304 Acanthacece. \Strobilanthes. 



segm. less than half length of tube, acute; cor.-tube over f in., 

 lower half narrow-tubular, upper half inflated gibbous, lobes 

 short, oval, sometimes slightly emarginate ; stam. 2, scarcely 

 exserted ; capsule nearly \ in., ovoid-oblong, blunt ; seeds 4, 

 oval, \ in., smooth and shining. 



Lower montane zone; very rare. Ambagamuwa Dist. above 3000 ft. 

 Fl. Uec; pale purple. 

 Endemic. 

 The flowers are very like those of 6". viscosiis, but darker. 



7. S. rhamnifolius, And. in Thw. Enuin. 226 (i860). 



Bnteraa r/ia/iinifo!ia, Nees, 1. c. 725. Endopogon rhamnifolius^ 

 Wight, Ic. iv. pt. 4, 3. C. P. 2007. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 433. Wight, Ic. t. 1521. 



Stems stout, sub-quadrangular, glabrous, purplish, 1. 

 2|-3| in., oval, tapering and somewhat decurrent on petiole, 

 caudate-acuminate, obtuse, bluntly serrate, glabrous on both 

 sides, lat. veins conspicuous, very oblique, petiole \-\ in,, 

 glabrous ; fl. sessile, spikes numerous, panicled, dense, 2-3 in., 

 shortly stalked, densely clothed with long white spreading 

 glandular hair, bracts rather large, overlapping, oval, obtuse, 

 bractlets linear, shorter than bracts, all densely glandular- 

 hairy ; cal. narrow, segm, linear, about half as long as tube, 

 very glandular-hairy; cor,-tube f-i in., lower half very 

 slender, upper half inflated, gibbous, hairy within ; stam. 2, 

 scarcely exserted ; capsule not seen. 



Lower montane zone; rare. Hantane at 4000 ft. Fl. Nov.; very pale 

 purple. 



Endemic, 



8, S. deflexus, A7id. in Thw. Enttm. 227 (i860). 

 C. P. 1998. 



Fl. B. Ind, iv, 433, Bedd, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 218, 



Stems 3-5 ft., slender, much branched, swollen above the 

 nodes, glabrous ; 1. usually rather small, 1^-3^ (sometimes 

 larger), lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, attenuate at base and 

 decurrent on petiole, caudate-acuminate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 copiously lineolatc, petiole -|-^ in, ; fl, 2 or 3 together in 

 small heads which are about | in., narrow, solitary or in twos, 

 axillary, peduncles about I in,, thickened upwards, usually 

 strongly dcflexed, outer bracts empty 3-5, enclosing whole 

 head, nearly | in., oblong, subacute, glabrous, stiff, floral 

 bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, bractlets filiform ; cal. 

 narrowly tubular, glabrous, segm. not half as long as tube, 

 linear-lanceolate, very acute, cor.-tube nearly i in., much bent 

 in the middle, lower half very narrow, upper half inflated, 

 gibbous, lobes equal, rotundate, spreading ; stam. 2 ; capsule 



