476 cix. ACANTHACE^;. (C. E. Clarke.) [Strolilanthes. 



CEYLON, alt. 4-7000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites (C. P. nn. 266, 301). 



A large, rambling shrub (Walker) ; branches terete, glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2^- in., 

 minutely toothed; nerves 9 pair; petiole 1^ in. Panicle 814 in.; branches 

 ascending, bracts -| in., sessile, base rounded or cordate ; pedicels -5 in., mostly 

 ebracteolate except at the base. Calyx \-\ in., divided nearly to the base, viscous- 

 hairy ; segments linear caudate. Corolla nearly straight; tube broad-cylindric from 

 the base, very hairy within ; segments short, round. Capsule in., 4-seeded. 



146. S. amabilis, Clarice ; leaves broadly elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends glabrous, panicle large compound viscous hairy, bracts at its divisions 

 linear-oblong, nower-bracts linear much shorter than the calyx, corolla 

 li-1^ in. glabrous without purplish, capsule glabrous. Leptacanthus 

 Walkeri, Wight Ic. t. 1507, not of Nees, nor Strobilanthes Walkeri, Nees. 



NILGHEEEY Mrs., alt. 6000 ft.; Gardner, &c., Hohenacker, n. 1440. 



Leaves 1\ by 3| in., glabrous beneath; nerves 10-12 pair. Calyx 3 in., closely 

 subtended by 2 linear bracts. Capsule \ in. and upwards, conspicuously stipitate. 

 Closely allied to S. pulcherrimus, which it was taken for by Wight. T. Anderson 

 overlooked the numerous points of difference above diagnosed, which are constant. 

 A much finer species than the Ceylon one, the panicle stouter with fewer but larger 

 flowers. 



SPECIES NOT SEEN. 



147. S. NEESII, Kurt in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 93, and For. Fl. ii. 245 ; 

 leaves large lanceolate minutely hairy on both surfaces, spikes sessile dense bracteate 

 ultimately elongated interrupted below, bracts proper oblong-linear shorter than the 

 calyx slightly serrate at the tips, corolla 1^-1 1 in. glabrous without purple. 



MAETABAN ; Kurz. 



A large shrub, 10-12 ft. Leaves attaining 10 in., shortly acuminate, base 

 attenuate, obsoletely repand-toothed ; petiole -lJ in > Lowest bracts (or floral leaves) 

 leaf-like, caducous, | in., tips serrate ; bracteoles 2, linear-lanceolate, glandular- 

 hirsute, as long as the calyx. Calyx -segments in. or more, linear, hoary, ciliate. 

 Corolla-tube long, slender, hairy within. Stamens 2 only ; filaments glabrous. 

 Style hairy. Capsule a little longer than the calyx, glabrous, tip pubescent, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds silky. 



148. S. BEMOTTTS, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 471 ; leaves ovate 

 acuminate subentire glabrous, spikes axillary 1 or 2 together elongate, flowers remote 

 solitary, bracteoles and calyx-segments smaller than the bracts, capsule elongate 

 glabrous. 



TENASSEBIM ; Heifer. 



Stem subterete, glabrous. Spikes 1J-3 in.; bracts ^ in., lanceolate, mucronate, 

 1-nerved, glabrous ; bracteoles and calyx-segments ^ in., narrower than the bracts. 

 Capsule | in. Allied to S.fimbriatus and S. polythrix. 



149. S. HAPLANTHOIDES, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc.ix. 471 ; leaves petioled 

 ovate acuminate at both ends crenate or undulate glabrous or floral leaves ciliate, 

 spikes suberect lax, bracts bracteoles and calyx-segments linear hirsute with hyaline 

 bristles, corolla funnel-shaped pubescent without hairy within. 



BEITISH BUKMA; Moulmein, Falconer (n. 402 in Herb. Calcutt.), Heifer, 

 n. 255. 



An erect herb, 1-1 foot. Stem terete, swollen at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves 

 2-3^ by 1-1^ in., paler beneath ; petiole | in. Spikes 2-3 in., lax, crowded in the 

 upper axils and subterminal, on slender hirsute peduncles ; bracts \ in. ; bracteoles 

 and calyx \ in. Corolla \ in., tube suddenly narrowed, segments small. Capsule 

 J in., constricted at the base, upwards ovate, acute, glabrous. Placed by T. Anderson 

 next S. Jchasyanus. 



150. S. MASTEESI, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 481 ; upper leaves sub- 

 sessile lanceolate acute serrate subglabrous, panicles dichotomous lax erect viscous, 

 pedicels elongate mostly 1-fld., bracts lanceolate acute sparsely glandular deciduous, 

 corolla funnel-shaped suberect glabrous. 



