ACANtHACE^. 313 



inches by % inch, stalked in the leaf-axils, with often a 



pair of small leaves, J4 to ^ inch long, about the middle 



of the stalk : bracts elliptic long-acuminate J^ to % inch : 



bracteoles linear /^ to % inch. Sepals as long covered 



with long gland-tipped hairs. Narrow basal part of 



corolla ^ inch ; broader part H ^Y % inch ; limb 



slightly spreading of five rounded lobes. Stamens two. 



Pollen grains ellipsoid with about fourteen (twelve to 



twenty) longitudinal ribs and grooves. Capsule /^ by /^ 



inch shorter than the sepals. Seeds flat, apparently 



glabrous, but if wetted showing a dense fringe of circular 



hairs, t. 207. 



Nilgiris : near Ootacamund, January iqii Fysofi^ March 

 1 91 4 Bourne 6347 ; Coonoor Clarke. 



Earlier flowering dates appear to have been : 1838 (Munro), 1849 

 (Wight), 1851 (Rohenacker), 1870 (Clarke). In the Wynaad 1901 (Barber 

 5686). 



In fig 207 : c bract, inner surface glabrous ; outer with glandular hairs ; d 

 ripe fruit ; e same opened ; / seed dry ; g seed in-water showing spreading 

 hairs. 



^ Strobilanthes wightianus Nees ; F.B.L iv 438, XVIII 



24. A coarsely hairy shrub of 2 to 3 feet : young parts 



covered with short deflexed hairs. Leaves ^to 2 inches, 



with stalks half as long ; ovate, thick, roughly hairy, finely 



serrate. Flowers in shortly stalked axillary bunches. 



Bracts ^ to l inch, elliptic, acuminate, longer than the 



sepals : bracteoles % inch, narrow. Sepals linear. Corolla 



campanulate, % to l inch, with narrow part of tube very 



short, nearly glabrous outside, hairy on lines inside : 



tube brown, limb very pale blue with darker veins. Pollen 



grains ellipsoid with ribs and tubercles. Ovary glabrous. 



Capsule Yz inch oblong, four-seeded. Seeds i/io inch, 



thin, elliptic, glabrous, t. 208. 



Nilgiris : near Ootacamund, etc. Fyson 1043. Bour?ie 

 5220. September 1908 to January 1909. Kotagiri, September 

 1910. 



Earlier Collections were 1847 {Gardner) y 1S4S (JVigkt), 1050 (Mtittro), 

 1 85 1 (Hohenacker). 



