Strolilanthes.] cix. ACANTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 449 



Stems slender, shrubby, pubescent or softly shaggy. Leaves 4 by 2 in., crenate, 

 lineolate and sparsely slenderly bristly above, paler more glabrate beneath ; nerves 

 6 pair; petiole f in. Heads f in., numerous, on axillary and terminal peduncles; 

 bracts | in., very narrow, outermost pair often more or less leaf-like, persistent; 

 bracteoles | in., linear. Sepals \ in. and upwards, linear, densely softly white-hairy. 

 Corolla nearly straight and symmetric ; cylindric part shorter than the ventricose, 

 lobes ovate. Stamens glabrous (T. Anders.). Capsule ^ in., oblong, glabrous, with a 

 tuft of hairs at the apex, 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in., ovate, densely subinelastically silky; 

 areoles very small. 



58. S. Falconer!, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 484; leaves 

 ovate or elliptic acuminate hairy, heads small subsessile dense with long 

 soft silvery bristles, bracts ovate hirsute herbaceous, corolla f in. straight 

 slightly hairy without. S. Karensium, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 

 94, ex descr. 



MOULMEIN; Falconer. TEXASSERIM; Beddome. 



Stem tetragonous, ciliate with long, patent, weak, white hairs. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., 

 narrowed at both ends (upper ovate base obtuse), sparsely white-hairy on both sur- 

 faces, not lineolate; nerves 6 pair; petiole f in. Heads 2| in., surrounded by leaves; 

 bracteoles J in., linear. Calyx deeply 5-partite; segments shorter than the brac- 

 teoles, linear, hirsute. Corolla 1 in., curved near the mouth, a little hairy without, 

 deep blue; stamens included. Capsule tomentose at the apex. Seeds large, ovate, 

 hirsute. The species seems allied to S. JBrandisii, but is remarkable by the copious 

 long soft white bristles upon the flower-heads, which extend in less numbers to the 

 leaves and stem. 



** Flmuers strobilate. 



f Seeds glabrous. (Species of Ceylon and S. Deccan Peninsula.) 



59. S. vestitus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 180; hirsute, leaves rhom- 

 boid-elliptic acuminate, bracts ovate acuminate hirsute. T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 466 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 260. 



CEYLON, alt. 5-7000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites. 



Herbaceous (fide Seddome] ; branches stout. Leaves 5| by 2| in., narrowed 

 downwards, cuneate or shortly rounded on the petiole, serrulate, hirsute on both sur- 

 faces; nerves 7 pair; petiole 1J in. Spikes 1-3 in.; bracts f in., somewhat squar- 

 rose ; bracteoles ^ in., oblong. Calyx % in. (in fruit f in.), divided nearly to the base ; 

 segments lanceolate, shaggy with white or tawny hairs. Corolla l in., subsymmetric, 

 glabrous ; cylindric base short, broad. Filaments and pistil glabrous. Capsule 

 - in., 4-seeded. Seeds \ in., thin, ovate, apiculate, glabrous ; areoles very small, 

 oblong. 



60. S. Hookeri, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 185, excl. Var. p ; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate, base cuneate sparsely hairy or glabrate, bracts orbicular 

 or ovate glabrous or slightly ciliate. T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 227, 

 and in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 469 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. t. &62 . 



CEYLON, alt. 7000 ft. ; Gardner, Thwaites, &c. 



A shrub, 5-6 ft., branches nearly glabrous. Leaves 5% by 2 in., acuminate, 

 serrulate, upper surface with scattered weak hairs above or mature glabrous ; nerves 

 8 pair ; petiole 1 in. Spikes 1-3 in.; bracts 1 in., entire or minutely toothed, obtuse 

 or subacute, white; bracteoles | in., spathulate-oblong. Calyx I in., divided nearly 

 to the base; segments lanceolate, often setulose, white. Corolla 1| in., cnmpanuhite, 

 subsymmetric, glabrous, white with purple streaks; cylindric base, broad, very 

 short. Stamens and Distil glabrous. Capsule $ in., frequently 2-seeded. Seeds 

 \ in., very thin, ovate, apiculate, glabrous j areoles very small, oblong. The colours 

 are from a field-note of Col. Walker. This is placed by T. Anderson in a section 

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