Mcliinacanthus.] cix. acanthacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 415 



middle oauline oblong, narrowed to both ends, upper 1 j by J in. ; mature subsessile, 

 glabrate, lineolate or obscurely pubescent. Cymes 1-2 in., viscous-pubescent, forming 

 a quasi-panicle 6-8 in. long; bracts i-J in., linear, secund, opposite, one barren, the 

 other stipitate 0-^ in.; bracteoles 0. Calyx-tube J-J in. ; lobes J in. Corolla dark 

 purple with lilac veins, oylindriq equalling the ventricose portion. Filaments and 

 anthers sparsely hairy. Ovary glabrous, style hairy. Capsule | in., oblong scarcely 

 ventricose ; solid cylindrio portion scarcely j'u in. — (See 6, E. Fumilio.) 



2. E. parvlfloruSj T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 459 ; leaves 

 ovate acuminate serrate, sepals linear glabrous, corolla 1-lJ in. glabrous. 



Khasia Mts. ; Griffith, Simons (fide T. Anderson). 



Glabrous, erect, divaricate. Leaves 3-6 by 2-3 in., base obliquely rounded; 

 petiole 2-3 in. Panicles axillary and compound, terminal 6-10 in. long; flowers 

 opposite, sessile ; flowers often secund ; bracts J in., linear; bracteoles minute. Calyx 

 divided to the base. Corolla straight, thrice as long as the calyx, funnel-shaped 

 portion thrice as long as the cylindric. Capsule compressed, 8-seeded; seeds small, 

 compressed. — Not seen ; the foregoing abstracted from T. Anderson, 



3. E. Brug'manslanus, Nees in BO. Prodr. xi. 168; leaves oblong 

 attenuate at both ends repand sub-orenate hirsute-tomentose. 



India ? in Tahl's Herbarium (Nees). 



Calyx-segments a little shorter and less attenuate than those of JS!. attenuaius. — 

 Kot seen ; the foregoing copied from Xees. 



** Anther-cells muticous at the base. 



4. E. Andersonl, Clarke ; leaves ovate Acuminate mature glabrate, 

 cymes lax large zigzag glabrous, corolla | in. — Echinlacanthus sp., T. 

 Anders, ms. 



SiZEiM Himalaya ; Darjeeling; Pomong, alt. 3000 ft., CZor^e. Khasia Mts.?; 

 Calcutta Herbarium. 



An undershrub, 3 ft . ; young parts (at least sometimes) with dense snow-white 

 wool. Leaves 4^ by 2 J in ., base rounded, crenate-serrate, raphides obscure ; petiole 

 IJ in. Cymes in terminal panicles 12 by 15 in., flowers all solitary, mostly opposite 

 on the ultimate branches ; pedicels ^ in. ; bract at the base of the pedicel ^ in., linear ; 

 bracteoles ,'5 in., linear. Calyx i in. and upwards, narrow, glabrous or nearly so; 

 segments long-linear acute, connate at base for \—^ in. Corolla nearly glabrous, 

 blueish. Anterior filaments hairy at their base, sparsely so upwards ; posterior 

 filaments glabrous, anthers rather smaller. Style glabrous, stigma rather short. 

 Capsule exceeding J in., narrowly-oblong, 12-16-seeded from the base. Seeds discoid ; 

 on applying water the hairs start out. — Habit and inflorescence of a sympodal Stro- 

 hilanihes, but the capsule is many-seeded. The inflorescence differs from that of 

 JS. attenuatus in that, of the 2 flowers in the axils of opposite bracts, one is not 

 usually obsolete. 



Vae. viscosa ; panicle and sepals viscous-pubescent, corolla I in. pubescent. — 

 Sikkim, alt. 4000 ft. ; Lingcham, Clarke. 



5. E. longristylus, Clarke; leaves ovate acuminate mature nearly 

 glabrate, cymes lax large zigzag viscous-pubescent, corolla IJ in. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 1-4000 ft. ; Punkabari and Kursiong, Clarice. 



Closely resembling the viscous-pubescent Var. of H. Andersoni, but the corolla 

 very much larger. Style hairy, thickened upwards, stigma linear-lanceolate (resem- 

 bling the fistilof .^chmanthera. Seeds 8-12 to the capsule, the hairs on them starting 

 out when wetted. — The position of this and of H. Andersoni is doubtful between 

 Strobilanthes and Eehinacamthus. 



6. E. Pumilio, Clarke; finely glandular-pubescent, leaves small 



