StroMlanthes.'] cix aoanthaceje. (C. B. Clarke.) 439 



Corolla li-lj in., glabrous without, white (Beddome), cylindric base nearly as long 

 as the ureeolate ' part. 'Filaments hairy, especially downwards. Style sparsely 

 patently hairy. Capsule | in., oblong ellipsoid, Seeds thin, obovate, obtuse, glabrous ; 

 aveoles 0. — Beddome says " ovary very hairy at the apex," but in his figure and speci- 

 mens it is very slightly so. Possibly the note applied to heteromallus ? 



27. S. Perrottetianus, Nees in BC.Prodr. xi. 179 ; rnfons-hiraute, 

 leaves ovate acuminate, heads ovoid or subolavate, bracts ovate acute over- 

 topping the calyx, capsule 2-seeded. Wight Ic. t. 1513 ; 21 Anders, in 

 Joum. Linn. Soo. ix. 466. 



NiLSHBBEY Mts., alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent; WigM, &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft. Leaves 4J by 2\ in. (often smaller), base broadly rhomboid, crenate ; 

 nerves 7 pair ; petiole IJ in. Meads 1-2 in., often wider upwards, or substrobiliform, 

 hirsute, in appearance peduucled or panicled, but the two outermost bracts are empty, 

 and more or less leafy ; bracts | in. ; bracteoles J in., linear. Calyx |' in., divided 'jj 

 the way down, subscarious with numerous red hairs ; segments sublinear, acute. 

 Corolla 1 in., pale-lilac, subsymmetrie ; narrow -portion of the tube short ; glabrous 

 'without. Filaments hairy. Ovary glabrous ; base of style patently hairy. Capsule 

 J in., oblong-ellipsoid, 2-seeded. Seeds \ in. long and upwards, very thin, ovate, not 

 hairy, but minutely scabrous-lamellate ; areoles 0. 



28. S. Zenkerianus, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 467 ; gla- 

 brous except the fruiting calyx-tips, leaves ovate shortly acnrainate, spikes 

 ovoid or oblong, bracts narrowly elliptic-oblong overtopping the calyx, cap- 

 sule 4-seeded. Goldfussia Zenkeriana, Nees in DG. Prodr. xi. 172. Gr. 

 Leschenanltiana, Nees I. c. ?. Endopogon Sirobilanthea, Wight Ic. t. 1500. 



NnoHEBET Mts., alt. 6-8000 ft., frequent ; Sir F. Adam, Schrnidt, Wight, &c. 



A shrub, 2-3 ft., much resembling S. foUosus Cn. 8), and really closely allied to 

 it. Leaves 8 by If in., base cuneate, serrulate, uppier' surface prominently lineo- 

 late ; nerves 7 pair; petiole 1^-2 in. Spikes 1-2^ in., young .globose or oblong, 

 mature oblong; bracts J in.; bracteoles f in., Sublinear. Cahjx"\-'^ ifi., divided 

 nearly to the base ; segments linear-lanceolate, glabrous or in the iruiting examples 

 with scattered patent gland-tipped hairs. Corolla 1 J in., blueisb, glabrous without ; 

 cylindric nearly as long as the ventrlcose part. Mlanients hairy in theii^ lower half. 

 PisiiZ glabrous or nearly so. Copsaie J in., oblong-ellipsoid; Seeds ^ in. long,"very 

 thin, elliptic, glabrous ; areoles 0. 



29. S. warreensis, Dah. in 'HooTc. Kew Joum. ii. S41 ; leaves broad- 

 lanceolate acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes oblong hairy, calyx 

 greatly enlarged in fruit, corolla \ in., capsule 4-seeded. Dalz. tSf Gibs. 

 jBomb. Fl. 187. S. ciliatus, T. Anders, in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. ix. 468, partly. 

 S. parviflorus, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 197. 



W, Dbccan Pen insuia ; near Belgaum, Warree country, Dalzell ; Ram Ghaut, 

 Ritchie ; Coorg and S. Canara, alt. 3000 ft., Seddome. 



Shrub, 2-5 ft. Leaves 6 by 2 in., much acuminate, crenate, lineolate on both 

 surfaces ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole | in. Spikes 1-2 in., peduncles hairy, erect in 

 fruit ; bracts (flowering) J-j in., elliptic, hairy ; bracteoles J in., linear. Calyx 

 (flowering) J in., divided nearly to the base; segments linear pubescent upwards. 

 Corolla straight, nearly symmetric, glabrous, linear-cylindrie about as long as the 

 subcampanulate portion ; white purple-spotted. Filaments hairy below, not more 

 monadelphous than in many other species. Pistil glabrous. Capsule ^ in., clavate- 

 oblong ; fruit-sepals J in., narrowly oblong, hairy. Seeds J in. long, thin, elliptic, 

 glabrous ; areoles 0. — The extraordinary enlargement of the calyx in fruit was noted 

 by Dr. Eitchie, whose examples have flowering and fruiting spikes on the same 

 branch. 



30. S. ciliatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 85, and in DC. Prodr. 



