3.96 ACANTBACEM. [ Strobilanthes. 



. linea.r, %-\ in. long, pubescent. Corolla purple, about 1 in long, nearly 

 glabrous, mouth curved. Capsule %-$ in. long, 4 seeded. Seeds orbicular, 

 less than -J- in. diam., hairy. 



■Common in Dehra Dun and on the Siwalik Eange. Flowers Jan. to Mar. 

 Distrib. Outer hills of the Punjab Himalaya up to 6,000 ft. This 

 species differs from S, alatus by the atteuuated (never cordate) base of 

 the uppermost leaves, the more slender corolla and the smaller seeds. 



3. S. penatemonoides T. Anders. inJourn. Linn- Boc. ix, 417 (in part); 

 F. B. I. iv, 460 1 Kanjilal For. Fl. 258 ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb. 519. 



A much-branched glabrous shrub, 3-8 ft. in circumference. Leaves 5-8 in. 

 long, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, closely serrate, lineolate and 

 glabrous on both surfaces, main lateral nerves 7 pairs, petioles about £ 

 in. long. Peduncles solitary or in pairs, mostly 3-headed, 1-3 in- long, 

 often glandular-hairy. Heads £-1 in. long, glandular when young ; bracts 

 white, suborbicular, concave, 5-| in. long, glabrous, caducous, bracteoles 

 none. Calyx £ in. long, often enlarging in fruit, deeply divided, seg- 

 ments linear. Corolla 1£ in. long, more or less curved, narrow portion 

 of tube sometimes minutely pubescent. Capsule % in. long, oblong 

 clavate, 4-seeded, glandular-pubescent. Seeds silky. 



"Dehra Dun, on the banks of the Ee naddi (Kanjilal). Flowers in the 

 rains. Distrib. Subtropical Himalaya from Nepal to Bhutan, up to 

 6..000 ft. 



15. ANDROGR APHIS, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 501. 



Erect or procumbent annuals, or small shrubs. Leaves entire. 

 Flowers in lax panicles or in dense subcapitate axillary and terminal 

 racemes, often unilateral ; bracts small, bracteoles minute or none. 

 Calyx 5-partite, segments narrow. Corolla, small, tubular, 2-lipped, 

 pubescent, lobes 'imbricate in bud. Stamens 2, filaments ciliate or 

 setulose ; anthers exserted, 2-celled ; cells oblong, parallel, subequal, 

 muticous, bearded at the base. Ovary sparsely hairy, style slender, 

 stigma shortly 2-lobeu ; ovules 3-6 in. each cell. Fruit an oblong- 

 linear or elliptic capsule, compressed at right angles to the septum. 

 Seeds 6-12, hard, subquadrate or oblong, rugosely pitted, glabrous, 

 retinacula lanceolate. — Species about 17, confined to India and Ceylon. 



Leaves glabrous, flowers in lax panicled racemes, 



capsule glabrous _ 1 A. paniculata. 



Leaves hairy, flowers in axillary racemes, capsule 



hairy 2. A. echioides. 



1. A. paniculata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. Hi, 116 ; Boyle III. 

 298 ; F. B. I. iv, 501, Watt E. D. ; Prain Beng. PI. 809 ; Cooke Fl. 

 Bomb, ii, 374. Justicia paniculata, Burm. ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i, 117. Vern. 

 .JZulufnath, hiryat. 



