428 cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) {Stmodphonium. 



PI. As. Sar. iii. 84, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 105. Eaellia cordifolia, Tahl St/mb. iii. 

 84. K. sesamoides. Wall. Cat. 2408, part of sheet A only. R. subsericea, WaU. 

 Cat. 2416. R. canescens, Seyne in Serb. Bottler. — S. Deccan Femnsnla, Bottler ; 

 Courtallum, Wight. 



Often twiggy, with small leaves. 



5. S' parviflopum, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 464 ; leaves 

 rhomboid-elliptic or ovate glabrate, spikes linear snbinterrupted at base, 

 bracts lanceolate, calyx small, teetb linear glandular-pubescent, corolla 

 i^ in., stamens 2.— StrobUantbes sp. n. 68, Herb. Ind. Or. R.f. Hf T. 



MysoBB or Caenatic ; Q-. Thomson. 



Very near S. Russellianum, differing mainly by the smaller calyx and corolla and 

 narrower bracts. Bract J in. Calyx scarcely J in., divided half-way down. Stamens 

 2 only in n. 68 M.f. ^ T. ; when T. Anderson says 4, he mast have examined WaU. 

 Cai.2334 a & b; which T. Anderson referred to 8. parviflorum, but which is typically 

 S. Bussellianum, 'Sees. 



XVU. SCKHCAKTKERA., Nees. 



Small, hairy shrubs. Leaves broad-elliptic acute, crenate, often viscid. 

 Clnsters of flowers sessile on the branches of a trichotomons or 1-sided 

 panicle, distant or close ; bracts linear, as long as the calyx ; bracteoles 

 similar smaller. Calyx sub-S-partite ; segments linear, snbequal. Corolla 

 tubnlar-ventricose, nearly straight, widened suddenly near the middle, 

 glabrous, 2 hairy lines on the palate within ; segments 5, snbequal, rounded, 

 twisted to the left in bud, pale- violet or purplish. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 iucluded, longer filaments hairy, shorter glabrous; anthers subsimilar, 

 ovate or oblong, 2-celled, cells muticous ; connective excurrent at the tip or 

 not. Ovary densely hairy at the apex ; style sparsely hairy thickened up- 

 wards, stigma large simple linear-lanceolate ; ovules 4-6 in each cell. 

 Capsule narrowly oblong, 6-8- (or ex Benth. 12-) seeded from the base, 

 retinacula strong, hooked. Seeds discoid, densely hairy, or thicker glabrous. 

 — Species 2, Indian. 



1. Bi. tomentosa, Nees in Wall. PL As. Sar. iii. 87 ; leaves elhptic 

 acute hairy, bracts linear-ligulate as long as the calyx, anthers oblong con- 

 nective not excurrent, seeds densely hairy. RueUia tomentosa, Wall. Cat. 

 2333. 



Testpebate Himalaya, alt. 3-5000 ft. ; Knmaon and Nepal, Wallich, 

 Thomson. 



A small shrub, 1-3 ft., dusky grey or whiteish, villous, not with snowy or silvery 

 wool. Leaves 4J by 2 in., base rounded, slightly crenate, densely (not prominently) 

 lineolate with raphides; petiole IJ in. Panicles often 1 foot, one-sided j clusters 

 3-8-fld., distant or approximate ; bracts i in. or more ; bracteoles narrowly ligulate, 

 as long as the calyx or more often about half as long. Sepals J-J in., hnear-ligulate, 

 somewhat unequal, herbaceous, pubescent, usually viscous. Corolla 1 in. Anthers 

 particularly obtuse in Wall. Cat. 2333, and the examples closely similar therewith, 

 even in the buds just before expansion. Capsule ^ in., 8>-seeded; hairs of the seeds 

 starting out when wetted. 



Vab. Wallichii ; stem and leaves with snow-white wool or glabrate sparsely hairy, 

 anthers ovate, tip of the connective excurrent recurved. M. Wallichii, Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 170 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 485. M. gossypina, Ifees in 

 Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 87. RueUia gossypina, WaU. Cat. 2332, and PI. As. Bar. i. 

 38, t. 42. — Acanthacea, Gfriff. liin. Notes, 119, n. 308. — Temperate Himalaya, alt. 

 3-5000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan. Chittagong; Seetakoond, alt. 1000 ft., B:.f. 

 <^ T. — Wallich's figure shows the connective non-excurrent, but it always is more or 



