Stenosiphonium.] cix. ACAXTHACE^G. (C. B, Clarke.) 427 



linear viscous-pubescent, stamens 2. S. confertum, T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 464, partim. 



S. MADRAS; Courtallum, Wight. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves 3 by Ig- in., young obscurely scabrous beneath ; 

 petiole ^ in. Spikes 2-3 in., in terminal panicles, densely clothed with minute patent 

 gland-headed hairs ; lower whorls mostly 4-6-fld., distant even at flower-time ; bract 

 ^ in., ovate with a short obtuse apex; bracteoles rather longer than the bract, similar 

 to the calyx-segments. Calyx in. ; segments linear-ligulate (not subulate), united 

 at flower-time about | their length, in fruit free. Corolla exceeding | in. Anterior 

 filaments minutely hairy at the base, posterior reduced to 2 microscopic teeth. 



2. S. confertum, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 105 ; leaves rhomboid-ellip- 

 tic or ovate, spikes scarcely interrupted viscous-hairy, bracts obovate shorter 

 than the calyx, flowering calyx divided nearly half-way down segments 

 linear viscidly hairy, stamens 4. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 464, 

 partim. S. Russellianum, Wight Ic. t. 873, not t. 1503, as see Wight's note 

 under the latter. 



S. DECCAN ; Pulney Mts. and near Courtallum, Wight. 



Very near 8. diandrum, Wight, and united therewith by T. Anderson ; probably 

 the posterior stamens may be present or absent in the same species. The present 

 plant differs from S. diandrum in the leafy habit and shortened very hairy spikes, 

 which have numerous white simple hairs in addition to the glandrtipped hairs. The 

 stamens differ from those of all the other species, being all exscrted ; but the 

 anthers of the posterior pair are hardly as long as those of the anterior (this is not 

 correctly shown by Wight). 



3. S. setosum, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 464 ; leaves rhom- 

 boid-elliptic or ovate, flowering spikes dense somewhat interrupted below- 

 very hairy, bracts linear as long as the calyx, stamens 2. Strobilanthes 

 n. 67, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



MYSOKE or CAKNATIC ; G. Thomson. 



Leaves altogether as of S. diandrum. Spikes 2-5 in., with white simple and 

 gland-tipped hairs ; bracts ^ in. and upwards, linear only slightly widened towards 

 the base. Calyx-segments united for about 3- their length at flower-time, subulate, 

 very hairy. Flowers, stamens and capsules exactly as of S. diandrum, from which 

 this species hardly differs except by the bra,cts. 



4. S. Russellianum, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 84, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 105; leaves rhomboid-elliptic or ovate glabrous beneath, spikes 

 linear much interrupted, bracts ovate as long as the calyx, corolla |-1 in., 

 stamens 4. Wight Ic. t. 1503 (not t. 873) ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 464, partly. Kuellia Eusselliana, Wall. Cat. 2400. R. arcuata, Wall. 

 Cat. 2334 a & b. 



5. DECCAN PENINSULA; plentiful in and around the Nilgherries, Wight, &c. 

 CEYLON; Walker, Thwaites. 



Stems and leaves as of S. diandrum. Spikes 3-6 in., elongate, all the whorls 

 generally distinct even at flower-time, glabrous except a few minute bristles at the 

 sepal-tips or (in Wight's n. 2189) sparingly glandular-pubescent; bracts (from the 

 middle of the spike) ^ in., rhomboid, shortly obtusely mucronate, but the lower bracts 

 often pass into leaves being f in, broad cordate-.ovate, and the upper are often nar- 

 rowly obovate. Calyx % in., segments united to the middle, teeth narrowly lanceolate 

 acuminate, glabrous with minute white bristles or glandular-pubescent. Anterior 

 filaments very hairy at their ba&e ; posterior about half as long, included. Pistil and 

 capsule as in S. diandrum. 



VAE. subserieea, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 464; younger leaves densely 

 white-silky beneath mature silky or glabrous beneath, S. subsericeum, Nees in Wall. 



