Strobilanthes.] cix. ACANTHACE/E. (C. B. Clarke.) 471 



bracts in., elliptic, pubescent, opposite one of eacli pair usually barren ; bracteoles 

 oblong rather longer than the bracts. Calyx \- in., divided subequally nearly to 

 the base ; segments linear-ligulate, softly pubescent, densely white papillose down the 

 back. Corolla nearly straight, much ventricose upwards, constricted base of the tube 

 short. Style glabrous. Capsule | in., spathulate-oblong, puberous, 4-seeded. Seeds 

 - in., ovate, shaggy ; areoles very small. The papillae on the backs of the sepals 

 (and continued also on the bracts) give this species a powdered or farinose look. 



129. S. nobilis, Clarice ; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends 

 sparsely hairy on the nerves beneath, spikes long flexuose panicled pubes- 

 cent, flowers alternate, bracts lanceolate acute persistent. 



JAINTEA HILLS ; Jarain, alt. 3500 ft., Clarke. 



An erect gregarious shrub, 6-10 ft. Leaves 9 by 3 in., unequal-sided, upper ses- 

 sile, serrate, thinly lineolate above ; nerves 10 pair. Spikes 6-12 in., hardly inter- 

 rupted ; bracts |-1 in., very acuminate, minutely hairy; bracteoles | in./ linear- 

 lanceolate. Calyx | in., divided nearly to the base equally ; segments linear, minutely 

 scabrous-pubescent. Capsule f in., nearly glabrous, 4-seeded. Seed* % in., ovate, 

 shaggy; areoles very small. Corolla not preserved, believed to be yellow. 



130. S. inflatus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 476 ; villous, 

 leaves elliptic or subovate acuminate, flowers alternate or some opposite in 

 flexuose or twisted 1-sided spikes, lower bracts leaf-like upper spathulate, 

 corolla l in. much curved pubescent without. Goldfussia sp. n. 28, Herb. 

 Ind. Or. H.f. 8f T. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5-8000 ft. ; J. D. S. 



JSranches woody, flexuose, terete, fulvous-villous. Leaves 2by |-1 in., serrate, 

 hairy on both surfaces ; nerves 6 pair ; petiole 1 in. Spikes 1-3 in., fulvous villous, 

 internodes zigzag or contorted almost as in S. Helictus most of the bracts foliaceous ; 

 bracteoles minute linear. Corolla funnel-shaped, inflated, tube very much curved 

 towards the top ; segments subquadrate orbicular. Capsule f in., narrowly elliptic, 

 glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds in., subquadrate, shaggy; areoles subobsolete. Nearly 

 all the bracts are leaf -like, persistent ; the uppermost, entirely bracteiform ones, are 

 deciduous. 



131. S. Wallichii, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 87, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 193; leaves petioled elliptic acuminate nearly glabrous upper 

 sessile cordate, spikes lax 1-sided, flowers solitary or paired, many of the 

 lower bracts large leaf-like, sepals linear subobtuse glabrous in fruit elon- 

 gate somewhat hairy at the tips, corolla ! in. blue. T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 477. Euellia alata, Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 26, t. 31 , and 

 Cat. 2371 a. Goldfussia Thomsoni, Hot. Mag. t. 5119, not Strobilanthes 

 Thomsoni, T. Anders. 



SUBALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 7-11,000 ft.; from Nepal to Bhotan, common, 

 Wallich, &c. 



Stems 6-24 in., weak, quadrangular sometimes sharply, glabrous or pubescent on 

 the angles. Leaves 3 by 1 in., crenate-serrate, puberulous or glabrate, thinly lineo- 

 late above ; nerves 6 pair; petiole f in. Splices 1-6" in., often flexuose or zigzag, 

 lowest flowers appearing often axillary solitary opposite ; bracts (many of the middle 

 ones) ovate or subcordate, altogether resembling the upper leaves ; uppermost bracts 

 often small, less than in., ovate or obovate, glabrate ; bracteoles linear-oblong, 

 small or 0. Sepals in flower & in., usually quite glabrous, in fruit often more than 

 1 in laxly flexuose, very narrow, usually more or less glandular hairy at least at the 

 tips.' Corolla nearly straight, glabrous or with minute lines of hairs within ; cylin- 

 dric base about as long as the ventricose portion ; segments short, round. Filaments 

 and style glabrous. Capsule *- in., glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds | in., ovate, pubes- 

 cent- areoles small. The lowest flowers often appear axillary opposite, with 2 small 

 ovate bracteoles each : more careful comparison shows that the axillary flower is ou a 



