long, nearly entire; 
uppermost ones often sessile and cordate. h. 2ft. to 5ft. 1826. 
(B. R. 1238, under name of Ruellia Sabiniana.) : 
S. scaber (rough). jl. yellow; corolla symmetric, #in. to lin. long, 
very hairy within; bracts lin. long; spikes lin. to 2in. long, 
dense, often clustered, hairy. May. J. elliptic or obovate, acu- 
minate, 44in. long, coarsély scabrous or nearly smooth; petioles 
Zin. long. h. lft. to 3ft. 1836. A pubescent or hairy shrub. 
(B. R. xxvii. 32.) 
S. sessilis (sessile). /l. pale purple; corolla 1łin. lon 
straight, slightly hairy within and without ; spi 
long, cylindric, exactly strobiliform. Ap 
acute, hairy, Zin. to 14in. long, roun 
Stems numerous, erect, lft. to 1ifthi; 
S. Wallichii (Wallich’s).* /l. blue, solitary or in pairs ; corolla l}in. 
long, nearly straight, with short, round segments ; lower bracts 
leaf-like ; spikes lin. to 6in. long, often flexuous or zigzag. Octo- 
ber. Z. elliptic, acuminate, 3in. long, puberulous or glabrous 
on petioles jin. long ; upper ones sessile and cordate. 6in. to 
2ft. 1858. (B. M. 5119, under name of Goldfussia Thomsoni.) 
Fic. 547, OVAL STROBILES OF Hop, showing thin, membranous 
Bracts. 
STROBILE (from strobilos, a Fir-cone). A sed 
fruit, composed chiefly of a.number of bracts that over- % 
lap one another like the slates on a roof. It is defined 
by Lindley as “an imbricated scaly inflorescence; a 
FIG. 548. FRUITING Baancouer OF CEDRUS LIBANI, bearing an oval Strobile or Cone, with thin, woody, imbricated Bracts. 
collection of hard scales, representing distinct flowers, 
arranged spirally but closely imbricated;” but the term 
is seldom employed for the inflorescences, which rather 
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Strobile—continued. 
belong to the type called Catkins, and become Strobiles 
only when the seeds are approaching ripeness. The 
word Cone is employed with almost the same meaning 
as Strobile, though in general almost restricted to the 
fruits of the Coniferw, while, the latter word also in- 
cludes the fruits of the Hop, and of a few other plants. 
ROUND STROBILE OR CONE OF CUPRESSUS, with the 
eparating, showing woody Bracts expanded into a 
he result of the fertilisation of. several 
usually one in the axil of each of the 
Fig. 550. FRUITING BRANCHLET OF JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS 
HIBERNICA, showing oval, berry-like Strobiles, sometimes 
called Galbulus. 
They remain thin and membranous in some 
see Fig. 547). Among the Conifere, 
woody and hard; in some, e.g., 
By they remain comparatively thin; 
Cupressugg (see Fig. 549), each bract 
broad, shield-like plate. 
Pe 
the tip in 
In the gerfus Juniperus, the bracts become soft and 
fleshy, andware united by their edges, so as to form a 
fruit whichjat first sight, very much resembles a berry 
