Strobilanthes] LXXXI. ACAXTHACE-E 501 



plants die (Kanjilal F. F). 260). Branches quadrangular, slightly winged, 1. elliptic- 

 acuminate, blade 2-5 in., narrowed into petiole 1 in. long, upper 1. sessile. Fl. opposite, 

 in pairs, but both turned to one side, forming leafy unilateral interrupted spikes, corolla 

 bluish-purple, 1J in. long. 18. S. atropurpureus, Nees. Kashmir to Nepal. 6-10,000 ft. 

 Closely allied t.i 17 and perhaps not different. 



Two annually flowering shrubsof the Nort h West Himalaya are : 19. S. Dalhousianus, 

 Clarke; Collett Simla Flora 373 fig. 118. — Syn. Goldfussia Dalhousiana, Nees, corolla- 

 tube yellow, limb purple, 'in. s. alatus, Nees, corolla purple. 



21. S. flaccidifolius, Nees (S. jtan.-iilux, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 2991. Assam (Ruhm). Manipur 

 (Khumna . Bhamol Megyi, Burm.l. A perennial herb, cultivated in North-Eastern India 

 and China, to make Indigo. L. thin, glabrous, elliptic, blade 4-6, narrowed into pet. 

 1 in. long. Pairs of fl. in lax spikes, bracts petiolate. deciduous, calyx-segments linear- 

 spathnlate, corolla 2 in. long, purple, nearly glabrous. 



6. PHLOGACANTHUS, Nees. : Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 510. 



Tall herbs or shrubs, 1. entire or nearly so. Fl. orange-red or pink, bracts 

 small, often caducous, bracteoles 0. Corolla tubular, curved, limb oblique, 2- 

 lipped. Stamens 2. more or less exserted, anthers 2-celled. Capsule elongate, 

 more or less tetragonous, many-seeded. Species 11, all Indian. 



A. Fl. in a dense cylindric terminal thyrsus. 



1. P. thyrsiflorus, Nees. Outer Himalaya, from the Jumna eastwards, ascending to 

 1,000 ft. Ravines in C'hutia Nagpur. Khasi hills. Burma, Upper and Lower. An 

 evergreen glabrous shrub, attaining 10 ft., wood white, branches 1-sided. L.oblanceo- 

 late, blade B— 10, narrowed into pet. J-li in. long. Fl. brick-red in a cylindrical com- 

 pact thyrsus, I 12 in. long, bracts \-\ in., conspicuous in bud, calyx-teeth J-J in., 



olio, velvety, |-1 in. long. 2. P. curviflorus, Nees.— -Syn. Justicia cureiftora, Wall. 



l'l. As. Bar. t. 112. Khasi hills. Manipur. Pegu ami Tenasserim. I., elongate- 

 elliptic, petiole 2-1. calyx-teeth, '. corolla 14-2 in. long. 3. P. tubiflorus, Nees. Assam, 

 Khasi hill-. Manipur. t'pper Burma. Shwebo district, undergrowth with Strobilanthes 



in damp evergi ii forests i Mauk >«'« I. Attains ."> ft.. 1. broad-ellipl ic, blade 8-12, pel . 



2-3 in. !"ii:_'. Calyx-teeth J, corolla j in., tubular, curved, crimson (Burma . 



B. Fl. in numerous lax axillary and terminal cymes. 



■1. P. pubinervius, T. Ami. Sikkim 5-7,000 ft. Bhutan, Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur. 

 Upper Burma, hills east "f Bhamo 4,000 ft. {Mauk salon}. A shrub or small tree, I. 

 elliptic or elliptic-lai date, blade 1-ti. pet. .'-1 in. long. Inflorescence glandular- 

 pubescent, bracts or early caducous, pedicels slender as long as calyx, calyx J-j in. 

 lone, segments free nearly to the base, 3-nerved, corolla J-§ in. long, stamens long 

 exserted! 



Cystacanthus insignia, Clarke.— Syn. Phlogacanthus iii*i : />iix. Kurz. Shan bills2,000 ft. 



Pakokku district, Upper Burma. Higher ridges of the Pegu V 2 3,000ft. A tall 



strict erect glabrous shrub, stem white, terete, with 1 elevated lines, tl. purple in a 

 terminal narrow panicle, corolla ventricose, If in. long, villous in the throat, lobes 

 equal, nearly erect, capsule 1.' in. long. 



Aechmanthera tomentoaa, Nees. —Syn. Ruellia gonypitia, Wall. l'l. A>. Kar. t. 42. 

 Outer Himalaya, 3-5,000 ft., Kashmir to sikkim. Cbittagong. A small gregarii 

 shruh. which flowers al intervals of l ."> \ ears Young shoots and underside of \ oung I. 

 densely clothed n it h white wool, tomentum of young ~le>ots purple. Fl. in dusters of 



I B, in terminal panicles, corolla l in. long, a I- 1; 8, when wetted seem to i lotbed 



n it h lone slender ha irs. Somewhat resembles Strobilanthi a glulinoia. 



Hemigrapbis flava, Kurz. Syn. Strobilanthei flava, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 248. Vera. Myet- 

 hnapan, Tamati kyau, Lower; Kyipatit, Upper Burma. Upper and Lower Burma, 

 frequent , ascending to 2,500 ft. A large very bushy shrub, attaining 12 ft., fl. annually. 

 Ii. harsh and brittle, rough on both sides, elliptic or obovate, crenulate, upper side 

 wrinkled and rough with numerous knee cystoliths, blade 7 9, tapering into pet. 

 A-l in. long. Fl. conspicuous, yellow, in shorl obtuse glandular-hairy spikes, arranged 

 in short terminal ponioles, bracts lanceolate, lone acuminate, bracteoles linear, similar 

 to calyx-segments, corolla 1 l 1 in. long, s Is i; s. 



