306 Acanthacece. S^Strobilanthes. 



lanceolate, subacute, ciliatc ; cor.-tube about ;^ in., funnel- 

 shaped, hairy at mouth within, lobes large, broadly oblong, 

 obtuse, reflexed, more or less crisped on margin ; stam. 4, 

 cxserted ; capsule large, ^ in., oblong, obtuse, glabrous; 

 seeds 2, nearly h in., very thin, covered with long adpressed 

 silky hair. 



Var. /5, stenocarpa, Clarke^ I. c. 441. 



L. broader, pubescent beneath ; capsule small, f in., seeds 

 \ in. 



Montane zone, 4000-7000 ft. ; rather common, gregarious. Hantane; 

 Maturata ; Adam's Peak; Hakgala. Var. /3, in the low dry country; 

 very rare. Bintenne. Fl. Sept.-February ; white, tinged or veined 

 with pink. 



Endemic. 



The plants from Hakgala are covered with a short, dense, glandular 

 pubescence. \ ax. /? is probably a distinct species, but I have not seen 

 flowers. 



11. S. Thwaitesii, And. in T/nu. Etuein. 227 (1S60). 

 C. P. 3516 (2009 part). 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 441. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 219. 



Stems quadrangular, somewhat hispid ; 1. large 5-9 in., 

 oval-lanceolate, much tapering into petiole, caudate-acuminate, 

 acute, dentate, scabrous with small prickly hairs on both 

 sides and often slightly pubescent beneath, petiole about i in.; 

 fl. 1-3, heads 4-1 in., on short quadrangular more or less 

 pubescent peduncles 1-3 in an axil, or all on a common 

 peduncle, outer bracts 2, opp., floral bracts f in., lanceolate, 

 acuminate, acute, ciliate, pinnatcly veined, much bullate 

 between the veins, bractlets shorter, linear, ciliate ; cal. under 

 i in., segm. almost distinct, linear, long-ciliate ; cor. about 

 I in., glabrous outside, pilose within, stam. 4, included ; 

 capsule not seen. 



Montane zone (?), very rare. Ambagamuwa Dist., 1S55 (Thwaites). 

 Fl. white. 

 Endemic. 

 I have seen only the C. P. specimens. 



12. S. caudatus, Ajid. in Thu>. Eniiiu. 228 (i860). 

 C. P. 364. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 441. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 213. 



Stems 4-5 ft., nearly cylindrical, slender, finely pubescent, 

 purplish ; 1. 3-5 in., lanceolate, acute at base, very narrowly 

 caudate, entire or very nearly so, glabrous above, pubescent 

 on veins beneath, ciliatc ; fl. 3-6, heads small, about | in., on 

 slender hair\' defle.xed peduncles, solitary or 3 on a common 

 peduncle i-i| in. long, bracts small, under \ in., oblong, 



