428 cix. ACANTHACE^!. (C. B. Clarke.) \Stenosiphonium. 



PI. As. Ear. iii. 84, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 105. Ruellia cordifolia, VaTil Syml. iii, 

 84. R. sesamoides, Wall. Cat. 2408, part of sheet A only. R. subsericea, Wall. 

 Cat. 2416. R. canescens, Seyne in Serb. Bottler. S. Deccan Peninsula, Bottler ; 

 Courtallum, Wight. 



Often twiggy, with small leaves. 



5. S. parviflorunij T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 464 ; leaves 

 rhomboid-elliptic or ovate glabrate, spikes linear subinterrupted at base, 

 bracts lanceolate, calyx small, teetli linear glandular-pubescent, corolla 

 i-f in., stamens 2. Strobilanthes sp. n. 68, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



MYSOEE or CAKNATIC ; G. Thomson. 



Very near S. Russellianum, differing mainly by the smaller calyx and corolla and 

 narrower bracts. Bract ^ in. Calyx scarcely ^ in., divided half-way down. Stamens 

 2 only in n. 68 H.f. fy T. ; when T. Anderson says 4, he must have examined Wall. 

 Cat. 2334 a & b; which T. Anderson referred to S. parviflorum, but which is typically 

 S. Bussellianum, Nees. 



XVII. -2ECHMANTHERA, Nees. 



Small, hairy shrubs. Leaves broad-elliptic acute, crenate, often viscid. 

 Clusters of flowers sessile on the branches of a trichotomous or 1-sided 

 panicle, distant or close ; bracts linear, as long as the calyx ; bracteoles 

 similar smaller. Calyx sub-5-partite ; segments linear, subequal. Corolla 

 tubular-ventricose, nearly straight, widened suddenly near the middle, 

 glabrous, 2 hairy lines on the palate within ; segments 5, subequal, rounded, 

 twisted to the left in bud, pale- violet or purplish. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 included, longer filaments hairy, shorter glabrous; anthers subsimilar, 

 ovate or oblong, 2-celled, cells muticous ; connective excurrent at the tip or 

 not. Ovary densely hairy at the apex ; style sparsely hairy thickened up- 

 wards, stigma large simple linear-lanceolate ; ovules 4-6 in each cell. 

 Capsule narrowly oblong, 6-8- (or ex Benth. 12-) seeded from the base, 

 retinacula strong, hooked. Seeds discoid, densely hairy, or thicker glabrous. 

 Species 2, Indian. 



1. US. tomentosa, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 87 ; leaves elliptic 

 acute hairy, bracts linear-ligulate as long as the calyx, anthers oblong con- 

 nective not excurrent, seeds densely hairy. Euellia tomentosa, Wall. Cat. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft.; Kurnaon and Nepal, Wallich, 

 Thomson. 



A small shrub, 1-3 ft., dusky grey or whiteish, villouSj not with snowy or silvery 

 wool Leaves 4| by 2 in., base rounded, slightly creuate, densely (not prominently) 

 lineolate with raphides; petiole \\ in. Panicles often 1 foot, one-sided; clusters 

 3-8-nd., distant or approximate ; bracts in. or moro ; bracteoles narrowly ligulate, 

 as long as the calyx or more often about half as long. Sepals ] s -% in., linear-ligulate, 

 somewhat unequal, herbaceous, pubescent, usually viscous. Corolla 1 in. Anthers 

 particularly obtuse in Wall. Cat. 2333, and tbe examples closely similar therewith, 

 even in the buds just before expansion. Capsule % in., 8-seeded; hairs of the seeds 

 starting out when wetted. 



VAR. Wallichii ; stem and leaves with snow-white wool or glabrate sparsely hairy, 

 anthers ovate, tip of the connective excurrent recurved. M. Wallichii, Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 170 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 485. M. gossypina, Nees in 

 Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 87. Ruellia gossypina, Wall. Cat. 2332, and PL As. Ear. i. 



