438 cix. ACAXTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strolilantlies. 



NILGHERKIES ; Canoor, Wight (nn. 1945, 2207, herb, propr.). 



A coarsely hairy shrub, resembling S. Wightianus. Leaves attaining 5 by 3,1 in. 

 (mostly much smaller), base obtuse shortly decurrent on the petiole, nearly entire, 

 thick, rugose, upper surface subhispid with hairs from tuberculaj bases, under villous; 

 nerves 7-8 pair ; petiole 1 in. Heads sessile, 1 in., dense, hairy; bracts f-1 in., 

 erect ; bracteoles | in., sublinear. Calyx ^ in. or more, divided more than half-way 

 down ; segments linear-lanceolate, hairy upwards. Corolla 1 in., glabrous without, 

 hairy within, subsyminetric, cylinder portion of the tube as long as the ventricose. 

 Stamens 4 ; filaments very hairy at the base. Ovary dense fulvous-hairy at the tip ; 

 style sparsely hairy; ovules 4. Capsule scarcely ^ in., narrowly ellipsoid, 2- or 4- 

 seeded. Seeds more than | in., glabrous; areoles 0. This in the dry state greatly 

 resembles S. Wightianus, but the ovary, style and seeds differ. Col. Beddorne says 

 the shrub is well known to him at Canoor, but has not flowered during his whole 

 residence in the Nilgherries. 



24. S. Wig-htianus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 86, and in DC. 

 Prodr, xi. 180 ; coarsely hairy, leaves ovate, heads ovoid, bracts elliptic- 

 acuminate overtopping the calyx, ovary glabrous at the tip, capsule 4-seeded. 

 Wight Ic. t. 1514 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466. 



NILGHERRT MTS>,, alt. 7-8000 ft., frequent; Gardner, Wight, Gen. Munro, &c. 



Stems 2-3 ft, stout, often almost shaggy. Leaves 1^-2 by 1 in., obtuse, base 

 shortly cuneate, thick, rugose. Bracts |-1 in., acute ; bracteoles in., linear- 

 spathulate. Calyx f in., divided nearly to the base ; segments linear-oblong, sub- 

 obtuse, softly hairy ; in fruit somewhat membranous nervose. Corolla f-1 in., 

 blueish, nearly glabrous without, with hairy lines within ; cylindric base of the tube 

 much shorter than the ventricose part. Ovary glabrous ; t-tyle sparsely hairy. Cap- 

 sule \ in., oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in. long, thin, elliptic, glabrous; areoles 

 Otherwise as the preceding species, which Wight appears to have included under 

 Wightianus.. 



25. S. pulneyensis, Clarke; hirsute, leaves ovate shortly acute, 

 heads subglobose abbreviated dense with foliaceous bracts, style-base 

 patently hairy, corolla-tube with long linear-cyliudric base. S. punctatus, 

 Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 204 in note, not of Nees. 



S. DECCAN ; Pulney Hills and Anamallays, Beddome. 

 ^ Resembling 8. Wightianus, but with a differently shaped corolla. Leaves 3 by 



2 in., base rounded or cuneate, crenate, thick, tubercular-hairy above, more softly 

 hairy beneath ; petiole 1 in. Heads much depressed, as if into flattened rosettes, 

 the rounded bracts patent on all sides ; bracteoles ^-f in., linear-lanceolate. Calyx 

 - i n -> divided more than half-way down ; segments linear-lanceolate, hairy. Corolla 

 1 in., somewhat hairy in the bud ; cylindric base as long as the ventricose part. 

 Filaments glabrous, except at the base. Ovary slightly patently hairy towards the 

 apex, 4-ovulate. Capsule not "seen. Communicated by Col. Beddome as probably 

 Ruellia ? punctata of Wight, which differs very considerably. In the absence of seeds, 

 it is placed by guess next S. Wightianus. 



26. S. neilg-herrensis, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 196 ; hirsute, sub- 

 hispid, leaves large ovate acuminate, heads ovoid, bracts narrow-oblong, 

 bracteoles and calyx-segments in fruit elongate caudate patently bristly, 

 capsule 4-seeded. 



S. DECCAN, common in the mountains, Nilgherries, Pulneys, Coorg, &c., Bed- 

 dome. 



A shrub, general aspect of S. Perrottetianus. Leaves 6 by 3| in., base obtuse, 

 crenate, coarsely hispid with white or yellow hairs from tubercular bases ; nerves 8 

 pair ; petiole 1-2 in. Heads sessile, capitate, not elongate even in fruit ; bracts 1 by 

 in. ; bracteoles at flower-time J in., linear, in fruit elongate very long-tailed. Sepals 



3 in. ; in fruit at least 1 in., base lanceolate with leaden glabrous scarious margins. 



