466 cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 



A shrub ; branches quadrangular, scabrid puberulous upwards. Leaves 6 by 2 in., 

 crenulate-dentate, with small raphides on both surfaces, paler beneath ; nerves 12 

 pair; petiole -3 in. (often very unequal in the opposite pairs). Spikes 1-4 in., 

 axillary, 1 or 2 together, interrupted, slender even before flower-time ; bracts - in., 

 green, slightly pubescent ; bracteoles J in. Calyx \-\ in., divided nearly to the base ; 

 segments lanceolate, scarcely acute, fuscous-pubescent. Corolla \\ in., pubescent 

 without, nearly straight ; linear-cylindric part of the tube nearly as long as the 

 ventricose part. Filaments very hairy (Nees). Capsule not seen. 



112. S. microcarpus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 482 ; leaves 

 large petioled ovate acuminate coarsely serrate hirsute on both surfaces, 

 flowers panicled distant mostly in opposite pairs, bracts and bracteoles very 

 small, corolla in. glabrous without. 



TENASSEBIM or ANDAMANS ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 6113). 



A shrub; branches terete, swollen at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves 8 by 4| in., 

 base broadly rhomboid, hirsute with white hairs which are stellately clustered on the 

 upper surface, closely minutely lineolate on both surfaces ; nerves 15 pair ; petiole 

 lis-2 in. Inflorescence viscidly glandular-hairy ; spikes proper apparently laxly few- 

 fld., axillary and running into a terminal panicle ; bracts | in., linear ; bracteoles 

 similar to the bracts. Calyx ^ in., divided nearly to the base, viscous ; segments linear, 

 more or less unequal. Corolla nearly straight, very hairy within ; cylindric base 

 much shorter than the ventricose portion ; segments short. Capsule scarcely g- in., 

 clavate, 2-seeded where examined. Heifer's examples are in bad condition, with the 

 leaves (both cauline and floral) all detached; and the species vei-y possibly is not 

 placed here correctly. 



113. S. angnstifrons, Clarke ; leaves elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends nearly glabrous, spikes lateral and terminal paniculate with capitellate 

 tips, bracts oblong acuminate caducous, corolla 1 in. nearly glabrous 

 purple. Strobilanthes sp. n ; 29, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. fy T., partly. 

 Goldfussia Edgeworthiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 173 ? 



N.W. HIMALAYA; Deyra, alt. 2500 ft., Thomson-, Kangra and Dhurmsala, 

 alt. 3-6000 ft., CtarJce. 



A suberect shrub, 2-3 ft. ; branches glabrous. Leaves 4|- by If in., upper all 

 attenuate at the base, serrulate, upper surface and margin minutely hairy or glabrous, 

 raphides small on both surfaces ; nerves 6 pair ; petiole ^ in. Spikes forming short 

 irregular panicles, branches nearly glabrous ; lower bracts leaf -like, lanceolate (base 

 never cordate), upper shorter than the calyx ; bracteoles ^ in., linear, scarcely pubescent. 

 Sepals 3 in., linear, pubescent. Corolla nearly as of S. alatus, but much nar- 

 rower. Capsule g-J in., spaisely pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds scarcely f in., 

 orbicular, hairy; areoles hardly any. This differs from S. alatus by the slenderer 

 corolla, capsule and seeds, and by the uppermost leaves being narrowed never cordate 

 at the base. 



114. S. agrestis, Clarke-, leaves ovate acuminate at both ends 

 sparsely hairy on both surfaces, spikes elongate paniculate with capitellate 

 tips, bracts shorter than the calyx obovate pubescent caducous, corolla 2 in. 

 glabrous without. 



SUBTEOPICAL SIKKIM and W. BHOTAN, alt. 2-5000 ft., frequent ; Clarke. 



An erect, branched undershrub, 1-2 ft.; branches upwards quadrangular, pubescent. 

 Leaves 4 by 2 in., often unequal, shortly acuminate at the base, serrulate, shortly 

 sparsely hairy above, minutely pubescent beneath, minutely lineolate on both sur- 

 faces ; nerves 6 pair ; petiole | | in. Spikes 1-4 in., hairy, lower flowers in distant 

 pairs; bracts i in.; bracteoles in., linear-oblong. Corolla slightly curved, rather 

 narrowly tubular-ventricose, lavender colour. Capsule and seeds as of S. angustifrons, 

 to which it is nearly allied. 



VAE. hemiotis ; one leaf of every pair sessile cordate less than | the length of the 

 other. Khasia Mts. 3 Herb. Watt. 



