470 cix. ACANTHACE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Strobilanthes. 



late ; nerves 5-9 pair ; petiole f in. Spikes 3-8 in., axillary and terminal, but little 

 branched ; flowers all distant alternate ; bracts ^-| in., unequal, opposite, the smaller 

 one barren ; bracteoles ^ in., linear. Calyx \-\^ in., divided subequally nearly to the 

 base ; segments linear, glabrous or very viscous hairy, more or less enlarged in fruit. 

 Corolla nearly glabrous, very ventricose from a constricted base scarce 5 in. long ; 

 segments short, round. Stamens 4, filaments very hairy downwards. Capsule | in., 

 glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds % in., ovate, pubescent hair at first dense white, ultimately 

 tawny less ; areoles very small. T. Anderson says the leaves are " softly tomentose 

 beneath," which is a mistake. 



125. S. Griffithianus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 481 ; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate acuminate at both ends puberulousonthe nerves beneath, 

 spikes elongate zigzag viscous pubescent, flowers distant alternate, bracts 

 lanceolate obtuse persistent, corolla If in. yellow. Trisenanthus Griffithi- 

 anus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 169. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-3000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &c., frequent on the southern 

 face. 



A spreading shrub, 3-7 ft. diam. ; branches fuscous-puberulous upwards. Leaves 

 6 by 1| in., minutely denticulate; nerves 10 pair; petiole f in. Spikes 3-8 in., 

 lateral and in lax terminal panicles ; bracts 1 in., opposite, more or less unequal, one 

 of each pair supporting a flower ; bracteoles | in., linear-oblong. Calyx ^-\ in., 

 divided subequally very nearly to the base ; segments (one a little longer than the other 

 4) linear-oblong, green, viscous-pubescent. Corolla nearly straight glabrous, yellow 

 with brown or red spots or lines ; linear-cylindric base\>f the tube about as long as 

 the ventricose part. Filaments very hairy. Capsule' in., nearly glabrous, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds - in., fulvous-hairy; areoles very small. Nees erected this plant into a 

 genus on the ground that the calyx was 2-lipped with one lip trifid but half-way 

 down ; an error of fact. 



126. S. paucinervius, T. Anders, in Herb. Keiv; glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic acuminate, spikes linear elongated interrupted flexuose alternate-fld., 

 bracts lanceolate persistent. 



TENASSEKIM or ANDAMAN ISLANDS ; Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 6115). 



Apparently a lax shrub. Leaves 4J by 1| in., base rhomboid, subentire or 

 minutely denticulate, lineolate on both surfaces; nerves 5-6 pair ; petiole in, 

 Spikes 2-4 in., axillary, short peduncled, 1 or 2 together; bracts | in., bracteoles 

 nearly as long, narrower, persistent. Calyx subequally 5-fid nearly to the base; 

 segments linear-lanceolate acute. Capsule f in., glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds % in., 

 ovate, shaggy ; areoles hardly any. 



^ 127. S. elongratus, Clarke ; glabrous, leaves lanceolate acuminate, 

 spikes very long lax, flowers alternate and opposite distant, bracts lanceo- 

 late persistent, sepals linear- lanceolate rather longer than the bracts. 



ASSAM ; Namroop, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6183). 



A shrub. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., base cuneate, minutely serrate, densely lineolate 

 above; nerves 11 pair; petiole | in. Spikes axillary and quasi-terminal, 1 or 2 

 together, attaining 7 in., sparingly branched, leafless ; bracts in opposite pairs, all 

 distant, both or one or neither bearing a flower, ^ by ^ in.; bracteoles linear, 

 shorter than the bracts. . Sepals ^ in., glabrous. Corolla not seen. Capsule ^-^in., 

 4-seeded, glabrous. Seeds compressed, orbicular, subelastically hairy. 



128. S. farinosus, Clarice; leaves elliptic acuminate at each end 

 serrate glabrous, spikes in a pubescent panicle, flowers distant alternate, 

 bracts very small persistent, corolla \\ in. nearly glabrous without. 



MOTJLMEIN ; Thoung Yun, Loll. 



Branch terete, glabrous. Leaves 5 by If in., upper surface lineolate, lower pale; 

 nerves 7 pair ; petiole | in. Spikes axillary, and a terminal panicle 4 in. diarn. j 



