DIELS—ACANTHACEAE. 163 
“Plant of 6-8 inches. Flowers pale purple-blue. Open, dry 
situations in pine forests on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 10-11,000 ft. Flow. July 1906.” G. 
Forrest. No. 4553. 
A species very variable according to habitat and elevation. 
The nearest to it are S. alatus, Nees,and S. Wallichit, Nees ; 
but the new form has sessile leaves, which are much more hairy. 
The upper leaves are bract-like. 
4429 Strobilanthes versicolor, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Herbacea. Caules 0°18-1'2 m. alti parce pilosi demum glabrati. 
Folia 1~2°5 cm. longe petiolata, herbacea, supra et parcius subtus 
pilosa demum glabrata, ovata, in petiolum breviter angustata 
acuta vel caudato-acuminata argute serrata 3—5 cm. longa, 2-35 
cm. lata. Inflorescentiae et terminales et ex axillis foliorum 
superiorum pedunculatae ; bracteae plerumque foliaceae serratae, 
bracteolae sepalis aequales oblanceolato-lineares 1°2-1°5 cm. 
longae, 0'2 cm. latae, minute pilosulae et margine ciliatae, sepala 
similia sublinearia obtusiuscula aequalia. Corolla versicolor 
alba ad saturate coerulea dorso pubescens e basi tubulosa cam- 
panulato-cylindrica antrorsum subrectangulo curvata, circ. 4 cm. 
longa. Stylus et filamenta pilosula. Ovarium praeter apicem 
puberulam glabrum non barbatum. 
“ Plant of 1-4 ft. Flowers ranging from pure white to dark 
blue. Covering large tracts on the mountain meadows on 
the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 12’ N. Alt. 
ro-11,000 ft. Flow. June 1906. ” G,. Forrest. No. 2308. 
The shape of the flower is like that of S. inflatus, T. Anders., 
of Sikkim, but both leaves and calyx are very different. 
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ul? Strobilanthes xanthantha, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caules e caudice numerosi, simplices, 22-30 cm. longi, parce 
pilosuli. Folia breviter pedunculata, herbacea, in utraque facie 
praecipue ad nervos puberula, ovata, basin versus angustata, 
apice acuta, adpresse serrata, 3-4°5 cm. longa, 2-2'5 cm. lata. 
Flores spicati vel paniculati, sessiles. Sepala linearia, densius 
pilosa, obtusa, inaequalia, 9-14 mm. longa. Corolla flava, e 
basi tubulosa anguste campanulata, vix curvata, circ. 3°55 cm. 
longa, 1 cm. lata. Stylus pilosus apice filiformis. Ovarium 
glabrum. 
‘‘ Plant of g-12 inches. Flowers yellow. Dry ledges of cliffs 
in side valleys on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. 
25° 40’ N. Alt. 8-gooo ft. Flow. July-August 1906.” G. 
Forrest. No. 4550. 
Easily recognised from the other species of our region by its 
yellow flowers, 
