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* STROBILANTHES scabra. 



Rough-leaved Conehead. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 

 Nat. ord. ACANTHACE^E. 



STROBILANTHES, Nees. Calyx quinquepartitus, laciniis herbaceis. 

 Corolla hypogyna, infundibuliformis, tubo sensim transeunte in limbum cam- 

 panulatum, quinquefidum, laciniis sequalibus v. subsequalibus, obtusis v. 

 emarginatis. Stamina 4, corollse tubo inserta, inclusa, didynama; antherte 

 biloculares, loculis parallelis. Stylus simplex ; stigma subulatum, incurvum 

 v. involutum. Ovarium biloculare, loculis biovulatis. Capsula subunguicu- 

 lata, tetragono-columnaris, bilocularis, tetrasperma, loculicide bivalvis, valvis 

 medio septiferis v. dissepimento soluto. Semina discoidea, angulata, retina- 



culis uncinatis subtensa. Frutices v. rarius herbse, in Asia tropica cre- 



scentes ; foliis oppositis, spicis axillaribus v. terminalibus, plus minus densis, 

 bracteis foliaceis v. foliaceo-membranaceis, jjersistentibus v. caducis, bracteobs 

 parvis v. rarius nullis, floribus majusculis coeruleis v. albis. Endlicher genera 

 plant, no. 4053. 



§ Sclerostrobilanthes. Spicse rigidse, densse, erectae, bracteis persistentibus. 

 Nees in Wall. pi. as. rar. 3. p. 84. 



S. scabra ; fruticosa, caule bispido, foliis obovato-ellipticis dentato-crenatis 

 supra lineolatis exasperatis setulisque dissitis hirtis subtus pallidis, spicis 

 infraterminalibus oppositis, terminalibus ternis glandulosis. Nees I. c. 



This pretty stove plant has lately flowered in the collection 

 of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, by whose permis- 

 sion a drawing was made for this work. It is half shrubby, 

 with a dark green foliage, and terminal clusters of gay yellow 

 flowers. It appears to grow wild in various parts of India, 

 as in Prome and Sillet, but no exact locality is given, nor is 

 any further information to be found concerning it in Dr. 

 Wallich's great work, where only it has been hitherto pub- 

 lished 



It is remarkable for being covered over with short stiff 



* From arpoftiXoc a pine cone and avSoc a flower, in allusion to the 

 appearance of the inflorescence of some species before the blossoms expand. 



