Ecldnacanihus.] cix. ACANTHACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) 415 



middle cauline oblong, narrowed to both ends, upper If by in. ; mature subsessile, 

 glabrate, lineolate or obscurely pubescent. Cymes 1-2 in., viscous pubescent, forming 

 a quasi-pauicle 6-8 in. long ; bracts -^ in., linear, secuud, opposite, one barren, the 

 other stipitate 0-^ in.; bracteoles 0. Calyx-tube - in. ; lobes in. Corolla dark 

 purple with lilac veins, cylindric equalling the ventricose portion. Filaments and 

 anthers sparsely hairy. Ovary glabrous, style hairy. Capsule f in., oblong scarcely 

 ventricose ; solid cylindric portion scarcely ,' g in. (See 6, E. Pumilio.) 



2. E. parviflorus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 459 ; leaves 

 ovate acuminate serrate, sepals linear glabrous, corolla 1-1 in. glabrous. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Griffith, Simons (fide T. Anderson). 



Glabrous, erect, divaricate. Leaves 3-6 by 2-3 in., base obliquely rounded; 

 petiole 2-3 in. Panicles axillary and compound, terminal 6-10 in. long ; flowers 

 opposite, sessile ; flowers often secund ; bracts in., linear ; bracteoles minute. Calyx 

 divided to the base. Corolla straight, thrice as long as the calyx, funnel-shaped 

 portion thrice as long as the cylindric. Capsule compressed, 8-seeded; seeds small, 

 compressed. Not seen ; the foregoing abstracted from T. Anderson. 



3. E. Brugrmansianus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 168; leaves oblong 

 attenuate at both ends repand sub-crenate hirsute-tomentose. 



INDIA ? in Vahl's Herbarium (Nees). 



Calyx -segments a little shorter and less attenuate than those of E. attenuatus. 

 Not seen ; the foregoing copied from Nees. 



** Anther-cells muticous at the base. 



4. E. Anderson!, Clarke ; leaves ovate acuminate mature glabrate, 

 cymes lax large zigzag glabrous, corolla f in. Echinacanthus sp., T. 

 Anders, ms. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Darjeeling; Pomong, alt. 3000 ft., Clarice. KHASIA MTS. ?j 

 Calcutta Herbarium. 



An undershrub, 3 ft.; young parts (at least sometimes) with dense snow-white 

 wool. Leaves 4^ by 2^ in., base rounded, crenate-serrate, raphides obscure; petiole 

 1 in. Cymes in terminal panicles 12 by 15 in., flowers all solitary, mostly opposite 

 on the ultimate branches; pedicels ^ in. ; bract at the base of the pedicel 5 in., linear ; 

 bracteoles ^ in., linear. Calyx \ in. and upwards, narrow, glabrous or nearly so; 

 segments long-linear acute, connate at base for |- in. Corolla nearly glabrous, 

 blueish. Anterior filaments hairy at their base, sparsely so upwards ; posterior 

 filaments glabrous, anthers rather smaller. Style glabrous, stigma rather short. 

 Capsule exceeding \ in., narrowly-oblong, 12-16-seeded from the base. Seeds discoid; 

 on applying water the hairs start out. Habit and inflorescence of a sympodal Slro- 

 bilanthes, but the capsule is many-seeded. The inflorescence differs from that of 

 E. attenuatus in that, of the 2 flowers in the axils of opposite bracts, one is not 

 usually obsolete. 



VAE. viscosa ; panicle and sepals viscous-pubescent, corolla \ in. pubescent. 

 Sikkim, alt. 4000 ft. ; Lingcham, Clarice. 



5. E. long'istylus, Clarice; leaves ovate acuminate mature nearly 

 glabrate, cymes lax large zigzag viscous- pubescent, corolla 1^ in. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 1-4000 ft. ; Punkabari and Kursiong, Clarke. 



Closely resembling the viscous-pubescent Var. of E. Andersoni, but the corolla 

 very much larger. Style hairy, thickened upwards, stigma linear-lanceolate (iv-rm- 

 bling the pistil of JEchmanthera. Seeds 8-12 to the capsule, the hairs on them stitrtiug 

 out when wetted. The position of this and of E. Andersoni is doubtful between 

 Strobilanthes and Echinacanthus. 



6. E. Fumilio, Clarke ; finely glandular-pubescent, leaves small 



