456 cix. ACANTHACEJ3. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Strolilanthes. 



attenuate or obtuse, conspicuously liueolate above, obscurely so beneath ; nerves 6 

 pair ; petiole | in. Peduncles 2-4 in., slender, quadrangular, glabrous, numerous, 

 axillary, often divided, sometimes bearing reduced caducous leaves; bracts I in., 

 rounded at the tip, densely lineolate ; bracteoles - in., liuear-obovate, densely lineo- 

 late. Calyx % in., divided subequally nearly to the base; segments linear-spathulute, 

 minutely ciliate. Corolla not seen. Capsule ^ in., pubescent at the tip, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds T ' 2 in., ovate, densely shaggy; areoles small. Seems very nearly allied to S. 

 subftaccidus, Kurz ; but the spikes are in general so much shortened that it might be 

 looked for among the capitate series. As in S. subftaccidus, the fruiting spikes have 

 the upper bracts, but some of the lower fallen. 



*** Spikes elongate more or less interrupted, or flowers nearly all dis- 

 tant but mostly opposite. (Seeds in all hairy.) 



80. S. Helferi, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 472 ; leaves ovate 

 acuminate rounded or subcordate at the base nearly glabrous, spikes simple 

 elongate lax subtomentose, flowers distant opposite, bracts broadly obovate 

 obtuse, corolla 1^ \\ in. 



TENASSEBIM, " Three Pagodas," Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 6117). 



S ranches divaricate, somewhat zigzag, terete, pubescent upwards. Leaves 3^ by 

 1J in., crenate, puberulous and lineolate above, subpubescent on the 7 pair of nerves 

 beneath ; petiole 1 in. Spikes axillary, short-peduncled, solitary, opposite, 2-5 in. ; 

 flowers nearly all paired and distant ; bract 1 to each flower, | in., densely minutely 

 fuscous-pubescent, ciliate, apex in. broad green patent or reflexed ; bracteoles 0. 

 Calyx in., equally sub-5 -partite ; segments linear-ligulate, pubescent, subobtuse. 

 Corolla nearly glabrous, straight ; cylindric base twice as long as the calyx. Capsule 

 \ in. Seeds ^ in., orbicular, dusky pubescent ; areoles small. T. Anderson errs in 

 saying " corolla small ; " the buds, which appear on the point of expansion, are scarcely 

 | in. long j but there is one fully expanded flower overlooked by T. Anderson, which 

 is (dry) nearly 1^ in. 



81. S. macrostegius, Clarke-, leaves elliptic acuminate subentire 

 nearly glabrous, spikes axillary sessile lax scarcely interrupted, bracts 

 obovate suddenly linear- acuminate, capsule and seeds large. S. fimbriatus, 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470 partly, not of Nees. Endopogon 

 macrostegius, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 470. 



ASSAM and KHASIA MTS. ; Griffith. CHITTAGONG ; Kasalong, Clarice. 



A straggling, inelegant shrub, 2-5 ft. ; branches terete, pubescent upwards or 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2 in., base cuneate, lineolate above, obscurely so 

 beneath, minutely pubescent on the 9 pair of nerves beneath; petiole 1| in. Spikes 

 2-5 in., with 6-8 flowers in opposite pairs; bracts f-1 in., including the linear 

 acumen \ in. long, pubescent, or in Griffith's examples subglabrous ; bracteoles f in., 

 linear- oblanceolate cuspidate, fulvous-pubescent upwards. Sepals in fruit similar to 

 the bracteoles. Corolla not seen. Ovary glabrous, a dense fulvous tuft of hairs at 

 the apex. Capsule I in., oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds in., ovate, shaggy; areoles obso- 

 lete. Probably S. fimbriatus, Kurz (For. Fl. ii. 244), from the forests of the Pegu 

 Yoinah and Tenasserim, the bracts of which Kurz says are entire, so that it could not 

 have been Nees' S. fimbriatus. 



82. S. polythrix, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470; leaves 

 elliptic acuminate rufous- ciliate, spikes axillary subsessile continuous very 

 rufous-ciliate, bracts 1-1^ in. linear-lanceolate. 



KHASIA MTS. ; Herb. Kew and Herb. Calc. 



A shrub ; branches terete, with patent long rufous hairs. Leaves 6 by 2| in., 

 base attenuate or subobtuse, remotely serrate, mature with few scattered long rufous 

 hairs ; nerves 9 pair ; petiole 1 in. Spikes 2-4 in., rufous hairs in. long, slender, 

 patent ; bracteoles f in., linear, green, rufous-ciliate. Calyx in fruit nearly 1 in., 



