Strobilanthes.] cix. acanthacej:. (C. B. Clarke.) 455 



Shrubby, 1-2 ft., branching ; stems hirsute. Leaves 2| by IJ in., base obtuse or 

 rounded, densely minutely lineolate above ; nerves 7-8 pair ; petiole | in. Peduncles 

 1-4 in., hirsute ; bracts g— i in., obtuse or scarcely acute, closely strobilate ; brac- 

 teoles J in., spatbulate-oblong. Calyx ^ in., divided | the way down ; segments 

 narrowly oblong, obtuse, hairy. Corolla 1 in., curved, glabrous without, purplish ; 

 cylindric base scarcely so long as the ventricose portion ; limb somewhat 2-lipped. 

 Stamens glabrous. Ovary hirsute at the apex, style sparsely hairy. Capsule j in., 

 hairy, 4-seeded. Seeds -^ in., orbicular, distinctly pubescent when young, mature 

 subglabrous, the base of the short hairs only remaining ; areoles 0. — A species not 

 very closely allied to any other in the genus. 



77. S. imbricatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 86, and Cat. 

 7156, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 186 ; leaves spattulate elliptic acute sparsely 

 hairy on both surfaces, spikes cylindric strobiliforni in axillary quasi-panicles, 

 corolla very small, placentae rising elastioally from the bottom of the de- 

 hiscing capsule. T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 473. S. pterocanlis, 

 Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 93. 



Pbgtt and Tbnasseeim: ; Selfer, M'Lelland, Kurz. — Distbib. Ava. 



An annual herb fide Kurz, but the examples have all the appearance of the other 

 perennial species ; stems stout, sharply quadrangular, hirsute or glabrate. Leaves 

 attaining 12i by 5 in. (or the upper much smaller 2 by 1 in.), crenate or toothed, 

 lineolate on the upper surface ; nerves (in the larger leaves) 15 or more pair ; petiole 

 very short owing to the long-decurrent leaf-base. Splices IJ in., mostly 5-11 in lax 

 hirsute axillary panicles ; leaves at the trichotomous divisions scarcely ^ in. j bracts 

 Jin., obovate-oblong, hirsute towards the apex; bracteoles ^ in., linear-spathulate. 

 Sepals ^ in., linear, obtuse, hirsute at the tips. Corolla § in., subcampanulate, violet 

 ex Nees, yellow ex Kurz. Capsule J in., hairy at the tip, 4-seeded. Seeds -jg in., 

 orbicular, hairy ; areoles nearly half the diam. of the seed, glabrous. — The spikes in 

 fruit are like those of Rungia. Wallich's specimens from Ava have much smaller 

 leaves than the Fegn examples. 



78. S. long'ipes, ClarJee ; leaves elliptic acuminate at each end sub- 

 entire pubescent or glabrate, spikes oblong hairy or glandular-puberulous, 

 bracts narrowly obovate obtuse or emarginate, calyx nearly equally sub-5- 

 partite segments linear-spathulate obtuse, corolla If in. S. acuminatus, 

 T. Anders, in Joum. lAnn. Soc. ix. 478, chiefly (not Adenaoanthus acumi- 

 natus, Nees). 



Tbnassekim ; Selfer (Herb. Propr. u. 304, Kew Distrib. n. 6114) ; Mooleyit, 

 Seddome. 



JBrancTtes slender. Leaves 6 by 2§ in., obscurely toothed, raphides conspicuous in 

 the lower paler surfaces, embedded obscure in the upper; nerves 8 pair; petiole J in. 

 Spikes l-2i in., clavate-oblong, continuous ; bracts J-J in., lower deciduous in fruit ; 

 bracteoles J in., linear-obovate. Calyx \ in. and upwards ; segments distinctly wider 

 at the tips. Corolla nearly straight, puberulous ; ventricose portion nearly 1 in., 

 linear portion J in. ; lobes rounded, subequal. Capsule J in., pubescent at the tip, 

 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in., ovoid, inelastically shaggy ; areoles subobsolete. — Kurz has 

 founded his S. subflaocidus on Heifer's plant (Kew, n. 6114), but, as he says the 

 calyx is 2-lipped with the upper lip three-lobed only J the way down, it is clear that 

 his aS. subflaocidus cannot be this plant ; there may have been some error in distribu- 

 tion, or Kurz may have relied on T. Anderson's reduction of this u. 6114 under 

 Adenacanthas, Kees. 



79. S. subcapitatus, Clarhe; leaves elliptic acuminate subentire 

 glabrous, spikes ellipsoid or subovoid small laxly peduncled, bracts elliptic 

 concave or obovate minutely ciliate-pubescent. 



Tbwasseeim ; Selfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6111). 



Shrubby; branches slender, quadrangular^ glabrous. Leaves 4 by 1| in., base 



