l£4 ACANTUACEAS. [ Stbobilanthes. 



but densely pabe3cent, lobes lanceolate. Corolla deep-blue, 1{ in. long, 

 glabrous ; tube elongate, dilated near the top ; limb oblique, f in. across ; 

 lobe3 subequal, rounded. Anthers exserted. Capsule oblong, £ in. long. 



Debra Dun and in the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Pilibhit N. Oudh and 

 Gorakhpur, frequent in sal forests. Flowers during February and 

 March. Distrib. Subtropical Himalaya from the Punjab to Bhutan, 

 extending to 4,000 ft. in Kumaon ; also in N. Bengal, Chota Nagpur and 

 the Sundribuns. Often cultivated in gardens for its handsome dark- 

 blue flowers. 

 2. D. purpurascens, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix, 488 ; F. B. I. 



iv, 420 : Wait E. D.; Kanjilal For. Fl. 261 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 518 ; 



Train Beng. PI. 807 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 364. Eranthemum pulchellum, 



Bcxb. Fl. Ind. i, 111. 



A stoutish herb. Stems 2-4 ft. high, leafy. Leaves up to 8 or 9 in. long, 

 ovate, acuminate, closely lineolate on both surfaces, glabrate or some- 

 times pubescent on the nerves, lamina of lower leaves more or less 

 decurrent into the petiole, upper with a rounded or cordate base and 

 shortly stalked ; main lateral nerves 7-9 pairs, prominent beneath. 

 Flowers in dense usually solitary spikes which are 1-3 in. long; bracts 

 glandular-pubescent, about 1 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, 

 pale-green or becoming whitish when old ; nerves strong, dark-green, con- 

 nected with fine reticulations, margins ciliate : bractejles smaller, 

 linear-lanceolate, scarious and glandular-pubescent. Calyx |-g in., 

 ljbed about half-way down, scarious and minutely pubescent on both 

 sides ; lobes narrowly lanceolate, acute. Corolla bluish-purple or 

 lilac, I5 in. long, hairy outside, tube slightly funnel-shaped ; lobes i in. 

 long, obovate, roundel or truncate. Stamens slightly exserted. Cap- 

 sule ^-§ in. long, glabrous. 



Gorakhpur (Brandis), Bundelkhand (Duthie and Mrs. Bell). Distrib. 

 From Assam and Behar throughout the hilly parts of .Noithern W, and 

 S. India and in Ceylon. A handsome plant when in flower and often 

 grown in gardens. 



14. STROBILANTHES, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 429. 



Shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite, often unequal, toothed or 

 subentire, often containing raphides. Flowers purple or white, 

 rarely yellow, capitate or in strobilate or interrupted spikes or pani- 

 cles, sessile or pedicelled ; bracts and bracteoles large or small or none, 

 persistent or caducous. Calyx deeply subequally 5-partite, rarely 

 2-lipped, segments narrow. Corolla straight or curved, tube ven- 

 tricose above ; lobes 5, ovate or rounded, subequal. twisted to the left 

 in bud. Stamens usually didynamous ; anthers oblong, 2-celled, 

 muticous. Dish small, or prominent as a stalk to the ovary. Ovary 

 with 2 ovules in each cell ; style linear, stigma of one long linear 



