448 cix. ACANTHACB^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strolilanthes, 



Prodr. xi. 183 ; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends mature glabrate, 

 heads ovoid peduncled pubescent or glabrate, bracts ovate or elliptic narrowed 

 upwards concave entire. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soe. ix. 474. RuelUa ? 

 glabrata, Wall. Cat. 2390.— Acanthacea, Griff. Ic. PI. As. t. 425. 



Khasia and Jaintea Mis., alt. 3-4000 ft. ; Wallieh, Griffith, &e. 



A shrub, 3-4 ft., erect ; branches pubescent, glabrate or with spreading fulvous 

 hairs. Leaves 5 by IJ in., undulate, crenulate or nearly entire, raphides very obscure 

 on either surface ; nerves 7-9 pair ; petiole scarcely ^ in. Feduncles 1-3 in., often 

 subeymose, quadrangular, slightly tliickened upwards, fulvous pubescent or glabrate ; 

 heads 1^ in., dense ; bracts 1\ in., coriaceous in fruit ; bracteoles J in., sublinear, 

 scarious. Sepals resembling the bracteoles. Corolla 1 in., subsymmetrie, glabrous 

 (blue, Nees). Capsule J in., broadly oblong, glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds J in., ovate, 

 shaggy with silky, dusky, subinelastic hair, exeept on the small areoles. — Wallich's 

 examples are subglabrous, but others are very pubescent. — In G-ri/f. Notul. iv. 145, 

 the plats cited t. 425 is named Phlogacanthus curviflorus : there is. some great blunder 

 here, and the description is puzzling. 



55. S. niaing'ayi, Clarke ; leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends 

 somewhat pubescent, heads subsessile ovoid nearly glabrous, bracts ovate or 

 elliptio large concave often crenate upwards glabrous. 



Maiata, probably Malacca or Peuang; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 1182). 



A shrub, apparently allied to S. pectinatus, & glabratus; branches pubescent. 

 Leaves 4 by 1 in., seirulate, puberous and inspersed with most minute raphides j 

 nerves 8 pair, brown-pubescent beneath at least when young ; petiole scarcely | in. 

 Peduncles 0-J in., rusty-pubescent; heads 1 in. ; bracts J-1 in., outermost barren 

 ovate, inner elliptic, usually with a few coarse crenations near the apex ; bracteoles 

 |-J in., linear, glabrous. Sepals rather larger than, similar to, the bracts. Corolla 

 1 J in. at least, glabrous. — iNo capsule nor expanded flowers seen. There are .specimens 

 (unnamed) from Sumatra which may be conspecific with this, but they have hairy 

 heads. 



56. S. glomeratus, T. Anders, in Journ. lAnn. Soe. ix. 475 ; leaves 

 ovate acute serrate hairy, heads ovoid subsessile hairy, bracts elliptic 

 elongate or oblong entire or toothed, corolla l|-2j in. purplish glabrous. 

 Euellia glomerata. Wall. Cat. 2361. Goldfussia glomerata, Nees in Wall. 

 PI. As. Bar. iii. 88, and in BC. Prodr. xi. 173 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3881 ; Maund 

 Potanist, t. 155. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 1000-3500 ft., frequent; Wallieh, ka. British: Buema, in 

 the hills, Brandis, Parish. 



A shrub, 2-6 ft. ; branches hairy upwards, often horizontal with complanate foliage. 

 Leaves 4J by 2^ in., base narrowed or rounded (often unequal), villous above, less so 

 beneath; nerves 6 pair; petiole J-l in. JSeaii* l-lj in., often pseudo-axillary ; bracts 

 1 by ^ in., herbaceous,^ softly hairy, outermost pair usually serrate subfoliaceous, inner 

 entire; bracteoles 4-| in., linear-lanceolate. Calyx i-| in., divided nearly to the 

 base; segments linear-oblong, in fruit nervose, membranous, subobtuse. Corolla 

 subsymmetrie ; cylindrio nearly as long as the ventricose part. Filaments and pistil 

 sparsely hairy. Capsule | in., broadly oblong, 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in., densely silkily 

 subinelastically hairy ; areoles very small. — T. Anderson has placed this in his Gold- 

 fussia section, which has "the spikes naked In flower-time and bracts early deciduous ;" 

 but the outermost bracts, including the empty pair (floral leaves), are persistent when 

 the capsule is dehiscent. 



57. S. Brandisii, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sob. ix. 475; leaves 

 elliptic acuminate each end thinly hairy, heads obovoid softly densely 

 white-hairy, bracts linear-spathnlate, corolla 1^ in. nearly glabrous. 



Pe&u; Karen Hills, Kurz ; Tongoo, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis (fide T. Anderson). 



