1871.] S. Kurz— On Indian Plants. 75 



graph's, while another new species St. phyllostachya, presently to be 

 described, would remain in Strobilanthes, although so nearly allied 

 to S. flava, as hardly to admit separation. 



101. Strobilanthes phyllostaehya, n. sp. 



Herba perennis, ramosa, 2 — 3-pedalis, ramis magis minusve 

 glanduloso-hirsutis et glabrescentibus ; folia oblonga ad lato-lan- 

 ceolata, petiolis 2-2^ poll, longis, gracilibus, hirsutis, suffulta, brevi- 

 ter acuminata, basi acuta, crenato-dentata, rigidiuscula, 5 — 7 poll, 

 longa, utrinque v. supra tantum pilis longiusculis, e cono minuto ortis, 

 rigidis, hirsuta ; flores conspicui, aurei, in spicas dense bracteatas, 

 longe pedunculatas, dispositi et paniculam brachiatam glandulo-hir- 

 sutam, foliosam, axillarem et terminalem, formantes ; folia noralia 

 inferiora foliis caulinis conformia sed minora, superiora bracteifor- 

 mia, lanceolata, serrata, hirsuta ; bracteee lanceolatse, acuminata3, 

 decussataa, niembranaceaa, integree, poll. longse v. longiores, glan- 

 duloso-pilosaa, albidee, apice et nervis viridibus ; bracteolae lineares, 

 pilosae et glanduloso-pubescentes ; calycis segmenta inaBqualiter 

 longa, bracteolis conformia; corolla lj poll, fere longa, (tubo brevi 

 sed gracili), extus glabra, intus prtecipue fauce et secus filamento- 

 rum insertionem pilosa ; cupsuke glabra9, 4-sperma3. — Pegu (Dr. 

 Brandis). 



102. Strobilanthes Sumatrana, Miq. (Fl. Ind., Bat., II, 802) 

 = S. pentstemonoides. T. And. 



103. JUSTICIA ECBOLIUM, L. 



I agree with Nees v. Esenbeck, that this species deserves 

 to be retained as a distinct genus. Dr. Anderson has placed 

 it in JEranthemum, but it stands there in a very isolated po- 

 sition, differing from all the other species of the genus. The 

 large bracts, 1 -seeded capsules and differently shaped corollas ap- 

 pear to me sufficient characters for the genus, which I now propose 

 to call Ecbolium. The Neesian character under his genus Jmticii 

 is a very acurate account of it, so that I have nothing to add to it. 

 Wight figures 2 ovules to each cell, but I cannot confirm this point, 

 as I have no fresh flowering specimens. The species might be 

 called Ecbol. Linneanum, including the long series of synonyms 

 mentioned already by Dr. Anderson. 



