Strolilanthes.] cix. ACANTHACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) 467 



115. S. Thomson!, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 478 ; leaves 

 ovate or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes short cymose or 

 fascicled axillary shorter than the leaves glabrous or viscous-hairy, bracts 

 and bracteoles very small, corolla 1 in. purple. Sbrobilanthes sp. n. 30, 

 Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. fy T. 



SUBTROPICAL SIKKIM and W. BHOTAN, alt. 2-6000 ft., common j J. D. H., T. 

 Anders., &c. 



A shrub, 3-5 ft. ; branches elongate, flexuose, glabrous. Leaves 4J-6$ by 2 in., 

 serrate, with small raphides on both surfaces; nerves 6 pair; petiole |-f'iu., some- 

 times 0. Spikes 1-3 in., in nearly all the axils, densely divided from the base, the 

 flowers "nearly all in crowded but distinct opposite pairs; lower bracts resembling 

 reduced leaves, lanceolate; upper in. spathulate, glabrous pubescent or very viscous- 

 hairy. Calyx in flower often less than in., in fruit sometimes nearly \ in., divided 

 nearly to the base ; segments equal or unequal, glaucous or green, hairy. Corolla 

 somewhat curved, minutely pubescent, ultimately glabrate. Capsule scarcely 5 in., 

 minutely pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds T ' n in., orbicular, innumerable fine white hairs 

 springing out on applying water; areoles very small. There is a wide series of forms 

 here collected, varying much in the size and hairiness of the calyx, but all remarkable 

 by the fasciculate axillary inflorescence. Possibly T. Anderson also included here S. 

 agrestis, which has different inflorescence, and much larger capsules. 



116. S. leevig-atus, Clarice ; nearly glabrous, leaves elliptic acumi- 

 nate at both ends serrate, flowers loosely panicled nearly all in opposite dis- 

 tant pairs, bracts very caducous, corolla If in. nearly glabrous. 



SIKKIM ; J. D. H. 



A shrub, glabrous except a few glandular hairs occasionally on the calyx and 

 panicle-rachis. Leaves 7 by 2^ in., sharply serrate, obscurely lineolate, nerves 8 

 pair ; petiole f in. Panicles axillary and terminal, large, lax ; bracts and bracteoles 

 all fallen before some of the corollas have opened. Calyx in., divided nearly to the 

 base; segments subequal, narrowly lanceolate, subobtuse, somewhat enlarged, mem- 

 branous in fruit. Corolla nearly as of S. angustifrons & agrestis. Capsule 

 -f in., glabrous, tip obscurely glandular. 



117. S. debilis, Clarke; leaves small elliptic sparsely hairy, spikes 

 small interrupted, flowers in opposite pairs, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla 

 1 in. nearly glabrous without long white-hairy within. 



PEGU ; Kurz. 



Stem creeping, rooting ; flowering branches 4-8 in., erect, branching, pubescent. 

 Leaves 1J by f in., apex triangular, very obtuse, base cuneate, undulate or crenate, 

 densely lineolate and with a few long multicellular hairs above, pubescent beneath ; 

 nerves 5 pair; petiole in. Spikes 1-2 in., weak, hairy; bracts in.; bracteoles 

 \-% in., linear, green, hairy. Sepals \-\ in., linear, subulate, very hairy. Corolla 

 nearly straight; cylindric base hardly half as long as the urceolate part; segments 5, 

 short, round, subequal. Filaments glabrous. Ovary 4-ovulate. Capsule not seen. 

 A very anomalous species ; it is possible that the bracts are not caducous, and that it 

 should not be arranged here. 



118. S. glandulosus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, ii. 92 ; viscous, 

 leaves narrowly elliptic repand-crenate, spikes very numerous, lowest 

 bracts leaf -like subpersistent, proper bracts small oblong caducous, corolla 

 scarcely in. yellow. Hemigraphis glandulosa, T. Anders, in Kurz Anda- 

 man Hep. App. B. 13. 



S. ANDAMAN ISLANDS ; Kurz. 



A branched herb (Kurz). Leaves 3 by 1 in., subobtusely cuneate at both ends 

 nearly glabrous ; nerves 6 pair; petiole in. Inflorescence exceedingly sticky, very 

 compound ; lower bracts persistent, or deciduous forming the spikes into compound 

 panicles ; flowers distant in opposite pairs, or in small heads ; or in appearance solitary, 



