Stbobilanthes.J ACASTHACEM. 195 



branch, the other obsolete. Fruit a 4-or B-seeded capsule ; placentas 



sometimes separating from the base, carrying the seeds with them, 

 Seeds much compressed, glabrous or hairy ; retinaenla strong, curved. 

 — Species about 200, mostly Asiatic, a few in Madagascar. 



Flowers in spike- : — 



Leaves Mssile. auriclcd • spikes strobilatc, 



elongate. Viraets persistent . . . . 1. 8. auriculatus. 

 Leaves petioled. spikes short, arranged in irre- 

 gular panicles, bracts caducous . . . 2. 8. angustifrons. 

 Flowers in peduncled heads, leaves petioled, 



bracts caducous . . . . . . 3. 8. per.stemonoides. 



7. S. auriculatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. Hi, 86 t. 195 ; F. B I. iv., 

 453; Watt E.D.; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb.519; Prain Beng. PI. SOS. 



A shrub, 2-6 ft. high ; branches spreading and often zigzag, 4-angled, 

 glabrous or more or less hairy at their extremities. Leaves sessile 

 elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, those of the same pair often very 

 unequal 3-10 in. long acuminate, serrulate, pubescent on both surfaces, 

 base auricled. Spikes 3-5 in. long, mostly terminal and solitary, linear- 

 oblong, densely velvety-pubescent ; bracts £-£ in. long and usually broad- 

 er, obovate, obtuse, softly tomentose, glandular-pubescent, apex often 

 recurved in fruit, bracteoles none. Calyx-segments J-J in. long, linear, 

 obtuse, closely velvety-hairy. Corolla 1 in. long, curved, pale-blue, 

 slightly hairy, lower cylindric portion -J in. long, limb somewhat 

 2- lipped. Capsule $ in. long, 4-seeded, glabrous. 



The type is said to have been found by Edgeworth on the Malwa plateau, 

 and it no doubt occurs in other localities within the southern boundary 

 of this flora. Distbib. C. India up to 4,000 ft., Chota Nagpur and 

 C. Provinces, extending to Ava. 



Vae. Edgeworthiana, F. B. I. I.e. ; Prain Beng. PL SOS ; 8. Edgewor- 

 thiana, Sees. S. auriculatus. Auct. ; Boyle III 298 ; Kanjilal For. Fl. 25S. 

 Bracts clothed with spreading white cilia i in. long, Sepals white-ciliate 

 at the tips. — Fairly common in Dehra Dun and on the Siwalik range, 

 especially in s<U forests. Flowers Nov.-March.— Distrib. Extends along 

 the base of the Himalaya as far east as Sikkim and up to 4,000 ft ; also 

 in Chota Xagpur, Tenasserim and Upper Burma. 



2. S. angustifrons C. B. Clarke in F. B. I. iv, 466; Kanjilal For. 

 Fl. 269. 



A -mall Bubereet shrub. 2-3 ft. high ; branches terete, glabrous, innova- 

 tions white-tomentose. Leaves 3-4 in long, elliptic, acu inato at both 

 ends, serrulate, glabrescent, pale Ixinath. main lateral nerres of 6 pairs, 

 petioles \ in. or inure, upper leaves never cordate. Spikes lateral and 

 terminal, forming short irregular panicles : bracts oblong, acuminate, 

 caducous ; the lower leaf-like, lanceolate : ihe uppermost (? bracteoles) 

 linear, shorter than the calyx, minutely pubescent. Calyx— segments 



n 2 



