Strobilanihes.'] AcanthaceCB. 



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4. S. exareolatus, Clarke in Fl. B. hid. iv. 432 (1884). 

 E7idopogo)i consaiigtnnetis, Nees, 1. c. 104 (part). Stenosiphoniuvt 



diandrmn, Nees, 1. c. 105. S. consa7igumeus, And. in Thw. Enum. 226. 

 C. P. 2002 (part). 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 432. 



Stems quadrangular, glabrous ; 1. broadly oval, tapering to 

 base, suddenly acuminate, obtuse, shallowly crenate-serrate, 

 glabrous but copiously lineolate above, slightly cottony-hairy 

 on veins beneath, petiole f-i in.; fl. in slender, rather lax, 

 glandular-pubescent spikes under \\ in. long, bracts finely 

 pubescent, bractlets narrower (sometimes absent) ; cal. 

 tubular, longer than bracts, finely pubescent, segm. \ as long 

 as tube, narrowly triangular ; cor.-tube | in., pubescent out- 

 side, lower half very slender, upper half campanulate, ventri- 

 cose, lobes equal, oval, obtuse ; stam. 2 ; capsule not seen. 



Montane lower zone ; rare. Maturata District at 3000 ft. Fl. Feb.; 

 pale purple-blue. 



Endemic. 



I have seen only the C. P. specimens in Herb. Perad. named S. con- 

 sanguineus., And., by Thwaites. 



5. S. rhytispermus, Clarke in Fl. B. hid. iv. 432 (1884). 



5. hypoleticus, And. in Thw. Enum. 226. C. P. 2897. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 433. 



Stems sub-quadrangular, glabrous below with some de- 

 ciduous cotton above ; 1. zh~A-h i^-' oval-lanceolate, tapering 

 to base, acuminate, subacute, serrate-dentate, glabrous and 

 lineolate above, grey with cottony hair beneath, lat. veins 

 prominent, very oblique ; spikes slender, lax, glabrous, 

 terminal and axillary (often 2 from an axil), bracts lanceolate, 

 acuminate, glabrous ; cal. about length ojT bracts, glabrous, 

 cut about half way down, segm. acuminate; stam. 2; capsule 

 narrowly oblong oval ; seeds 2, oblong, glabrous, furrowed. 



Montane zone (.''), very rare. I have only seen the C. P. specimens 

 which were collected by Gardner in the ' Central Province,' but are not 

 localised more precisely, and are somewhat imperfect. 



Endemic. 



6. S. nigrescens, A7td. in Thw. E7ium. 226 (i860). 



C. P. 3353- 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 433. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 217. 



Stems 4-5 ft., stout, purple at the nodes or throughout ; 

 1. lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, tapering to base, caudate- 

 acuminate, obtuse, serrate, quite glabrous, lineolate, petiole 

 \-\ in. ; spikes 4-6 in., continuous, densely covered with long 

 white glandular hair, bracts f-| in., linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 bractlets shorter, linear ; cal. rather longer than bractlets, 

 with copious long glandular hairs, much enlarged in fruit, 



