452 cix. ACANTHACE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strolilanthes. 



CETLOX ; Walker ; alt. 2000 ft., Thwaites. 



A shrub, 3-5 ft. Leaves 7 by 3 \ in., crenate, lineolate on both surfaces ; nerves 

 7 pair ; petiole 1J in. Spikes quasi -peduncled, mostly solitary, sometimes 1 in. ovoid 

 capitate, sometimes 2% in., distinctly densely strobiliform ; bracts 1 in., entire or denti- 

 culate, the ligulate tip often squarrose sometimes closely reflexed in fruit, sometimes 

 obsolete. Calyx | in., divided more than half-way down ; segments lanceolate, slightly 

 hairy. Corolla 1% in., narrow, hairy, white (T. Anderson) ; linear-cylindric base shorter 

 than the long urn-shaped upper part; lobes short. Filaments hairy towards the 

 base. Pistil glabrous. Capsule not seen. Evidently different from the Bombay 

 S. callosus, but may not belong to this part of the series. 



68. S. asper, Wight Ic. t. 1518, not of Dene. ; thinly softly hairy, 

 leaves ovate shortly acuminate at both ends, spikes in close panicles or 

 subfasciculate, bracts oblong or ovate, base narrowed. T. Anders, in Jo urn. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 466. 



MTS. of S. INDIA, alt. 5-8000 ft.. ; Nilgherries, Anamallays, Bababooduns, Gardner, 

 Wight, &c. MALABAR GHATS ; Concan, Stocks. 



A shrub, 2-4 ft. Leaves 4J by 2^ in., crenate; nerves 7 pair; petiole 1| in. 

 Spikes in flower 1-1 in., oblong; in truit 2-3 in., with bracts and calyces enlarged ; 

 thinly softly hairy, somewhat viscous; bracts - in., often reddish ; bracteoles | in., 

 linear. Sepals ^ in., linear-lanceolate. Corolla f in. (or in Wight's figure much 

 larger), glabrous without^ hairy within ; linear-cylindric base about as long as the 

 ventricose portion ; limb somewhat oblique, segments short rounded. Filaments hairy 

 towards the base. Pistil glabrous. Capsule J in., oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds T ' 5 in., 

 orbicular, elastically hairy ; areoles prominent, round, glabrous. The form of the 

 bracts seems very variable ; the typical Nilgherry plant has them broadly ovate ; a 

 Bababoodun example (reckoned by Wight distinct) has them linear-oblong ; and 

 there are a great number of intermediate forms. 



69. S. sessilis, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 85, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 177 ; leaves sessile ovate acute hairy, spikes cylindric exactly 

 strobiliform, bracts large ovate acute hairy, bracteoles 0, corolla 1? in. pale 

 purple. Sot. Mag. t. 3902 ; Wight III. t. 164 b, fig. 4 (right-hand), and Ic. 

 t. 1511 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467. 



NILGHERRY MTS., alt. 6-8000 ft. ; Wight, &c., frequent. WYNAAD and TEA- 

 VANCORE ; Beddome. 



Stems 12-18 in., numerous, erect, little divided, from a woody perennial root, 

 patently villous. Leaves f-1^ in., base rounded or subcordate, crenate, softly villous 

 on both surfaces. Spikes 1-2 in., short-peduncled, quasi-axillary and terminal ; 

 bracts f in., softly hairy. Sepals | in., lanceolate. Corolla nearly straight, subsym- 

 metric, slightly hairy within and without ; cylindric base nearly as long as the ventri- 

 cose part ; segments rounded. Filaments included ; longer shaggy, shorter glabrous 

 with much smaller anthers. Ovary glabrous, gland-bearing near the tip ; style thinly 

 hairy ; ovules 4. Capsule not seen. 



VAR. sessiloides ( Wight Ic. t. 1512) ; leaves larger bristle-hirsute rugose, spikes 

 larger, bracts (especially the upper) corolloid glabrate upwards, corolla rather larger 

 more hairy both within and without. S. sessiloides, Wight Ic. t. 1512, not of T. 

 Anders. Nilgherries ; Wight. A very trifling variety (or mere form, Beddome) of 

 S. sessilis. 



VAR. Ritchiei-, bristly without any soft hairs, leaves nearly glabrous beneath 

 except the bristly nerves, bracts acuminate long-bristly. S. sessiloides, Dalz fy Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 187 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467, not of Wight. Malabar 

 Ghats ; near Bombay, Dalzell; Purwhar Ghat, Ritchie-, Tulkut (perhaps i.e. Talikote), 

 Stocks. Noted by Ritchie as flowering only once in 7 years, but the woody root with 

 annual undivided stems seems the same as in S. sessilis. Stems densely hispid with 

 very long stout white bristles or glabi'ate. Leaves scabrous-hispid lineolate above, 

 much more glabrous than in S. sessilis. Bracts and spikes with white or tawny 

 bristles nearly | in. long, sometimes dense^sometimes few scattered. 



