434 cix. ACANTHACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strolilanthes. 



Stems 1-2 ft., much branched, rigid. Leaves 2 by 1| in., shortly acumiciate at 

 both ends, conspicuously lineolate above; nerves 5-6 pair; petiole ^ in. Heads 

 numerous, terminal, in. diatn., each closely embraced by the two uppermost leaves (ex- 

 clusive of the proper bracts) ; bracts f in., linear-oblong, at first nearly glabrous or 

 hairy ; bracteoles in., linear, at first nearly glabrous or hairy. Calyx f in., divided 

 hardly half-way down, obscurely or prominently hairy at flower-time, hirsute in fruit, 

 segments narrowly lanceolate. Corolla l in., blue or whiteish, glabrous without, 

 hairy along 2 lines within; linear base of the tube about as loug as the suddenly- 

 widened ventricose part. Filaments hairy nearly to the summit ; rudiments often 3, 

 whereof 2 often carry minute rudimentary anthers. Ovary slightly hairy upwards. 

 Capsule | in., 4-seeded. Seeds i in. long, very thin, glabrous ; areoles 0. There is no 

 difference between the typica.\foliosus and the Var. capitatus ; the heads on one stem 

 which appear (superficially) glabrous in flower are very hairy in fruit, owing to the 

 development of the hairs on the bract, bracteoles and calyx. 



** Seeds (in water) densely hairy except on two lateral circular areoles 

 near the base on each face. (Linear or subcylindric base of tlie corolla short, 

 more gradually narrowing into the ventricose portion than in the preceding 

 section. Species of the S. Deccan Peninsula.) 



13. S* ILunthianuSj T. Anders, in Jouvn. Linn. Soc. ix. 465 ; leaves 

 elliptic narrowed into the petiole crenate- serrate rigid strongly nerved 

 beneath, spikes dense, bract ovate, calyx deeply divided, corolla 1 in. blue. 

 Euellia Kunthiana, Wall. Cat. 2367. Phlebophyllum Kunthianum, Nees in 

 Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 83, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 102; Wight Ic. t. 448. 

 P. angustifolium, Benth. in PI. HohenacJc. n. 1178. 



MTS. of S. DECCAN PENINSULA, alt. 5000-7500 ft. ; plentiful in the Nilgherries, 

 Wight, &c. 



Stems 12-20 in., numerous, erect, rigid, quadrangular upwards. Leaves 2 by 

 1 in., obtuse or subacuminate, bristly or scabrid above ; primary nerves beneath close, 

 parallel, prominent, secondary reticulated more or less concealed by close hard white 

 tomentum ; petiole in., very broad. Spikes 1-3 in., hairy ; bract \ in. ; bracteoles 

 in., linear-ligulate. Calyx 3 | in., ftoccose-villous ; segments linear-lanceolate, base 

 shortly connate. Corolla ventricose from near the base, palate hairy within, blue or 

 whiteish. Filaments pilose. Ovary glabrous ; style hairy. Capsule \-% in., oblong, 

 rigid. Seeds 4, densely hairy (hairs spreading when wet) except on the circular basal 

 areola on each of its faces. 



14. S. g-ossypinus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466 ; leaves 

 ovate acute entire woolly beneath, spikes linear-oblong woolly, corolla 1 in. 

 woolly without. Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 198. 



MTS. of S. DECCAN PENINSULA, alt. 4000-5500 ft.; Mysore, Lolb ; Sispara 

 plentiful, &c., Beddome. 



Shrubby, covered (except the leaves above) with dense yellowish wool, flowering 

 at 6-7 years old, theu dying. Leaves 4 by 2 in., base broadly rhomboid, subcoriaceous, 

 wool of upper surface deciduous ; nerves 13 pair, approximate, subparallel ; petiole 

 | in. Spikes 1-3 in., compound and (by the reduction of the upper leaves) running 

 into terminal panicle-; ; bracts ^-| in., elliptic, obtuse ; bracteoles in., linear-oblong. 

 Calyx nearly in., divided about half-way down ; segments narrowly lanceolate, 

 subobtuse. Corolla nearly straight ; ventricose portion of the tube much longer than 

 the cylindric base. Filaments hairy. Ovary glabrous, with a few long hairs near the 

 apex ; style glabrous ; ovules 4. Seeds not seen. 



15. S. canaricus, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 215 ; leaves ovate acumi- 

 nate subentire mature puberulous on the nerves beneath, spikes linear-oblong 

 minutely cinereous-lanate, bracts ovate, corolla in. white. 



