Strobilanthes.] cix. ACANTHAOEiE. (C, B. Clarke.) 449 



Stems slender, shrubby, pubescent or softly shaggy. Leaves 4 by 2 in., crenate, 

 lineolate and sparsely slenderly bristly above, paler more glabrate beneath ; nerves 

 ,6 pair ; petiole J in. Seads | in., numerous, on axillary and terminal peduncles ; 

 bracts I in., very narrow, outermost pair often more or less leaf-like, persistent; 

 braoteoles J in., linear. Sepals J in. and upwards, linear, densely softly white-hairy. 

 Corolla nearly straight and symmetric ; cylindric part shorter than the ventrioose, 

 lobes ovate. Stamens glahyous (T. Anders.). Capsule j in., oblong, glabrous, with a 

 tuft of hairs at the apex, 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in., ovate, densely subinelastically silky j 

 areoles very small. 



58. S. Falconerlj T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soe. ix. 484; leaves 

 ovate or eUiptio acuminate hairy, heads small subsessile dense with long 

 soft silvery bristles, bracts ovate hirsute herbaceous, corolla f in. straight 

 slightly hairy without. S. Karensium, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 



. 94, ex descr. 



MouLMElN; Falconer. Tenasseeim; Beddome. 



Stem tetragonous, eiliate with long, patent, weak, white hairs. Leaves 4 by IJ in., 

 narrowed at both ends (upper ovate base obtuse), sparsely white-hairy on both sur- 

 faces, not lineolate; nerves 6 pair; petiole § in. Seads 2^ in., surrounded by leaves; 

 bracteoles \ in., linear. Calyx deeply 5-partite ; segments shorter than the brac- 

 teoles, linear, hirsute. Corolla \\ in., curved near the mouth, a little hairy without, 

 deep blue ; stamens included. Capsule tomentose at the apex. Seeds large, ovate, 

 hirsute. — The species seems allied to S. Srandisii, but is remarkable by the copious 

 long soft white bristles upon the flower-heads, which extend in less numbers to the 

 leaves and stem, 



** Flowers strobilate. 



f Seeds glabrous. (Species of Ceylon and S. Deccan Peninsula.) 



59. S. vestitus, Kees in DC. Prodr. xi. 180; hirsute, leaves rhom- 

 boid-elliptic acuminate, bracts ovate acuminate hirsute. T. Anders, in 

 Jom-n. lAnn. Soc. ii. 466 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 260. 



Ceylon, alt. 5-7000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites. 



' Herbaceous (fide Beddome) ; branches stout. Leaves 5J by 2| in., narrowed 

 ■downwards, cuneate or shortly rounded on the petiole, serrulate, hirsute on both sur- 

 faces; nerves 7 pair; petiole IJ in. Spikes 1-3J in.; bracts f in., somewhat squar- 

 rose ; bracteoles ^ in., oblong. Calyx ^in. (in fruit f in.), divided nearly to the base ; 

 segments lanceolate, shaggy with white or tawny hairs. Corolla 1^ in., subsymmetric, 

 glabrous ; cylindric base short, broad. Filaments and pistil glabrous. Capsule 

 J-f in., 4-seeded. Seeds \ in., thin, ovate, apioulate, glabrous ; areoles very small, 

 oblong. 



60. S< lEookerij Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 185, excl. Var. j3 ; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate, base cuneate sparsely hairy or glabrate, bracts orbicular 

 or ovate glabrous or slightly eiliate. T. Anders, in Thwaites Mrmm. 227, 

 and in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 469 ; Bedd, Ic. PI. Ind. t. 262 . 



Ceilon, alt. 7000 ft. ; Gardner, Thwaites, &c. 



A shrub, 5-6 ft., branches nearly glabrous. Leaves 5i by 2 in., acuminate, 

 serrulate, upper surface with scattered weak hairs above or mature glabrous ; nerves 

 8 pair ; petiole 1 in. Spikes 1-3 in. ; bracts 1 in., entire or minutely toothed, obtuse 

 or subacute, white; bracteoles J in., spathulate-oblong. Calyx J in., divided nearly 

 to the base; segments lanceolate, often setnlose, white. Corolla IJ in., campanulate, 

 subsymmetric, glabrous, white with purple streaks ; cylindric base; broad, very 

 short. Stamens and pistil glabrous. . Capsule J in., frequently 2-seeded. Seeds 

 \ in., very thin, ovate, apiculate, glabrous ; areoles very small, oblong. — The colours 

 are from a field-note of Col. Walker. This is placed by T. Anderson in a section 

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