Strobilanthes.] cix. ACANTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 439 



Corolla li-l in., glabrous without, white (Beddome), cylindric base nearly as long 

 as the urceolate part. Filaments hairy, especially downwards. Style sparsely 

 patently hairy. Capsule f in., oblong ellipsoid. Seeds thin, obovate, obtuse, glabrous ; 

 areoles 0. Beddome says " ovary very hairy at the apex," but in his figure and speci- 

 mens it is very slightly so. Possibly the note applied to heteromallus ? 



27. S. Ferrottetianus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 179; rufous-hirsute, 

 leaves ovate acuminate, heads ovoid or subclavate, bracts ovate acute over- 

 topping the calyx, capsule 2-seeded. Wight Ic. t. 1513; T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466. 



NILGHEEEY MTS., alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent; Wight, &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 4J by 2 in. (often smaller), base broadly rhomboid, crenate ; 

 nerves 7 pair; petiole 1 in. Heads 1-2 in., often wider upwards, or substrobiliform, 

 hirsute, in appearance peduncled or panicled, but the two outermost bracts are empty, 

 and more or less leafy ; bracts in. ; bracteoles i in., linear. Calyx f in., divided f 

 the way down, subscarious with numerous red hairs ; segments sublinear, acute. 

 Corolla 1 in., pale-lilac, subsymmetric ; narrow portion of the tube short ; glabrous 

 without. Filaments hairy. Ovary glabrous ; base of style patently hairy. Capsule 

 \ in., oblong-ellipsoid, 2-seeded. Seeds \ in. long and upwards, very thin, ovate, not 

 hairy, but minutely scabrous-lamellate ; areoles 0. 



28. S. Zenkerianus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467 ; gla- 

 brous except the fruiting calyx-tips, leaves ovate shortly acuminate, spikes 

 ovoid or oblong, bracts narrowly elliptic- oblong overtopping the calyx, cap- 

 sule 4-seeded. Goldfussia Zenkeriana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 172. Gr. 

 Leschenaultiana, Nees 1. c. P. Endopogon Strobilanthes, Wight Ic. t. 1500. 



NILGHEEEY Mis., alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent ; Sir F. Adam, Schmidt, Wight, &c. 



A shrub, 2-3 ft., much resembling S. foliosus (n. 8), and really closely allied to 

 it. Leaves 3 by If in., base cuneate, serrulate, upper surface prominently lineo- 

 late ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole 1^-2 in. Spikes 12^ in., young globose or oblong, 

 mature oblong; bracts f in.; bracteoles f in., sublinear. Calyx \-\ in., divided 

 nearly to the base ; segments linear-lanceolate, glabrous or in the fruiting examples 

 with scattered patent gland-tipped hairs. Corolla \\ in., blueish, glabrous without; 

 cylindric nearly as long as the ventricose part. Filaments hairy in their lower half. 

 Pistil glabrous or nearly so. Capsule % in., oblong-ellipsoid. Seeds in. long, very 

 thin, elliptic, glabrous; areoles 0. 



29. S. warreensis 9 Dalz. in HooJc. Kew Journ. ii. 341 ; leaves broad- 

 lanceolate acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes oblong hairy, calyx 

 greatly enlarged in fruit, corolla in., capsule 4-seeded. Dalz. Sf Gibs. 

 omb. Fl. 187. S. ciliatus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 468, partly. 

 S. parviflorus, Sedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 197. 



W. DECOAN PENINSULA; near Belgaum, Warree country, Dalzell; Ram Ghaut, 

 Ritchie; Coorg and S. Canara, alt. 3000 ft., Beddome. 



Shrub, 2-5 ft. Leaves 6 by 2 in., much acuminate, crenate, lineolate on both 

 surfaces ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole | in. Spikes 1-2 in., peduncles hairy, erect in 

 fruit; bracts (flowering) ~g- in., elliptic, hairy; bracteoles in., linear. Calyx 

 (flowering) \ in., divided nearly to the base; segments linear pubescent upwards. 

 Corolla straight, nearly symmetric, glabrous, linear-cylindric about as long as the 

 subcampanulate portion ; white purple-spotted. Filaments hairy below, not more 

 monadelphous than in many other species. Pistil glabrous. Capsule % in., clavate- 

 oblong ; fruit-sepals f in., narrowly oblong, hairy. Seeds $ in. long, thin, elliptic, 

 glabrous ; areoles 0. The extraordinary enlargement of the calyx in fruit was noted 

 by Dr. Kitchie, whose examples have flowering and fruiting spikes on the same 

 branch. 



30. S. Ciliatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 85, and in DC. Prodr. 



