458 cix. ACANTHAcas. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strobilanthes. 



occur blotched; nerves 9-11 pair. Inflorexeence and flowers as of S. maculattis, but 

 tbe bracts nsoally ^-\ in. wide towards their base. Seeds ^ in. diam., pubescent. — 

 Certainly closely allied to S. maculatus, and may be a high-level hairy form, of it, as T. 

 Anderson supposed ; but besides the difference in tbe bracts fixed on by Nees the seeds 

 are about doable the diam., much more shortly dusky hairy. 



86. S. petiolaris, Nees in DC. Frodr. xi. 189, in part ; leaves ovate 

 acnmiuate at both ends mature nearly glabrous, spikes linear panicled bairy, 

 bracts obovate-spathulate, corolla ly in. ventaicose. S. maculatus, T. 

 Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 473, chiefly. 



SrKEXK and Bhotaw, alt. 3-10,000 ft., common ; &riffifh, T. Anderson, &c. 

 Assam; Griffith. 



A lax shrub, perhaps not specifi<!ally distinct &om 8. maculatiis ; the leaves are 

 often spotted as on it, the small seeds are similar ; but the bracts are much broader 

 (as If ees states), and the corolla is mnch larger, usually purplish or even rose instead of 

 lavender blue ; nerves 7 pair, i. e. much more distant than in S. maculatus & mona- 

 delphus. The species reaches a very high level, the Alpine specimens being smaller 

 with smaller leaves but equally large flowers. 



Vae. tuiyios; spikes divaricate densely glandular -hairy, corolla (nnexpanded) 

 more than 1 in. the ventricose portion scarcely J in^ diam. — ^Mishmee ; Dailoo, Griffith 

 (Kew Distrib. nn. 6095, 6103).—" Corolla deep blue ; bracts lead-coloured" (Griffith's 

 field-note). — This is very possibly a distinct species, though it must be closely allied to 

 S. petiolaris ; but it is very dangerous to assume the shape of the corolla from buds 

 in this genus. 



87. S. perfoliatuSi, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 471 ; leaves 

 sessile lanceolate or elliptic much acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes 

 axillary cymose lax subcontinaous very viscid cUiate, bracts oblong linear- 

 acuminate, capsule clavate 2-seeded. Endopogon integiifolius, I)ak. in 

 Kooh. Kew Joum. ii. 342 ; Dalz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 185. Leptacanthns 

 alatus, Wight Ic. t. 1527. 



TV. Deccan Pekinstjla ; Concan, Canara, Coorg, Law, Dalzell, &c. 



Shrubby, nearly glabrous except the spikes. Leaver attaining 15 by 4J in., more 

 often 6 by li-2i in., very variable in size and in width, sparingly toothed, lineolate 

 above; nerves 6-12 pair; petiole winged to the base, there dilated, anricnlate^ 

 sometimes subdecurrent, never perfoliate. Spikes 2-5 in., closely cymed (or solitary) 

 on very short axillary peduncles, very open, hardly interrupted even at tlie base in 

 fruit; bracts | by J in.; bracteoles \'m., linear. Calyx- ^ in. (elongate in fruit), 

 divided nearly to the base, segments linear. Corolla 1^ in., straight, glabrous 

 without, hairy within; cylindric base of the tube nearly as long as the ventricose 

 part. Stamens included; longer filaments glabrous. Oeary glabrous, style thinly 

 hairy. Capsule J-J in., compressed. Seeds ^ in., orate, shaggy; areoles hardlv 

 any. 



88. S. g'lutmosus^ Nees in Wall. PL As. Sar. iii. 86, and in L>G. 

 Frodr. xi. 194 ; viscous hairy, leaves ovate acute, spikes short, lowest bracts 

 leaf -like upper obovate or oblong shorter than the calyx, corolla 2 in. T. 

 Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 476. Ruellia glutinosa, Wall. Cat. 2350. 

 Bi. Jacquemontiana, Nees in L>C. Prodr. xi. 145. 



Kashjoe, Gurwhal, KuMAOif and Nbpai ; Wallieh, Jacqaemont, &c 

 A shrub, 2-5 ft. ; branches villous. Leaves 3 by 1\ in., base cuneate or rounded, 

 crenate, villous on both surfaces ; nerves 5-6 pair ; petiole i-| in. Spikes densely 

 capitate, or more often the lowest flowers are remote, solitary, opposite in the 

 axils of bract-like leaves ; bract J-^ in., ovate, subfoliaceons, persistent ; bracteoles 

 \ m., oblong. Calyx f^ in., divided nearly to the base ; segments linear, obtuse, 

 viscous hairy. Corolla nearly glabrous ; linear-cylindric base nearly as long as the 

 ventricose part. Stamem glabrous. Capsule | in., viscous-pubescent, 4-seeded. 



