StrobilanthesJ] cix. ACANTHACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) 473 



at both ends ciliolate pubescent, flowers alternate or opposite in leafy spikes, 

 tipper bracts ovate or spathulate persistent, corolla 1 in. nearly glabrous 

 purple. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent ; 7. D. H., &c. 



A small, erect, somewhat densely branched shrub. Leaves 2J by J in., equal or 

 subequal, minutely dentate undulate or subentire ; nerves 5-6 pair, puberulous, 

 beneath ciliate ; petiole obscure. Spikes 1-3 in., numerous, axillary and terminal, 

 nearly glabrous ; lower bracts leaf-like ; upper sometimes spathulate (hardly petioled 

 as in 8. urophyllus) ; bracteoles J 5 in., ovate. Sepals -% in., subequal, linear, obtuse. 

 Corolla nearly straight, hairy within ; cylindric base shorter than the ventricose 

 portion; segments short, round. Filaments very hairy downwards. Ovary glabrous ; 

 style sparsely hairy. Capsule fin., 4-seeded. Seeds |- in., ovate, pubescent; 

 areoles hardly any. This common Khasia in habit and leaves remarkably resembles S. 

 isophyllus ; the inflorescence, sepals, &c., are totally different. 



136. S. Panichangra, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 478; leaves 

 broadly elliptic acuminate at both ends rusty-pubescent, panicles lax capil- 

 lary pubescent, flowers scattered mostly alternate, bracts minute persistent, 

 corolla 1^ in. nearly glabrous. Kueflia Panichanga, Wall. Cat. 2387. 

 Asystasia Panichanga, Nees in Wall, PL As. JKar. iii. 90, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 167. . 



SILHET; Wallick. CACHAE; Keenan. 



A shrub ; branches tetragonous, pubescent upwards. Leaves Q\ by 2f in., serrate ; 

 nerves 10 pair; petiole | in. Peduncles ^-2 in., repeatedly trichotomous ; bracts 

 and bracfceoles scarcely | in., linear, pubescent. Calyx \ in., deeply subequally 5-fid, 

 closely uniformly pubescent ; segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla nearly straight, 

 puberulous, cylindric base longer than the calyx, gradually widening into the rather 

 narrow cylindric portion of the tube; segments round, short, contorted in bud. 

 Filaments and style with scattered white hairs. Capsule more than in. 



" 137. S. coloratus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 481, not of 

 Nees ; leaves ovate or elliptic acuminate glabrous, panicles capillary very 

 compound glabrous, bracts elliptic caducous, corolla U in. nearly glabrous 

 pale purple. Euellia colorata, Wall. Cat. 2388. Goldfussia colorata, Nees 

 in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 89, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 176. Acanthacea, 

 Griff. Itin. Notes, 87, n. 1280. 



EASTEEN HIMALAYA; Sikkim and Bhotan, alt. 2-5000 ft., Clarice. ASSAM and 

 KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft., frequent ; Griffith, H. f. $ T., &c. 



A nearly glabrous shrub, 3-6 ft. Leaves 7 by 2-4 in., serrate ; nerves 7-8 pair ; 

 petiole -l| in. Panicle often 1 foot in diam., leafless bractless with 200-500 

 sometimes denser with stouter shorter branches ; bracts | in. Calyx $-$ in., deeply 

 5-fid ; segments subequal, lanceolate, glabrous. Corolla tubular-ventricose, glal 

 Capsule 4 in., 4-seeded. Seeds J- in., ovate, pubescent; areoles hardly any. - 

 The flowers said by Nees to be capitate are mostly alternate scattered ; tney ai 

 capitate only at the tips of the younger panicle-branches. 



VAR. crinita; panicle-brauches minutely thinly glandular-hairy, b. ci .us, 

 T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 481. Goldfussia crinita, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 

 176. Bhotan, alt. 1000 ft.; Griffith. Assam. Varies in the thinness of t 

 branches just as does the type. 



Series D. Paniculate. Flowers panicled laxly, or densely, secund, rob- 

 spicate. Bracts conspicuous, persistent. Capsule elliptic, compressed, 

 cuneate at both ends. Seeds shaggy, often only 2 perfected, or if 4 imbri- 

 cated.- Species of Ceylon or S. Deccan Peninsula. (Ihis^enes approaches 

 in technical character, though not in habit, the section *'* ot the series A, 

 Bracteat^. Compare S. perfoliatus above, which Wight placed here.) 



