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211. Strobilanthes subcapitatus, Clarke. 



Tasan : Violet, whitish at base ; 7036. DistrW. Tenas- 

 serim. 



I am not certain of this, the type specimens are larger 

 and older and have no corollas and this specimen is small 

 and younger. 



(Strobilanthes violacea, Ridl. Jom*n. Straits Branch 

 Royal Asiat. Soc, No. 57, p. 80, 1911. This name is antici- 

 pated by Beddome : I alter it to Strobilanthes phoenicea, 

 Ridl.). 



212. Strobilanthes violascens, sp. nov. 



Tall plant. Stem woody, young parts densely brown 

 hairy. Leaves opposite herbaceous, glabrous with many 

 raphides-bundles on upper surface, elliptic-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute, base cuneate, edge serrulate ; nerves 12 pairs, slender, 

 elevate beneath, 9 in. long, 4 in. wide ; petiole 3 in. long, 

 hairy. Racemes axillary, 2*5 in. long (or more for they 

 are young in specimen) . Bracts narrow lanceolate, cuspi- 

 date '25 in. long. Sepals linear acuminate, hairy free to 

 base, "25 in. long, narrow. Corolla 1*5 in. long, base -25 

 in. long, narrow, then campanulate, lobes rather short, 

 rounded, pale violet and yellowish, glabrous. Stamens 4, 

 quite glabrous, anthers oblong. 



Tasan : Pale violet and yellowish ; 6833. 



Allied to S. collinus of the Malay Peninsula but the 

 stamens are quite glabrous. The stem above is knotted, 

 swollen just above the nodes. 



213. Acanthus ilicifollus, L. 



Nam Chut : Blue, petals whitish at base ; 6675. Distrib. 

 India, Malay Peninsula, chiefly in the North, Malay Islands 

 and Australia. 



214. CystacantHus pulcherrimus, Clarke. 



Klong Bagatae : Pale pinkish-white, spotted crimson 

 inside, spotted brown on lowe^: side of throat ; 2 to 4 ft. 

 high ; 6563. Nam Chut : Pale lilac, spotted deep crimson ; 

 2 to 3 ft. ; 6689. 



215. Gymnostachyum trilobum, sp. nov. 



Stems slender, decumbent, creeping, 6 in. or more 

 then ascending 3 in., internodes long. Leaves opposite her- 

 baceous, ovate-lanceolate or sub-elliptic, blunt, paler 

 beneath, glabrous ; nerves 4 to 5 pairs, 2 to 3 in. long, 1 • 5 

 in. wide ; petiole 1 in. long. Flowers in pairs on a spike 

 9 in. long or more. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, 1 in. 

 Sepals free nearly to base, linear acuminate longer. Corolla 

 tube • 1 in. long, upper lobe lanceolate, erect nearly as long, 

 lower lip deeply 3 lobed, lobes linear obtuse, midlobe elUp- 

 tic, broader, white or lilac white, lower hp spotted crimson 

 at base. Stamens 2, linear-oblong, cells parallel, purple, 

 shortly acuminate at base, filaments puberulous. 



TapU : Lilac white, Hp spotted crimson near base ; 6726. 

 Tasan : White, spotted purple ; 6857. 



