Strolllanthes.] cix. ACANTHACE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) 441 



K in. Cymes often of 3 heads, sometimes compound ; peduncles clavellulate or 

 winged; heads f in., 2-4 fld., enveloped by the two outer bract-like erect leaves; 

 proper bracts ^ in., green, slightly ciliate ; bracteoles \ in., sublinear. Sepals in., 

 linear-lanceolate, obtuse, scarious, nearly glabrous. Corolla in., subsym metric, 

 glabrous without, hairy within, white or purplish ; contracted base short. Filaments 

 hairy at the base. Pistil glabrous. Capsule f in., ellipsoid. Seeds nearly \ in., 

 very thin, ovate, shaggy with adpressed wavy silky hair not elastic in water ; areoles 

 0. Beddome's figure shows the corolla within and filaments glabrous, which they 

 may be sometimes, for it is not a very constant character in Strobilanthes ; but none 

 of the numerous specimens are so. 



VAE. ? stenocarpa ; leaves broadly ovate pubescent beneath somewhat flaccid, 

 capsules ^ in. 2-seeded, seeds 3 in. shaggy with silky hair, areoles hardly any. 

 Ceylon; Thwaites, C. P. n. 3517. This probably differs specifically from S. 

 Walkeri, the difference in the size of the fruit being startling ; but it must stand 

 next to it. 



34. S. Thwaitesii, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 227, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 470 ; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends scabrous 

 pubescent beneath, spikes oblong few-fld. cymose, bracts sessile elliptic 

 elongate acute bullate. Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 219. 



CEYLON ; Ambagamowa, Thwaites. 



A shrub, 4-5 ft. Leaves 6| by 2| in., crenulate, subcoriaceous, mature glabrate 

 above fuscous pubescent beneath ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole 1^ in. Peduncles fascicled 

 or cymose, thickened upwards, more or less pubescent ; outermost empty bracts ^ in., 

 ovate; bract proper nearly 1 in., ciliate; bracteoles ^ in., linear. Calyx % in., divided 

 the way down ; segments narrowly lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla exceeding 1 in., 

 subsymmetric, white, glabrous without, hairy within ; linear-cylindric base of the 

 tube hardly so long as the campauulate part. Filaments and style sparsely hairy. 

 Capsule not seen. 



35. S. caudatus, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 228, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 470 ; leaves lanceolate caudate-acuminate fuscous-pubescent 

 beneath, heads oblong fuscous- villous, bracts oblong, corolla nearly glabrous 

 within. Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 213. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA ; S. Canara, 2-6000 ft., Seddome ; common also in 

 Koorg and Wynaad, fide Beddome. CEYLON ; Hantani, Thwaites (C. P. n. 364). 



A shrub, 4-5 ft. Leaves 6 by 1| in., base tapering, subentire, mature glabrate 

 lineolate above ; nerves 10-12 pair; petiole in. Peduncles 1-2 in., hairy, divaricate, 

 carrying 1-3 nodding spikes i~l| in. long; bracts ^ in., oblong ; bracteoles in., 

 narrowly oblong. Calyx nearly -| in., oblong, softly brown-hairy, divided nearly to 

 the base ; segments sublinear, obtuse. Corolla f-1 in., nearly glabrous, white tinged 

 orange or reddish ; cylindric portion shorter than the ventricose ; limb suboblique, 

 segments short round. Filaments glabrous. Ovary scabrous, slightly glandular- 

 hairy ; style thinly hairy. Capsule f in., broadly ellipsoid, fuscous-pubescent, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds $ in. diam., rufous, inelastically shaggy ; areoles small. Col. Beddome's Malabar 

 plant has rather longer hairs on the stem and leaves than the Ceylon. 



VAE. laniceps; tips of the branchlets purple, peduncles and spikes densely 

 white with patent hairs - in. long, corolla ! in. very hairy within, filaments 

 hairy. Ceylon ; Thwaites. Sent by Thwaites, numbered 364, subsequently to the 

 rest of n. 364, and probably not seen by T. Anderson before Thwaites' Enum. was 

 published. 



36. S. tristis, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate at both ends nearly glabrous, heads oblong 2-3-fld. panicled, 

 bracts elliptic acuminate overtopping the densely hairy calyx-teeth, capsule 

 2-seeded. Goldfussia tristis, Wight Ic. t. 1508. 



NILGHEEBIES; Gardner; below Sispara, Wight. S. TINNEVELLT; Beddome. 



