Stroiilanthes.'] oix. ACANiHACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 453 



70. S> Dupeni, Beddomems. ; leaves subcordate ovate acuminate bristly- 

 pubescent on botli surfaces, spikes large oblong dense viscous slightly hairy, 

 bracts 4-ranked large ovate obtuse adnate at base closely imbricate, capsule 

 4-seeded, seeds hairy. 



Anamaiiay Mts. ; top of Neliamputty Ghat, Seddome. 



A shrub. Leaves 4^ by 2| in., crenate, bristly above, chiefly on the 9 pau' of 

 nerves beneath ; raphides small, obscure ; petiole 1-2 in. Spikes 2i by f in., appearing 

 terminal on sbort axillary peduncles; bracts } by J in., coloured, nervoae, very sticky; 

 bracteoles small, lanceolate. Calyx J in., deeply 5-lobed ; linear green acumination 

 of the segments longer than the short elliptic scarious base. Corolla large, blue. 

 Capsule j in., eUipsoid, sessile, glabrous. Seeds J in. diam. ; areolas nearly half the 

 diam. of the seed. 



71. S. auriculatus, Nees in Wall. PL As. Bar. iii. 69, 86, t. 295, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xi. 191 ; leaves sessile auriculate oblong or ovate acumi- 

 nate hairy, spikes linear oblong closely velvety, bracts obovate obtuse, 

 bracteoles 0. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. 8oc. ix. 472 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. 210. S. amplectens, Nees in Wall. Cat. 7158, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 191. Euellia auriculata. Wall Cat. 2341. 



Centeal India, alt. 1-4000 ft., common ; Behar ; Jubbulpore to Chota Nagpore, 

 J. D. S., Seddome, &c. — Disteib. Ava. 



A shrub, 2-6 ft. ; branches many divaricate often zigzag, quadrangular, glabrous, 

 tips more or less hairy. Leaves often very unequal, sometimes one 10 by 2^ in. oblong, 

 the other 3 by IJ ovate, sometimes subequal, serrulate, sparsely hairy above ; nerves 

 (in the longer leaves) 10-13 pair, minutely hairy beneath. Spikes 3J by J in., mostly 

 terminal, solitary, quasi-peduncled ; bracts j-^ in., broader than long, very obtuse, 

 apex often recurved in fruit. Calyx divided nearly to the base ; segments ^J in., 

 unequal, linear, obtuse, closely velvety. Corolla 1 in., curved, very slightly hairy, 

 pale purple ; cylindric base much shorter than the ventricose part ; limb somewhat 

 2-lipped. Stamens and pistil nearly glabrous. Capsule ^ in., glabrous, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds scarcely ^'j in., thin, orbicular, elastically white-hairy ; areoles very small. 



Vae. JSdgeworthiana ; bracts with spreading white cilia \ in. long, sepals long 

 white-ciliate at the tips. S. JSdffeworthiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 190. —Sub- 

 tropical Himalaya, alt. 500-2000 ft., from the Siwaliks [Stewart) to Sikkim (Gamble), 

 frequent in the dry Terai. Parasnath, Bdgeworth. Tenasserim; alt. 2000 ft.,' 

 Beddome. — Distrib. Upper Burma. 



Vae. plumulosa ; leaves broadly elliptic, spikes short axillary subsessile densely 

 white-ciliate. S. plumulosus, Nees in Wall. Cat. 7157, and in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 

 86, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 191. — Mts. of Prome; Wallich. — Leaves 8 by 3i in., sub- 

 equal, spathulate to the widened auriculate base. Spikes l-lj in. 



Vae. hracteolaia ; leases sessile auriculate oblong acuminate hairy, spikes linear- 

 oblong ciliate, bracts obovate, bracteoles J in. linear-spathulate. — Khasia Mts., alt. 

 5000 ft. ; Nunklow and Myrung, S. f. <f T. — Brandies divaricate, hairy. Leaves 

 unequal, the larger 4i by |-1 in., serrate. Spikes 1-2^ in., quasi-peduncled, mostly 

 solitary ; bracts J iu., less obtuse than those of S. aurioulatus. 



72. S. DKaclellandl, Clarke ; leaves large elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends sparsely hairy, spikes linear, bracts obovate obtuse white hairy, brac- 

 teoles 0. 



KanoooN; M'Lelland. 



Branches stout, quadrangular, zigzag, hairy. Leases 12 by 4J in., lower petioled, 

 uppermost subsessile, none auricled ; nerves 20 pair. Spikes 3 by i in., slender, 

 white, hairy, pendent mostly 3 together from short axillary peduncles. — This has 

 been supposed a form of S. awriculatus, but the large many-nerved leaves and slender 

 pendent spikes give it a different aspect : the capsule is rather larger, the seeds nearly 

 the same as in S. auriculatus. It would appear distinct enough but for the subjoined 

 variety. 



