StroUlanthes.~] cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 469 



nate. bracts very small caducous, corolla 1 in. nearly glabrous purple 

 Buellia divaricata, Wall Cat. 2372. Goldfussia divaricata, Nees in Wall 

 PI. As. Rar. in. 89, and in DC. Pr-idr. xi. 176. Strobilanthes sp. n. 23 

 Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. ty T., partly. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, alt. 5-9000 ft., from Nepal to Bhotan, common ; Wallich 

 &c. KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent; H.f. $ T., &c. 



A shrub, 2-5 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves 5 by 2 in. (in the Himalaya plant 

 usually narrower), serrulate, obscurely setulose; nerves 7 pair ; petiole \ in. Spikes 

 very lax, divaricate ; glabrous or (in the Khasia form) thinly hairy upwards. Bracts 

 % in., ovate, caducous ; bracteoles - in., obovate-oblong, caducous. Calyx -1 in., 

 subequally divided to the base ; segments narrow elongate caudate, often glabrous in 

 the Himalaya form, usually hairy (sometimes very hairy in fruit) in the Khasia form. 

 Corolla curved, tubular, ventricose, subviscid dark purple, glossy in the high-level 

 Himalaya plant. Stamens glabrous or the filaments minutely pubescent at the base. 

 Capsule in., glabrate, 4-seeded. Seeds T ' g in., ovate, pubescent ; areoles small. 



122. S. rubescens, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 479 ; lower 

 leaves subsessile oblong acuminate subentire coriaceous hairy or glabrate, 

 spikes curved, flowers mostly remote not opposite, bracts very small ovate, 

 corolla nearly 2 in., seeds \ in. Goldfussia sp., Griff. Itin. Notes, 20, n. 309. 

 Goldfussia sp. n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $[ T., in great part. 



KHASIA and JAINTEA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft., common ; Griffith. H.f. <$ T., &c. 



Suberect flexuose, or lax curved, 1-2 ft., hairy or glabrous. Lower leaves 3.^ by 

 1^ in. with petiole rarely % in., upper cordate sessile, sparsely lineolate above ; nerves 

 5 pair. Spikes 1-5 in., axillary, and forming a quasi-terminal panicle, secund, 

 glabrous or sparingly glandular-hairy ; bracts scarcely in., ovate, opposite, usually 

 only one bearing a flower; bracteoles nearly as long as the bracts, linear. Calyx 

 J-^ in., divided nearly to the base; segment linear-lanceolate, somewhat enlarged in 

 fruit. Corolla nearly straight, glabrous, purple or lilac ; cylindric base in., ventri- 

 cose part 1 in. Capsule ^- in., glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds ovate, shaggy principally 

 on the margin ; areoles small. 



VAR. ? microsperma ; leaves more distinctly serrate lower sessile cordate, capsule 

 scarcely in., seeds ,'g in. Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft., H.f. Sf T. Darjeeling; Jor 

 Bungalow, alt. 7500 ft., Beddome. The small , seeds appear perfectly ripe. Col. 

 Beddome's Darjeeling plant may be a new species. 



123. S. boerhaavioides, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 479 ; 

 lower leaves long-petioled ovate acuminate crenate glabrate, spikes curved, 

 flowers mostly remote not opposite, bracts very small ovate, corolla 1 in., 

 seeds in. Goldfussia sp. n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T., in part. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA; Thomson. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-5000 ft.; Pomrang, 

 J. D. H. 



Lower leaves 6^ by 3 in. ; petiole 1-1 in., winged upwards. Otherwise so closely 

 resembling 8. rubescens type, that the species have been thrown into one in Herb. 

 Kew. 



124. S. XXelictus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 479 ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes elongate zigzag 

 twisted glabrous or viscous hairy, bracts linear shorter than the calyx, 

 corolla H in. creamy-white. Ruellia calycina, Wall. Cat. 2417. Asystasia 

 calycina, Nees in Wall PL As. Ear. iii. 90. Echinacanthus calycmus, 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 168. 



SIKKIM, alt. 6000 ft. ; Treutler. KHASIA and JAINTEA MTS., alt. 4000 ft. 

 frequent ; Griffith, &c. 



A shrub, 1-4 ft. ; branches sometimes pubescent upwards. Leaves 4 by 1-1 4 in. 

 lanceolate (in the Sikkim example 4 by 2 in. elliptic), serrate ; upper surtace hueo- 



