Tknnherijia.'] 66. ACANTHACEiE. 155 



T. niysoreiisis, T. Anders, in Jour. Liiiiu Soc. IX. 41:8 ; Fl. Br. I. 



4. 393 ; Hexacentris vii/sorensis, Wij^'lit Tc. t. 871 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. IS?. In the evergreen forests of North Kanara near the Falls of Gair- 

 soppah. FL Dec, Jany. Au ornamental plant. 



STROBILANTHES, Bl. 



Shrubs or herbs. Leaves entire or serrate, often with raphides. 

 Flowers axillary or in terminal, interrupted, or strobiliform spikes or 

 panicles. Bracts leafy, deciduous or persistent, bracteoles small or 0. 

 Calyx 5-divided, segments equal or unequal. Corolla campauulate, 

 lobes nearly equal. Stamens 4 or 2. Capsule 4-2-secded. Seeds 

 compressed, hairy or glabrous ; hairs elastic when wetted ; retina- 

 cula curved. 



Seeds glabrous. 



ytem 4-\vingecl. Flowers in capitate, axillary heads. 



Corolla white, hairy within. Capsule 2-Beeded... ...S. harhatus. 



Flowers spicate, spotted-purple. Calyx much enlarged 



ill fruit. Capsule 4-seeded. 



iSpikes hairy , S^ tcarreeiisis. 



Spikes glabrous , S.cilialm. 



Seeds elastically hairy when wetted. 



Flowers in small dense cymes. Bracts coriaceous, softly 



hairy. Corolla white S. lupnliims. 



Spikes subglobose. Bracts membranous, glabrous, con- 

 cave, white. Corolla blue S. Heijneaniis. 



Heads of flowers ovoid. Bracts viscous-hairy. Corolla pale 



blue or nearly colourless S. ixiocephalus. 



Spikes short, numerous, along the naked branches. Bracts 



narrow, hairy, persistent. Corolla deep blue ... ...S^scrohicidatus, 



Flowers strobilaie. 



Leaves petioled, glabrate, lineolate above. Bracts white, 



concave, glabrous in flower. Corolla blue, purple or rose. S. callosus^ 

 Leaves petioled, softly villous. Bi'acts oblong, or ovate, 



softly hairy, viscous, bracteoles linear. Corolla pale blue./S. asper. 

 Leaves sessile. Bracts large, acute, hairy, bracteoles 0. 



Cor >lla pale purple _ ..._ S. sessilis. 



Spikes lax, viscid. Leaves sessile, winged at base, not 



perfoliate, pale beneath. Bracts oblong, linear. Corolla 



blue S. perfoUadis. 



S. barbatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. 85 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 1,37 ^ 



5. tetrapterus, Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 187. In the evergreen forests of 

 the Konkau and North Kanara. Common in the Yellapur Taluka. 

 Flowers once in every seven years, a gregarious shrub with winged stems, 

 and white flowers, hairy within. Fl. Sept., Oct. Fr. Apl., May. The- 

 bracts and bracteoles become densely viscous hairy in fruit. 



S. warreensis, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jour. II. 341 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 187 ; S. parviflorns, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or, t. 197. Evercreen 

 forests of the Konkan and North Kanara, common in the Nilkund o-hat 

 forests. Fl. Oct. Fr. ripe Feb. Leaves with 7-8 pairs of nerves. Peduncles 

 jointed, softly woolly. Capsule f inch, exserted from the liairy calyx. 

 Seeds thin, flat, shining, on large retinacula. 



