4i6 Gix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [StroUlanthes.: 



The only scrap of this does not permit of dissection j it can hardly be conspebifio with 

 S. exsertus, but may not be congeneric ; it closely resembles 8. lanoeolatus. 



48.1 S. Grardneriamis, T. Anders, in Thwaifes Enum. 226; hairy, 

 leaves sessile ovate, spikes ovoid or interrupted at base, bracts and brac- 

 teoles longer tbau the calyx, corolla 1 in. purple, anthers included. Endo- 

 pogon Grardneriauus, Nees in DO. Prodr. xi. 723. 



Ceyiost ; Q-ardner, Thwaites. 



Shrubby, 1-2 ft. ; stems terete, scabrous below, white-hirsute upwards. Leavea 

 2 by li in., acute or subobtuse, base rounded, subcrenate. Spikes capitate, | in., 

 nearly enclosed by bracts, few-fld., or lower axillary flowers being added becoming 

 interrupted, linear-oblong; bracts J in., ovate ; bracteoles ^ in., linear-oblong. Calyx 

 J in., slightly hairy. Corolla-tube linear-cylindric below, suddenly inflated upwards, 

 as of Stenoslphonium. Capsule and seeds unknown : hence the place of this species 

 is uncertain ; some of the examples might, so far as the inflorescence is concerned, be 

 placed next S. sexennis among the Series D. " PaniculatsB." 



^^ Species of N. India and the Malay Peninsula. 



49. S. scaber, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Par. iii. 84, and in DC Prodr. 

 xi. 177, partly; leaves elliptic or obovate acuminate scabrous or ultimately 

 glabrate, spikes dense often clustered, bracts lanceolate large hairy, corolla 

 f-1 in. yellow very hairy within. Bot. Reg. xxvii. t. 32 ; T. Anders, in 

 Thwaites Enum. 227, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 467, partly. Euellia 

 soabra, Wall. Cat. 2893, raoif Wall. Cat. ^-STl.^ E. aspera, Nees in BC. 

 Prodr. xi. 147, as to the Bengal material. E. crispa. Herb. Linn. Propr. 



IS. and E. Beh&aIi PtAlirs ; Silhet, WaMicTi ; Purneah, J. D. S. ; Maldah, 

 Mymensingho, Dacca, &c., Clarice. — Disteib. Burma. 



" Stems 1-3 ft., pubescent or hairy upwards. Leaves 4J by 2 in., base narrowed, 

 crenate, sometimes very coarsely scabrous-subhispid, sometimes nearly smooth but 

 hard ; nerves 7-8 pair ; petiole | in. Spikes 1-2 in., hairy ; bracts 1 by 3 in., ob- 

 tusely acuminate, green ; bracteoles i in., linear-oblong. Calyx \—^ in., divided nearly 

 to the base; segments linear, pubescent. Corolla symmetric, glabrous; cylindric 

 base nearly as long as the ventricose portion; lobes rounded. Stamens included; 

 fllaments hairy towards the base. Ovary glandular at the apex, always 4-ovulato ; 

 style nearly glabrous. Capsule nearly \ in., 4-seeded. Seeds -jS; in. diam., discoid ; 

 numerous fine hairs near the margin, elastic when wet ; areoles very large, glabrous. — 

 This is only S. scaber, Nees, in so far as that includes Muellia scabra. Wall. ; Nees' 

 description (purple flowers, &c.) is totally different. S. scaher only occurs in Ceylon 

 as a cultivated plant, according to Thwaites and Beddome. 



50. S. phyllostachyus, Knrz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, pt. ii. 75 ; 

 leaves elliptic or obovate acuminate scabrous, spikes dense often in close 

 cymes, bracts large elliptic with a ligulate apex softly hairy, ooroUa j-l in. 

 yellow somewhat hairy within. S. crispus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 4i67 , not of Blume. 



Pegu ; Kure. Moulmein ; Parish. Tenasserim ; Seddome. 



Herbaceous, 2-3 ft. ; stems glabrate. Leaves 4-9 in. ; petiole 2 in. Spikes nearly 

 as of S. sealer; bracts 1 in., ligulate tips often recurved; bracteoles j^J in., linear. 

 Calt/x ^-\ in., divided nearly to the base ; segments linear silky. Corolla nearly as 

 of S, scaber. Capsule ^ in., 4-Beeded ; seeds ^-^ in., thin, ovate, with dense long 

 elastic hairs on all sides except the small areoles.— So like S. scaber (except the seeds) 

 that it is difiicult to distinguish it. 



Vae. dura; leaves smaller bracts narrowed upwards without ligulate tip. — Stro- 

 bilanthes sp. n. 14, Herb. Ind. Or. B.f. Sf T.— Chittagong ; Seetakoond, LC.f. Sf T. 

 Eangoon ; M'Lelland. T. Anderson refers'this to S. scaber (in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 

 467), which the bracts resemble ; he subsequently saw it was different, and wrote it up 



