454 cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 



Vae. ? laiipes ; leaves sessile suddenly narrowed subauriculate, bracts narrowly 

 obovate. — Tenasserim ; Beddome. — Leaves 13 by 4} in., primary nerves 20 on each 

 side the midrib. 



73. S. Sablnianus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Sar. iii. 86, aud in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 190 ; leaves petioled broadly elliptic stortly acuminate at both, 

 ends nearly entire uppermost often sessile cordate, spites linear pubescent 

 often interrupted towards the base, bracts obovate obtuse, sepals oblong 

 minutely pubescent. T. Anders, in Jowrn. lA/nn. Soc. jx. 472. Euellia 

 Sabiniana, Wall. Cat. 2338 ; £of. Eeg. t. 1288 ; Beichb. Exot. t. 210. B. 

 argentea. Wall. €at. 2339. 



Nepal; WallicJi. Khasia Mts., alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent ; WalUch, kc. 



A shrub, 2-5 ft. ; branches glabrous. Leaves 6J by 3 in., undulate, subcrenate, 

 lineolate, minutely setulose above, glabrate or obscurely pubescent beneath ; upper 

 leaves often unequal dissimilar, one of each pair smaller sessile cordate. Spikes 2—1 in., 

 quasi-peduncled, mostly solitary ; bracts i by ^ in. ; bracteoles J in., oblong. Sepals 

 scarious, minutely glandular-pilose, obscurely oblanceolate not spathulate. Corolla 

 IJ in., curved, much ventricose nearly glabrous, lavender-coloured, contracted base 

 short. Filaments g\ahiovL!i. CapmZe scarcely |^ in., pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds ^in., 

 much compressed, orbicular ; when wet the fine white hairs spring out abundantly ; 

 areoles nearly half the diam. of the seed, glabrous. — The figures Bot. Mag. t. 3517 

 and Lodd. £ot. Mag. t. 1712, adduced for this species by Nees and T. Anderson, show 

 the uppermost leaves petioled much acuminate at the base. Some examples of 8. 

 Sabinianus have the spike much interrupted, and the species might be placed in the 

 next section. Wallich notes, in the Nepal example named S. argentea, that the 

 flowers were white. 



74. S. tamburensiS; Clarice ; leaves ovate shortly acuminate serrate, 

 spikes linear interrupted towards the base ciHate subhirsute, bracts ovate, 

 sepals spathulate ciliate. 



E. Nepal ; at the Tambur River, alt. 4-5000 ft., J. D. S. 



Capsule upwards of J in., 4-seeded. /Seeds y'j in., much compressed, oi'bicular in 

 outline, covered all over with short inelastic hairs ; areoles 0. The general habit and 

 corolla as of S. Saiinianus, but the serrate leaves, subhirsute spike, and seeds will not 

 match. 



75. S. nutans, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 475 ; leaves ovate 

 or broadly elliptic acuminate serrate hairy, spikes ellipsoid or oblong very 

 dense glabrous, bracts large elliptic concave. EuelHa strobilina, Wall. Cat. 

 2362. E. hirta, Don Prodr. 119. Goldfussia nutans, Nees in Wall. PL 

 As. Bar. iii. 88, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 174. 



Nepal; Wallieh. 



A shrub, 1-2 ft. ; branches hairy. Leaves 3 by 1 J in., base attenuate or rounded, 

 with scattered hairs on both surfaces, not lineolate ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole J-1 in. 

 Feduneles \-H in., divaricate or deflexed, hairy; spikes l-lj by § in.; bracts J in., 

 subacute ; bracteoles ^ in., oblong. Calyx i-J in., divided nearly to the base, seg- 

 ments linear glabrous. Corolla 1-1^ in., curved ; ventricose part longer than the 

 contracted base. Capsule not seen ; and the place of the species Is dubious ; the 

 spike resembles that of some of the strictly strobiliform Malabar species ; Nees says 

 the bracts are deciduous, but they cannot be so till long after flower. 



76. S. acrocephalus, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 473 ; leaves 

 ovate acute crenate hirsute, spikes peduncled solitary linear-cyliudric dense 

 hairy, bracts ovate, seeds pubeiulous subglabrate. Adenosma affinis, GrifF. 

 Notiil.iv.lS3. ■" 



Khasia MtS., alt. 4-5000 ft., plentiful in the northern half, Griffith, H. f. S[ T., 



