436 cii. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) \Strohilanthes. 



Vab. At/poleuea; as Var. Amomam, bnt the leaves often (when yonng) silky 

 white beneath. RaelUa sesamoides, Wall. Cat. 240 B. Endopogon hypolencus, 

 Jlfees in Wall. Fl. As. Sar. iii. 99, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 104. E. viscosns, Nees, 

 Var. humilis, Wight Ic. t. 1498; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 104. — Mts of S. Madras, 

 Wight; Bellary, Beddome. — A very trifling var. of the preceding Var. Amomam; 

 bnt the Ceylon plant, the S. hgpolettcue of T. Anderson, is the very different 

 iS. rlytisperma. 



18. S. jeyporensis, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. '214; leaves ovate 

 acuminate crenulate mature nearly glabrous, spikes linear-oblong viscidly 

 patently hairy, bracts lanceolate acuminate recurved, corolla j- in. white. 



S. Deccait Pbhinsitia ; Golconda in Vizigapatam, alt. 2500 ft., and Mts. in 

 Jeypore, Beddome. 



A large shrub. Leaves 7i by 4 in., base shortly acuminate, matare ' densely 

 obscurely lineolate above, thinly pubemlous beneath ; nerves 11 pair ; petiole 2| in. 

 <S;>«4ei 1-2J in., uninterrupted ; bracts J in.; bracteoles ^ in., narrow. Calyx \ in. 

 and upwards, divided f the way down ; segments linear from a short lanceolate base, 

 patently hairy. Corolla nearly straight, ventrieose portion of the tube much longer 

 than the cylindric. Ovary 4-ovulate in Beddome's figure. Capsule ^ in., 2-seeded in 

 Beddome's example. Seeds discoid, areolate on each face, densely hairy except on the 

 areolse. 



*** Species ef the Khasia Hills. 



19. S. adnatus, Clarke; leaves widely elKptio acuminate at both 

 ends sabentire glabrous, spikes linear stout dense strobilitorm, bracts 

 ovate acute adnate, calyx and corolla small. S. decurrens, T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 470, not of JS'ees (in DC. Prodr. xi. 189). Endopogon 

 decurrens, Kees in DO. Prodr. xL 105. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 3-500O ft., frequent; Griffith, S. f. S( T., &c. Uppkb 

 Assam; JenMns. 



A shrub, 2-4 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves 6 by 2i in. ; nerves 10 pair ; petiole 

 li in. Spikes 3-5 in., axillary and terminal in short dense panicles ; bracts J by 

 \ in., glabrous, ciliate, persistent, reticulate, scarious; bracteoles 0. Caiya; scarcely 

 ^ in., divided nearly to the base into linear segments. Corolla J-J in., glabrous 

 without. Stamens 2,' glaiu'ous except at their point of attachment, 2 Unear rudi- 

 ments added. Capsule ^ in., 4-seeded. Seeds ovate, glistening, glabrous, hairless, 

 without lateral areoles. 



20. S. khasyanus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 471 ; hirsute, 

 leaves ovate acuminate toothed, spines axillary clustered linear lax, bracts 

 linear-spathulate as long as the calyx, corolla slender white. Endopogon 

 khassyanus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 104. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft.; Griffith, S. f. ^ T., &c. Sikeim; Darieeling 

 (JSeri. Griffith). 



A shrub, 2-4 ft, densely patently brown-hairy, somewhat glandular-viscid. Leaves 

 4 by 2 in., shortly narrowed into the petiole, strongly crenate or subserrate, mature 

 hirsute on both surfaces; nerves 9 pair; petiole IJ in. Spikes 1-4 in., forming 

 axillary tufts of unequal length, linear but scarcely interrupted ; bracts i-4 in.; brac- 

 teoles;! in., linear. SepoZ^iin., linear, somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla-tube i in., 

 linear, funnel-shaped only towards the top, lobes |-J in., roundish, patent. Filaments 

 glabrous, unless at the very base, anthers much exsert. Capsule ^ in., 4-seeded. 

 Seeds ovate, with an areola on each side ; hairy (except on the areoles) with adpressed 

 hairs inelastic when wetted. 



Subgenus 3. Eustrobilanthes. Calyx deeply snbequaUy 6-fid. 

 Stamens 4, perfect ; anthers not very unequal. 



