454 cix. ACANTHACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Strol>ilantlies. 



VAE. ? latipes ; leaves sessile suddenly narrowed subauriculate, bracts narrowly 

 obovate. Tenasserim ; Seddome. Leaves 13 by 4| in., primary nerves 20 on each 

 side tbe midrib. 



73. S. Sabinianus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 86, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 190 ; leaves petioled broadly elliptic shortly acuminate at both 

 ends nearly entire uppermost often sessile cordate, spikes linear pubescent 

 often interrupted towards the base, bracts obovate obtuse, sepals oblong 

 minutely pubescent. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 472. Euellia 

 Sabiniana, Wall. Cat. 2338 ; Sot. Reg. t. 1238 ; Eeiclib. Exot. t. 210. E. 

 argentea, Wall. Gat. 2339. 



NEPAL; Wallich. KHASIA MTS., alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent ; Wallich, &c. 



A shrub, 2-5 ft. ; branches glabrous. Leaves 6 by 3 in., undulate, subcrenate, 

 lineolate, minutely setulose above, glabrate or obscurely pubescent beneath ; upper 

 leaves often unequal dissimilar, one of each pair smaller sessile cordate. Spikes 2 4 in., 

 quasi-peduncled, mostly solitary ; bracts i by ^ in. ; bracteoles J in., oblong. Sepals 

 scarious, minutely glandular-pilose, obscurely oblauceolate not spathulate. Corolla 

 1 in., curved, much ventricose nearly glabrous, lavender-coloured, contracted base 

 short. Filaments glabrous. Capsule scarcely 3- in., pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds T \j in ., 

 much compressed, orbicular ; when wet the fine white hairs spring out abundantly ; 

 areoles nearly half the diam. of the seed, glabrous. The figures Sot. Mag. t. 3517 

 and Lodd. Sot. Mag. t. 1712, adduced for this species by Nees and T. Anderson, show 

 the uppermost leaves petioled much acuminate at the base. Some examples of S. 

 Sabinianus have the spike much interrupted, and the species might be placed in the 

 next section. Wallich notes, in the Nepal example named _R. argentea, that the 

 flowers were white. 



74. S. tamburensis, Clarice ; leaves ovate shortly acuminate serrate, 

 spikes linear interrupted towards the base ciliate subhirsute, bracts ovate, 

 sepals spathulate ciliate. 



E. NEPAL ; at the Tambur River, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. H. 



Capsule upwards of ^ in., 4-seeded. Seeds T ' 5 in., much compressed, orbicular in 

 outline, covered all over with short inelastic hairs ; areoles 0. The general habit and 

 corolla as of S. Sabinianus, but the serrate leaves, subhirsute spike, and seeds will not 

 match. 



75. S. nutans ? T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 475 ; leaves ovate 

 or broadly elliptic acuminate serrate hairy, spikes ellipsoid or oblong very 

 dense glabrous, bracts large elliptic concave. Euellia strobilina, Wall. Cat. 

 2362. E. hirta, Don Prodr. 119. Goldfussia nutans, Nees in Wall. PL 

 As. Bar. iii. 88, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 174. 



NEPAL; Wallich. 



A shrub, 1-2 ft. ; branches hairy. Leaves 3 by 1J in., base attenuate or rounded, 

 with scattered hairs on both surfaces, not lineolate ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole -1 in 

 Peduncles -H in., divaricate or deflexed, hairy; spikes 1-1 by in.; bracts in., 

 subacute ; bracteoles ^ in., oblong. Calyx -* in., divided nearly to the base, seg- 

 ments linear glabrous. Corolla 1-1 in., curved ; ventricose part longer than the 

 contracted base. Capsule not seen ; and the place of the species is dubious ; the 

 spike resembles that of some of the strictly strobiliform Malabar species ; Nees says 

 the bracts are deciduous, but they cannot be so till long after flower. 



76. S. acrocephalus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 473 ; leaves 

 ovate acute crenate hirsute, spikes peduncled solitary linear-cylindric dense 

 hairy, bracts ovate, seeds puberulous subglabrate. Adenosma affinis, Griff. 

 Notul. iv. 133. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-5000 ft., plentiful in the northern half, Griffith, H. f. $ T., 



