StroUlanthes.] cix. ACANTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 431 



cantlins acnminatus, Nees in Wall. Cat. 7153, and in Wall. PL As. Rar iii 

 84, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 197 (excl. tab. cited). 



BTJEMA ; " locus incertus," WallicJi. 



A herb; branches elongate, nearly glabrous. Leaves 5 by 1| in., base long 

 attenuate, often subserrate, lineolate above ; nerves 6-7 pair, minutely fuscous 

 pubescent beneath ; petiole 0- in. Peduncles -2 in. ; spikes -1 in. ; bracts in., 

 ovate ; bracteoles ^ in., elliptic, wider upwards than the bracts. Calyx scarcely ^ in., 

 glandular-ciliate. Corolla (ex Nees) | in. at least, glabrous, tubular ; limb equal 

 with obtuse segments. Ovary 4-ovulate. Capsule not known. Description mainly 

 from Nees, the single sheet of Wallich being too imperfect to verify several points. 

 T. Anderson, proceeding on the similarity in the leaves, has assumed that Nees' 

 description is materially wrong, and that Wall. Cat. 7152 is really identical with 

 S. longipes, n. 76 infra. If that be so, it remains as S. subflaccidvs, Kurz. 



3. S. Farishii, Clarke; leaves elliptic acuminate thinly hirsute, 

 spikes linear-oblong strobilate white-hairy, bracts oblong or slightly wider 

 upwards, calyx 2-partite both segments very shortly toothed. 



MOULMRIN ; Parish. TENASSEEIM ; Beddome. 



A branching herb ; stems subterete rufous-pubescent or subhirsute. Leaves 5J by 

 2| in., base cuneate or obtuse, crenate, nerves 6 pair; petiole -2 in. Spikes 2 by 

 ^ in., short-peduncled; bracts ^ by |-^ in., obtuse; bracteoles ^ in., linear. Calyx 

 ^ in., nearly as of S. rufescens. Corolla 1| in., nearly straight, glabrous, blue ; 

 cylindric base of the tube hardly half so long as the campanulate; lobes short, round. 

 Capsule |-^ in., pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds scarcely ^ in., orbicular, elastically 

 white-hairy ; areoles hardly any. 



4. S. foetidissima, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 93 ; leaves 

 ovate acuminate at both ends serrate-dentate hirsute on both surfaces, 

 spikes short-peduncled lax short tawny-hirsute, bracts obovate-cuneate 

 obtuse, calyx- segments deeply lobed. 



MABTABAN ; Kurz. 



A herb; branches fulvous-hairy. Leaves 3-5 in., membranous, long-petioled. 

 Bracts % in., glandular-hirsute; bracteoles similar, but shorter and broader. Calyx 

 as long as the bracts, adpressedly glandular-puberulous. Corolla 1 in., and filaments 

 glabrous. Style hirsute. Capsule | in., glabrous. Seeds in. diam., adpressedly 

 villous. Copied from Kurz, who says it is allied to S. rufescens, whence it is pre- 

 sumed the calyx is definitely 2-lipped ; but in the large capsule and seeds it differs 

 from the other species allied to S. rufescens. 



Subgenus 2. Endopogon. Calyx deeply subequally 5-fid. Stamens 2 

 fertile. (Spikes mostly continuous, sometimes shortened into heads, less 

 commonly interrupted at the base, the lowest flowers then in opposite pairs ; 

 bracts persistent). 



* Seeds (even in water] glabrous, without areoles on the faces. 

 Lower half of the corolla-tube cylindric, suddenly widening into the 

 ventricose part. Species of Ceylon, with one (S. foliosus) in the S. Deccan 

 Peninsula. 



5. S. viscosus, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 226, excl. syn. Wight, 

 and in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 465, partly ; leaves elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends crenulate sparsely pubescent or glabrate, spikes linear subinterrupted 

 viscous-hairy, flowering calyx % in. divided less than half-way down. 

 Endopogon viscosus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 104, excl. Var. humilis, not of 

 Wight. 



CEYLON, up to 7000 ft. alt., frequent; Gardner, Walker, Thwaites (n. 2898, 

 n. 2002, partly), &c. 



