iU ACANTHACE^. 



^ Strobilanthes sessilis Nees ; F.B.L iv 452, XVIII 69. 



Flowers in close spikes as in S. kunthianus but whole 



plant hairy and leaves broadly ovate or cordate, not 



white below. 



Rootstock woody : stems numerous, unbranched, 8 to 



18 inches covered with rough hairs. Leaves sessile, 1% 



by I inch, ovate with cordate or straight base, crenate, 



softly villous. Spikes ij^ to 2 by J^ inch : bracts closely 



imbricate, ovate-acuminate, ^ inch. Corolla ij^ inches, 



tubular, pale purple. Stamens four. t. 209. Wight Ic. 



t. 1511. 



Nilgiris : on the downs. 



Gen. Dist. Mountains of South India. Not collected on Pulneys. 



In full flower summer of 1904 {Bourne). Other flowering periods appear 

 to have been 1838 (^//^^^//), \%^T [Gardner], \%d^()[Wight\ iZy:^ {Foulkes), 

 and at Avalanche 1852 ( Wight). 



Strobilanthes scxennis Nees; F.B.L iv 474, XVIII 138. 

 Leaves sessile or stalked, elliptic, acute at both ends, 

 serrate, covered on both sides with short hairs. Nerves 

 about seven pairs. Spikes interrupted ; bracts ovate- 

 acute. Corolla l^ inches, cylindrical with small limb, 

 glabrous. Stamens four, filaments hairy. Pollen grains 

 ellipsoid (.?) with longitudinal ribs (possibly due to 

 drying). 



Nilgiris : Dodabetta {Hohenacker). Pulneys : Pillar Rocks, 

 1898 ; downs 1908. {Bourne.) 



Gen. Dist. Also Ceylon (the origin of the species). 



ANDROGRAPHIS. f.b.i. 109 xxviii. 



Distinguished from all our other genera of this order 

 by the two stamens with their broad, stiff, white fila- 

 ments, and jet black anthers, projecting out from the 

 widely open corolla ; the style between or below them. 

 Herbs or shrubs, erect or procumbent. Leaves entire. 

 Flowers often in one-sided racemes forming large 



