446 cix. ACAXTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) \_StroHlantlies. 



The only scrap of this does not permit of dissection ; it can hardly be conspecific with 

 S. exsertus, but may not be congeneric ; it closely resembles S. lanceolatus. 



48. S. G-ardnerianus, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 226; hairy, 

 leaves sessile ovate, spikes ovoid or interrupted at base, bracts and brac- 

 teoles longer than the calyx, corolla 1 in. purple, anthers included. Eiido- 

 pogon Gardnerianus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 723. 



CEYLON ; Gardner, Thivaites. 



Shrubby, 1-2 ft. ; stems terete, scabrous below, white-hirsute upwards. Leaves 

 2 by 1^ in., acute or subobtuse, base rounded, subcrenate. Spikes capitate, f in., 

 nearly enclosed by bracts, few-fld., or lower axillary flowers being added becoming 

 interrupted, linear-oblong ; bracts | in., ovate ; bracteoles ^ in., linear-oblong. Calyx 

 in., slightly hairy. Corolla-tube linear-cylindric below, suddenly inflated upwards, 

 as of Stenosiphonium. Capsule and seeds unknown : hence the place of this species 

 is uncertain; some of the examples might, so far as the inflorescence is concerned, be 

 placed next S. sexennis among the Series D. " Paniculatse." 



^[*|f Species of N* India and tlie Malay Peninsula* 



49. S. scaber, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 84, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 177, partly ; leaves elliptic or obovate acuminate scabrous or ultimately 

 glabrate, spikes dense often clustered, bracts lanceolate large hairy, corolla 

 |-1 in. yellow very hairy within. J5ot. Reg. xxvii. t. 32 ; T. Anders, in 

 Thwaites Enum. 227, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467, partly. Euellia 

 scabra, Wall. Cat. 2393, not Wall. Cat. 2377. E. aspera, Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 147, as to the Bengal material. E. crispa, Herb. Linn. Propr. 



N. and E. BENGAL PLAINS ; Silhet, WoMicJi ; Purneah, J. D. H. ; Maldah, 

 Mymensingho, Dacca, &c., Clarke. DISTEIB. Burma. 



Stems 1-3 ft., pubescent or hairy upwards. Leaves 4| by 2 in., base narrowed, 

 crenate, sometimes very coarsely scabrous-subhispid, sometimes nearly smooth but 

 hard ; nerves 7-8 pair ; petiole | in. Spikes 1-2 in., hairy ; bracts 1 by in., ob- 

 tusely acuminate, green ; bracteoles ^ in., linear-oblong. Calyx |-| in., divided nearly 

 to the base; segments linear, pubescent. Corolla symmetric, glabrous; cylindric 

 base nearly as long as the ventricose portion; lobes rounded. Stamens included; 

 filaments hairy towards the base. Ovary glandular at the apex, always 4-ovulate ; 

 style nearly glabrous. Capsule nearly ^ in., 4-seeded. Seeds -^ in. diarn., discoid ; 

 numerous fine hairs near the margin, elastic when wet ; areoles very large, glabrous. 

 This is only S. scaber", Nees, in so far as that includes Ruellia scabra, Wall. ; Nees' 

 description (purple flowers, &c.) is totally different. S. scaber only occurs in Ceylon 

 as a cultivated plant, according to Thwaites and Beddome. 



50. S. phyllostachyus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871 , pt. ii. 75 ; 

 leaves elliptic or obovate acuminate scabrous, spikes dense often in close 

 cymes, bracts large elliptic with a ligulate apex soi'tly hairy, corolla ^-1 in. 

 yellow somewhat hairy within. S. crispus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 467, not of Blume. 



PEGTJ ; Kurz. MOTJLMEIN ; Parish. TENASSEBIM ; JBeddome. 



Herbaceous, 2-3 ft. ; stems glabrate. Leaves 4-9 in. ; petiole 2 in. Spikes nearly 

 as of S. scaber; bracts 1 in., ligulate tips often recurved; bracteoles 3 in., linear. 

 Calyx 3 j in., divided nearly to the base; segments linear silky. Corolla nearly as 

 of S. scaber. Capsule % in., 4-seeded ; seeds | ^ in., thin, ovate, with dense long 

 elastic hairs on all sides except the small areoles. So like S. scaber (except the seeds) 

 that it is difficult to distinguish it. 



VAB. dura; leaves smaller bracts narrowed upwards without ligulate tip. Stro- 

 bilanthes sp. n. 14, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. % T. Chittagong ; Seetakoond, H.f. Sf T. 

 Rangoon ; M'Lelland. T. Anderson refers this to $. scaber (in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 467), which the bracts resemble ; he subsequently saw it was different, and wrote it up 



