438 cix. ACANTHACB^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 



NiLaHEEBlES ; Canoor, Wight (nn. 1945, 2207, herb, propr.). 



A coarsely hairy shrub, resembling 5. Wightianus. Leaves attaining 5^ by 34 in. 

 (mostly much smaller), base obtuse shortly decurrent on the petiole, nearly entire, 

 thick, rugose, upper surface subhispid with hairs from tubercular bases, under villous ; 

 nerves 7-8 pair; petiole IJ in. Steads sessile, 1 in., dense, hairy; bracts |-1 in., 

 erect ; bracteoles J in., sublinear. Calyx \ in. or more, divided more than half-way 

 down ; segments linear-lanceolate, hairy upwards. Corolla 1 in., glabrous without, 

 hairy within, subsymmetric, cylinder portion of the tube as long as the ventricose. 

 Stamens 4 ; filamfents very hairy at the base. Ovary dense fulvous-hairy at the tip ; 

 style sparsely hairy; ovules 4. Capsule scarcely J in., narrowly ellipsoid, 2- or 4- 

 seeded. /Seeds more than | in., glabrous; areoles 0. — This in the dry state greatly 

 resembles S'. WighUanus, but the ovary, style and seeds differ. Col. Beddome saya 

 the shrnb is w^U known to him at Canoor, but has not flowered during his whole 

 residence in the Nilgherries. 



24. S. Wig-lltianus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 86, and in BO. 

 Prodr. xi. 180 ; coarsely iairy, leaves ovate, heads ovoid, bracts elliptic- 

 acuminate overtopping the calyx, ovary glabrous at the tip, capsule 4-seeded. 

 Wight Ic. t. 1514 ; T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Sac. ix. 466. 



NllGHEBKY Mts., alt. 7-8000 ft., frequent; Gardner, Wight, Gen. Munro, &c. 



Stems 2-3 ft., stout, often almost shaggy. Leaves 1^2 by 1 in., obtuse, base 

 shortly cuneate, thick, rugose. Bracts f-1 in., acute ; bracteoles § in., linear- 

 spathulate. Calyx | in., divided nearly to the base ; segments linear-oblong, sub- 

 obtuse, softly hairy ; in fruit somewhat membranous nervose. Corolla |-1 in., 

 bUieish. nearly glabrous without, with hairy lines within ; cylindric base of the tube 

 much shorter than the ventricose part. Oiary glabrous ; ftyle sparsely hairy. Cap- 

 sule ^ in., oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds -^ in. long, thin, elliptic, glabrous; areoles — 

 Otherwise as the preceding species, which Wight appears to have included under 

 Wighiianus. 



25. S. pulneyensis, Clarice; hirsute, leaves ovate shortly acute, 

 heads subglobose abbreviated dense with foliaceous bracts, style-base 

 patently hairy, corolla-tube vrith long linear-cylindric base. S. punctatus, 

 Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 204 in note, not of Nees. 



S. Deccan ; Pulney Hills and Anamallays, Beddome. 



Resembling S. Wighiianus, but with a differently shaped corolla. Leaves 3 by 

 2 in., ^ase rounded or cuneate, crenate, thick, tubei'cular-hairy above, more softly 

 hairy beneath ; petiole IJ in. Heads much depressed, as if into flattened rosettes, 

 the rounded bracts patent on all sides j bracteoles J-| in., linear-lanceolate. Calyx 

 J-f in., divided more than half-way down ; segments linear-lanceolate, hairy. Corolla 

 1 in., somewhat hairy in the bud ; cylindric base as long as the ventricose part. 

 Filaments glabrous, except at the base. Ovary slightly patently hairy towards the 

 apex, 4-ovulate. Cap^e not seen. — Communicated by Col. Beddome as probably 

 Buellia ? punctata of Wight, which differs very considerably. In the absence of seeds, 

 it is placed by guess next S. Wighiianus. 



26. S. neilg-Iierrensls, Bedd. le. PI. Ind. Or. 1. 196 ; hirsute, sub- 

 hispid, leaves large ovate aoxxminate, heads ovoid, bracts narrow-oblong, 

 bracteoles and calyx-segments in fruit elongate caudate patently bristly, 

 capsule 4-seeded. 



S. Deccan, common in the mountains, Nilgherries, Pulneys, Coorg, &c., Bid- 

 dome. 



A shrub, general aspect of <S. Perrottetianus. Leaves 6 by SJ in., base obtuse, 

 crenate, coarsely hispid with white or yellow hairs from tubercular bases ; nerves 8 

 pair ; petiole 1-2 in. Heads sessile, capitate, not elongate even in fruit ; bracts 1 by 

 i in. ; bracteoles at flower-time i in., linear, in fruit elongate veiv long-tailed. Sepals 

 Jin.; in fruit at least 1 in., base lanceolate with leaden glabrous scarious margins. 



