444 cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strolilanthes. 



(not black) ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles short or ; spikes 1-1 in.'; 

 bracts in., ventricose, membranous. Calyx - in., divided nearly to the base ; seg- 

 ments ligulate, subobtuse, membranous, lineolate. Corolla glabrous without, hairy 

 within, pale blue ; contracted portion scarcely shorter than the ventricose ; limb 

 equal, segments round. Filaments and style hairy. Capsule scarcely ^ in., oblong, 

 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in., ovoid, glabrous except on the very margin. 



VAB. ? campanulata ; leaves ovate subacute hairy, spikes subglobose solitary or 

 few together, bracts elliptic ventricose glabrous, bracteoles 0, corolla scarcely | in. 

 S. campanulata, Wight Ic. t. 1562. S. involucratus Var. B, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 

 184. S. lupulinus, 'T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 469, partly. Ruellia lupu- 

 lina, Wall. Cat. 2355 b, partly. Coorg ; Wight. Plant 5-10 in. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 drying green. Heads |-1 in. Corolla subcampanulate ; lobes very short. Capsule 

 less than ^ in., seeds glabrous. Possibly an alpine var. of S. Heyneanus, but the 

 corolla is a different shape, as well shown in Wight's figure. The example of Wall. 

 Cat. 2355 b in his own Herb, is nearer S. Heyneanus, Nees, type ; that' in Herb. 

 Hook, agrees closely with Wight's campanulatus. 



VAB. ?fusca ; leaves broadly elliptic acuminate 'at both ends very sparsely hairy, 

 heads globose nodding mostly solitary, bracts broadly elliptic ventricose glabrous, 

 bracteoles 0. S. lupulinus, Benth. in PL. Hohenack. n. 814 ; T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 469 partly, not of Nf.es. Mercara in Canara, HohenacJcer. Branches 

 15 in., nearly glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2^ in., somewhat black in drying, densely lineo- 

 late on both surfaces, very minutely sparsely hairy. Heads 1-1^ by |-1 in. ; bracts 

 and calyx as of S. Heyneanus. Corolla not known. 



VAB. viridis ; stem stout rough, leaves 1-3 in. very scabrous, heads small bracts 

 (at flower-time) closely adpressed. S. asperrimus, Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 187, not 

 of Nees. Strobilanthes sp. n. 32, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. <$ T. Mysore ; G. Thomson. 

 The specimens do not match those of S, lupulinus, but CoL Beddome after seeing 

 them says it is that species. 



43. S. ixiocephalus, BentJi. in Flora 1849, p. 557 ; leaves lanceolate 

 or elliptic acuminate slightly hairy, heads ovoid closely cymed, bracts ellip- 

 tic acuminate to an obtuse apex viscous hairy. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t. 203. S. Neesianus, Wight Ic. t. 1523; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 188. S 

 eriocephalus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466. Strobilanthes sp. n. 

 64, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. S. glutinosus, Grah, Cat. PL Bomb. 162 ?. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA and S. MADRAS, alt. 1-3000 ft., frequent; Wight, 

 Hohenacker, &c. 



A small shrub. Leaves 5 by 2 in., or oftener smaller narrower, base cuneate (some- 

 times very shortly), crenate, mature nearly glabrous, conspicuously lineolate above ; 

 nerves 7 pair ; petiole | in. Heads |-1| in., bracts and calyx enlarged in fruit, 

 usually very glutinous, sometimes softly hairy ; bract f by in.; bracteoles in., 

 linear-spathulate. Calyx i-i in., divided nearly to the base ; segments ligulate, 

 fruiting spathulate, obtuse, membranous. Corolla f-1 in., glabrate without, hairy 

 within, subsymmetric, white; cylindric portion nearly as long as the ventricose. 

 Filaments hairy towards the base. Pistil glabrous. Capsule f in., often 2-seeded. 

 Seeds in., thin, ovate, densely elastically hairy on all sides ; areoles very small. 



_ 44. S. micranthus, Wight Ic. 1. 1519 ; leaves ovate acuminate sparsely 

 thinly pubescent, heads solitary ovoid nodding, bracts broadly lanceolate 

 pubescent, bracteoles longer corolla shorter than the calyx. T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 468. 



NlLGHEBBY MTS. ; Wight. 



Suffruticose or herbaceous (Wighb), erect ; stems glabrous. Leaves 6 by 3 \ in., 

 base broad, shortly, decurrent, closely serrate ; nerves 11 pair ; petiole 1^ in. Heads 

 li-2| in.; bracts 1 in., widest close to the base, thinly herbaceous; bracteoles f in., 

 linear-lanceolate. Calyx |-| in., divided nearly to the base ; segments linear-lanceo- 

 late, very acute, pubescent. Corolla \ in., subcampauulate, dry appearing dull red ; 

 lobes very short, round, filaments glabrous; anthers exserted. Pistil glabrous. 



