Strobilanthes.] AcailthaceCE, 3O5 



\ in., narrowly oblong ; seeds 4, oval, with a thicker border, 

 smooth and shining, grey. 



Moist region up to 4000 ft. ; rather rare. Avisawella (Ferguson) ; 

 Hewaheta; Hantane. Fl. Nov.-Jan.; very pale purple. 

 Endemic. 



9. S. lanceolatus, Hook, ex Nees m DC. Prod. xi. 181 (1847). 

 Goldfussia Myrtinia., Nees, I. c. 174. S. adeiiophorus., Nees, 1. c. 182. 



Thw. Enum. 228. And. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466 (non Bedd.). 

 C P. 162. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 437. 



Stems ii-3 ft., erect, sharply quadrangular, the angles 

 often narrowly winged, glabrous, branches erect ; 1. numerous, 

 2-3 in., lanceolate, tapering to base and decurrent on petiole, 

 caudate-acuminate, acute, very slightly serrate and spinous- 

 denticulate on narrowly reflexed margin, glabrous, petiole 

 •obscure ; fl. 1-3, in small, solitary (or 2), shortly peduncled, 

 axillary heads with 2 outer opposite leaflike empty bracts, 

 which are f in., oval, glabrous, floral bracts under \ in., oblong, 

 bractlets \ in., linear ; cal. \ in., segm. about a third the 

 length of tube, narrowly lanceolate, mucronate, pubescent ; 

 cor.-tube fully i in., lower half very narrow, upper campanu- 

 late, glabrous outside, lobes short, oval, obtuse or subacute ; 

 stam. 4, fil. hairy ; capsule not seen ; ' seeds 4, glabrous.' 



Moist low country up to 3000 ft.; rather common. Sabaragamuwa; 

 Four Korales; Kukul Korale; Labugama, abundant. Fl. Dec, Jan.; 

 pale purple. 



Endemic. 



The Fl. B. Ind. erroneously quotes for this Martynia lanceolata, Moon, 

 which is given correctly in the same volume for CJiirita Mootiii. The 

 present plant was, however, called 3/yriinia laiiccolata by IMacrae in 

 MS. as cjuoted by Nees, 1. c. 174. 



10. S. Walkeri, Ar7i. ex Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 181 (1847). 

 Thw. Enum. 227. C. P. 3517 (2009 [part]). 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 440. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 222. 



Stems 2-4 ft., bluntly quadrangular, glabrous ; 1. T^-y in,, 

 oval or lanceolate-oval, tapering to base, shortly acuminate, 

 obtuse, serrate-dentate, harsh with small pustular prickly 

 hair on both sides, lineolate, paler beneath, petiole J-i in.; 

 fl. 1-4 together, heads about f in., on short, stout, qua- 

 drangular or slightly winged peduncles thickened upwards, 

 solitary or 2 or 3 in an axil or all raised on a short very thick 

 common peduncle, outer bracts 2, short, floral bracts large, 

 about J in., broadly oval, subacute, with undulate margins, 

 glabrous, with strong pinnate purple veins, much bullate 

 between the veins, bractlets small, linear ; cal. over f in., 

 longer than bractlets, segm. cut almost to base, oblong- 



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