436 cix. ACANTHACE,E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 



VAB. Jiypoleuca-, as Var. Amomuin, but the leaves often (when youn ,') silky 

 white beneath. Ruellia sesamoides, Wall. Cat. 240 B. Endopogon hypoleucus, 

 Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 99, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 104. E. viscosus, Nees, 

 Var. humilis, Wight Ic. t. 1498; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 104. Mts. of S. Madras. 

 Wight; Bellary, Beddome. A very trifling var. of the preceding Var. Amomum ; 

 but the Ceylon plant, the S. hypoleucus of T. Anderson, is the very different 

 S. rhytisperma. 



18. S. jeyporensis, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. '214; leaves ovate 

 acuminate crenulate mature nearly glabrous, spikes linear-oblong viscidly 

 patently hairy, bracts lanceolate acuminate recurved, corolla % in. white. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Golconda in Vizigapatam, alt. 2500 ft., and Mts. in 

 Jeypore, Beddome. 



A large shrub. Leaves 1\ by 4 in., base shortly acuminate, mature densely 

 obscurely lineolate above, thinly puberulous beneath ; nerves 11 pair ; petiole 2| in. 

 Spilces 1-2^ in., uninterrupted ; bracts f in.; bracteoles ^ in., narrow. Calyx \ in. 

 and upwards, divided f the way down ; segments linear from a short lanceolate base, 

 patently hairy. Corolla nearly straight, ventricose portion of the tube much longer 

 than the cyltndric. Ovary 4-ovulate in Beddome's figure. Capsule \ in., 2-seeded in 

 Beddome's example. Seeds discoid, areolate on each face, densely hairy except on the 

 areolse. 



*** Species of tie Ehasia Hills. 



19. S. adnatuSj Clarice ; leaves widely elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends subentire glabrous, spikes linear stout dense strobiliform, bracts 

 ovate acute adnate, calyx and corolla small. S. decurrens, T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470, not of Nees (in DC. Prodr. xi. 189). Endopogon 

 decurrens, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 105. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent; Griffith, S. f. <$ T., &c. UPPEK 

 ASSAM; Jenkins. 



A shrub, 2-4 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2 in. ; nerves 10 pair; petiole 

 1 in. Spikes 3-5 in., axillary and terminal in short dense panicles ; bracts by 

 ^ in., glabrous, ciliate, persistent, reticulate, scarious ; bracteoles 0. Calyx scarcely 

 in., divided nearly to the base into linear segments. Corolla $-% in., glabrous 

 without. Stamens 2, glabrous except at their point of attachment, 2 linear rudi- 

 ments added. Capsule in., 4-seeded. Seeds ovate, glistening, glabrous, hairless, 

 without lateral areoles. 



20. S. khasyanus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 471; hirsute, 

 leaves ovate acuminate toothed, spines axillary clustered linear lax, bracts 

 linear-spathulate as long as the calyx, corolla slender white. Endopogon 

 khassyanus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 104. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft. ; Griffith, H. f. & T., &c. SIKKIM ; Darieeling 

 (Herb. Griffith). 



A shrub, 24 ft., densely patently brown-hairy, somewhat glandular-viscid. Leaves 

 4 by 2 in., shortly narrowed into the petiole, strongly crenate or subserrate, mature 

 hirsute on both surfaces; nerves 9 pair; petiole 1 in. Spikes 1-4 in., forming 

 axillary tufts of unequal length, linear but scarcely interrupted ; bracts \-\ in.; brac- 

 teoles i in., linear. Sepals in., linear, somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla-tube \ in., 

 linear, funnel-shaped only towards the top, lobes \-\ in., roundish, patent. Filaments 

 glabrous, unless at the very base, anthers much exsert. Capsule \ in., 4-seeded. 

 Seeds ovate, with an areola on each side ; hairy (except on the areoles) with adpressed 

 hairs inelastic when wetted. 



Subgenus 3. Eustrobilanthes, Calyx deeply subequally 5-fid. 

 Stamens 4, perfect ; anthers not very unequal. 



