Strnlllanthes.] cix. ACAXTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 433 



CEYLON ; Central Province, Thwaites, C. P. 2897, collected by Gardner. 



Stem glabrous. Leaves 5 by If in., mature glabrous above; nerves 8 pair; 

 petiole in. Spikes 3-4 in., clustered in the axils (end of the branch not seen) ; 

 bracts \ in. Calyx % in., divided half-way down, hardly enlarged in fruit; teeth 

 narrowly lanceolate, glabrous. Corolla glabrous without in bud. Capsule % in., 

 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in., obovate-elliptic, smooth, hairless, longitudinally wrinkled, 

 without lateral areoles. 



9. S. nigrescens, T. Anders, in, Thwaites Enum. 226, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 465; leaves narrowly elliptic acuminate at both ends serrulate 

 glabrous, spikes linear uninterrupted hirsute, bracts lanceolate mostly 

 overtopping the calyx. Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 217. 



CEYLOST, alt. 3000 ft. ; Thwaites, C. P. n. 3353. 



A shrub, 4-5 ft., blackish-green when dry. Leaves 5 by 1J in., lineolate above, 

 reticulate beneath ; nerves 7 pair; petiole 1 in. Spikes 2-5 in., axillary, simple or 

 compound, and running into terminal panicles; bracts in.; bracteoles %-\ in., 

 narrow. Calyx | in. and upwards hairy, divided about half-way down, enlarged in 

 fruit. Corolla pale-purple, very nearly as of S. viscosus. Capsule f in., very broad 

 and stout, 2-seeded (in Thwaites, 3353). Seeds in. diam. (unripe), hairless and 

 without lateral areoles. 



10. S. rhamnifolius, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 226, and in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466 ; leaves ovate shortly acuminate crenate-serrulate 

 glabrous^ spikes linear-oblong very hairy densely panicled, bracts widely- 

 elliptic imbricated. Buteraea rhamnifolia, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 725. En- 

 dopogon rhamnifolius, Wight Ic. t. 1521. 



CEYLON, Gardner ; alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites, C. P. n. 2007. 



A shrub, 1-2 ft., hairy upwards. Leaves 2% by 1 in., base obtusely rhomboid; 

 nerves 6 pair ; petiole 1^ in. Spikes 1-4 in. ; bracts in., not acuminate ; 

 bracteoles -^ in., linear-oblong. Calyx $ in., very hairy, divided hardly half-way 

 down (not so deeply as figured by Wight); teeth narrowly lanceolate. Corolla 

 1-1 1 in., purple, pubescent, cylindric portion more than | in., very narrow, veutricose 

 portion |-^ in. ; teeth ovate. Stamens 2 ; filaments sparsely hairy more than half 

 their length. Ovules 2 in each cell. The habit, bracts and shape of the corolla are 

 much as in S. exareolata var. densa ; but the capsule and seeds being unknown, the 

 exact position is doubtful. 



11. S. deflexus, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 227, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 470 ; glabrous, leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends 

 denticulate, heads peduncled few-fld. closely capitate. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. 218. 



CEYLON, alt. 3-4000 ft. ; Gardner, Thwaites, C. P. 1998. 



A shrub, 4-5 ft., green. Leaves 4J by 1 in. ; nerves 6 pair ; petiole 1 in. 

 Peduncles axillary, 1-1J in., thickened upwards, deflexed; outer bracts % in., 

 elliptic, often nearly enclosing the whole head ; proper bract f in., lanceolate ; 

 bracteoles rather shorter, linear. Calyx f in., divided half-way down, glabrous or the 

 linear-lanceolate teeth puberulous. Corolla |-1 in., pale purple, nearly glabrous, 

 hairy in the palate within; cylindric base of the tube as long as (and suddenly 

 widened into) the ventricose portion, not so funnel-shaped as in Beddome s 

 Stamens 2, glabrous. Pistil glabrous. Capsule not seen; and, the seeds being 

 unknown, the affinity is doubtful. 



12. S. foliosus. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467; leaves ovate 

 serrulate glabrous, heads sessile ovoid densely capitate. boldfnssia 

 Leschenaultiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 172. Endopogon foliosus & 

 capitatus, Wight Ic. tt. 1501, 1499. 



NILGHEBBY Mis., alt. 6-7000 ft., frequent ; Gardner, Wight, &c. 

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