StroUlanthes.'] cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 453 



70. S. Dupeni, Seddome ms. ; leaves subcordate ovate acuminate bristly 

 pubescent on both surfaces, spikes large oblong dense viscous slightly hairy, 

 bracts 4- ranked large ovate obtuse adnate at base closely imbricate, capsule 

 4-seeded, seeds hairy. 



ANAMALLAY MTS. ; top of Neliamputty Ghat, Beddome. 



A shrub. Leaves 4| by 2| in., crenate, bristly above, chiefly on the 9 pair of 

 nerves beneath ; raphides small, obscure ; petiole 1-2 in. Spikes 2% by in., appearing 

 terminal on short axillary peduncles; bracts f by ^ in., coloured, nervose, very sticky; 

 bracteoles small, lanceolate. Calyx * in., deeply 5-lobed ; linear green acumination 

 of the segments longer than the short elliptic scarious base. Corolla large, blue. 

 Capsule i in., ellipsoid, sessile, glabrous. , Seeds in. diam. ; areoto nearly half the 

 diain. of the seed. 



71. S. auriculatus, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 69, 86, t. 295, 

 -and in DC. Prodr. xi. 191 ; leaves sessile auriculate oblong or ovate acumi- 

 nate hairy, spikes linear oblong closely velvety, bracts obovate obtuse, 

 bracteoles 0. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 472 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. 

 Or. t. 210. S. amplectens, Nees in Wall. Cat. 7158, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 191. Euellia auriculata, Wall Cat. 2341. 



CENTRAL INDIA, alt. 1-4000 ft., common; Behar ; Jubbulpore to Chota Nagpore, 

 J. D. H., JBeddome, &c. DISTRIB. Ava. 



A shrub, 2-6 ft. ; branches many divaricate often zigzag, quadrangular, glabrous, 

 tips more or less hairy. Leaves often very unequal, sometimes one 10 by 2 in. oblong, 

 the other 3 by 1^ ovate, sometimes subequal, serrulate, sparsely hairy above ; nerves 

 (in the longer leaves) 10-13 pair, minutely hairy beneath. Spikes 3 by in., mostly 

 terminal, solitary, quasi-peduucled ; bracts ^- in., broader than long, very obtuse, 

 apex often recurved in fruit. Calyx divided nearly to the base ; segments \-^ in., 

 unequal, linear, obtuse, closely velvety. Corolla 1 in., curved, very slightly hairy, 

 pale purple ; cylindric base much shorter than the ventricose part ; limb somewhat 

 2-lipped. Stamens and pistil nearly glabrous. Capsule ^ in., glabrous, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds scarcely T ' 2 in., thin, orbicular, elastically white-hairy ; areoles very small. 



VAE. JEdgeworthiana ; bracts with spreading white cilia \ in. long, sepals long 

 white-ciliate at the tips. S. Edgeworthiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 190. Sub- 

 tropical Himalaya, alt. 500-2000 ft., from the Siwaliks (Stewart) to Sikkim (Gamble), 

 frequent in the dry Terai. Parasnath, Edgeworth. Tenasserim ; alt. 2000 ft., 

 Beddome. Distrib. Upper Burma. 



VAE. plumulosa ; leaves broadly elliptic, spikes short axillary subsessile densely 

 white-ciliate. S. plumulosus, Nees' in Wall. Cat. 7157, and in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 

 86, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 191. Mts. of Prome ; Wallich. Leaves 8 by 3| in., sub- 

 equal, spathulate to the widened auriculate base. Spikes 1-1 i in. 



VAE. Iracteolala ; leaves sessile auriculate oblong acuminate hairy, spikes linear- 

 oblong ciliate, bracts obovate, bracteoles \ in. linear-spathulate. Khasia Mts., alt. 

 5000 ft. ; Nunklow and Myrung, H. f. # T. Branches divaricate, hairy. Leaves 

 unequal, the larger 4| by |-1 in., serrate. Spikes l-2 in., quasi-peduncled, mostly 

 solitary ; bracts in., less obtuse than those of S. auriculatus. 



72. S. ItXaclellandi, Clarice; leaves large elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends sparsely hairy, spikes linear, bracts obovate obtuse white hairy, brac- 

 teoles 0. f 



RANGOON; M'Lelland. 



Branches stout, quadrangular, zigzag, hairy. Leaves 12 by 4 in., lower petioled, 

 uppermost subsessile, none auricled ; nerves 20 pair. Spikes 3 by in., slender, 

 white, hairy, pendent mostly 3 together from short axillary peduncles. This 1ms 

 been supposed a form of 8. auriculatus, but the large many-nerved leaves and slender 

 pendent spikes give it a different aspect : the capsule is rather larger, the seeds nearly 

 the same as in S. auriculatus. It would appear distinct enough but for the subjoined 

 variety. 



