XCVI. ACANTHAOEJt. 367 



Bo. Fl. p. 187 (not of Wight). S. sessilis var. sessiloides, Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 356 {not of C. B. Clarke).— Flowers : 

 Sept.-Oct., once in about 7 years {Talbot). 



Mr. Talbot (I. c.) says that a general flowering took place near the 

 Eainghat in Sept. 1889. Separate fl^oweriug clumps are, he says, found 

 in Sept. and Oct. of years other than those of general flowering. — Veen. 

 Buhra. 



KoNKAN : Amboli GlvM, Kanitkar \ Deccan: Phunda Gbat, ?ihnnda,\\t, Dalsell ^ 

 Gibson, S. M. Country: Parva GhAt, Eitckie, 1207!; Eamghdt, Talbot. Kanara : 

 common in the Supa, Sirsi and Siddapur talukas of N. Kanara, Talbot ! — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula), apparently endemic. 



3. Strobilanthes lupulinus, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Bar. v. 3 



(1832) p. 85. An erect shrub ; stems and branches woody, the older 

 glabrous and warted, the younger hairy. Leaves 41-6 by 2^-3k in., 

 broadly elliptic, acuminate, crenate-serrate, densely lineolate, usually 

 rough above with stiff short hairs, base cuneate ; main nerves about 8 

 pairs, prominent; petioles 1-1| in. long. Flowers in axillary and 

 terminal simple or umbellately branched spikes 1| in. long; bracts § in. 

 long, elliptic-obovate, rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base, glan- 

 dular-hairy, veined, concave ; bracteoles 0. Calyx ^ in. long, divided 

 nearly to the base ; segments linear- oblong, obtuse, scarious, hairy at 

 the tip. Corolla |-1 in. long, straight, glabrous outside, hairy inside ; 

 tube very narrow at the base, gradually and slightly enlarged upwards. 

 Filaments of the longer stamens hairy. Ovary glabrous ; style glabrous 

 or nearly so. Capsules | in. long, oblong-cluvate, 4-seeded, glabrous. 

 Seeds § in. long, broadly elhptic or suborbicular, very thin, flat, glabrous, 

 yellowish. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 443 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 261 ; 

 "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12(1899) p. 355. — Flowers : Oct.-Jau. 



Rare. Konkan : Stocks'., Dalzelll S. M. Country: Eamghat, Ritchie, 1939!, 

 Woodrow. Kanaka : moist forests at Yellapiir, Talbot. — Distrib. India (W. Penin- 

 sula), apparently endemic. 



4. Strobilanthes Heyneanus, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Bar. v. 3 

 (1832) p. 85. A small shrub ; stems hirsute upwards. Leaves drying 

 green, 3-6 by 1^-2| in., acuminate, closely crenate-serrate, hairy above 

 with short stiff bulbous-based hairs, softly hairy on the nerves beneath, 

 lineolate on both snrfaces (very strongly so on the upper), base tapering 

 (sometimes rounded in the upper leaves) ; main nerves about 7 pairs ; 

 petioles 1-2| in. long. Flowers in axillary simple or branched glabrous 

 spikes ; peduncles usually short ; bracts rather more than | in. long by 

 I in. wide, white, membranous, broadly elliptic, rounded at the apex, 

 glabrous, finely reticulately veined, very concave ; bracteoles 0. Calyx 

 •| in. long, divided nearly to the base, glabrous ; segments subequal, 

 linear-lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla |-f in. long, pale-blue, the narrow 

 portion of the tube much shorter than the ventricose. Filaments of the 

 longer stamens bearded. Ovary glabrous ; style slightly pubescent. 

 Capsules 3 in. long, oblong, subacute, 4-seeded. Seeds ovoid, flattened, 

 glabrous, i in. long. Fl. B. L v. 4, p. 413 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 187; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 261 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 355. Strobilanthes mgosus, AVight, Icon. t. 1619.— Flowers : 

 Oct.-Dec, apparently annually (Talbot). Yi^uy. A'kra ; Ifrfri. 



