Sirohilanthes.\ cix. aoanthaceje. (C. B. Clarke.) 463 



S. isoph/lltts ; and as iSf. isopTiyllua cannot be found wild, it may prove to be a rever- 

 sionary (under cultivation) form of ;Sf. anisophyllus. 



101. S. crataeg-ifolius, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Sob. ix. 477; 

 leaves subsessile elliptic or obovate crenulate glabrous, heads 1-6-fld. 

 terminal solitary_ on numerous short leafy lateral branches hairy, bracts 

 and bracteoles linear-oblong about as long as the calyx, corolla IJ in. 

 blue. 



MouLMEiN ; Griffith, Parish. 



Sranches elongate (15 in. at least), glabrous, subsimple with numerous shortened 

 small-leaved lateral branches in opposite pairs each terminated by a flower-head. 

 Leaves 2i by 1 in. (those on the lateral branches J-J in.), lineolate above, pale 

 leathery beneath; nerves 6 pair. Peduncles O-J in. j bract ^-J by J in., green, 

 prominently white-ciliate ; bracteoles similar to, rather smaller. Sepals J in., linear- 

 lanceolate, green, ciliate, \ in. in fruit. Corolla nearly straight, glabrous ; oylindrio 

 base much shorter than the ventricose portion. Capsule^ in., broadly clavate-elliptic, 

 minutely pubescent, 2-seeded. Seeds ^ in., fulvous- shaggy j areoles very small. 



** Seads elongate mostly interrii/pted 'below, frequently all the flowers 

 scattered or only a few at the tips of the spikes capitellate. 



102. S. lamiifolius, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 476, partly; 

 leaves ovate acute nearly glabrous, young heads strobilate, bracts ovate 

 acute scarcely pubescent, bracteoles oblong about as long as the calyx, 

 corolla l^-li^ in. nearly glabrous. Euellia rotundifolia, Don Prodr. 120. 

 E. lamiif olia. Wall. Cat. 2347. Goldf ussia lamiif olia, Nees in Wall. PI. As. 

 Bar. iii. 88, and in BC. Prodr. xi, 172. 



NEPili ; Wallich. , 



Stems 15 in., flexnose, glabrous. Leaves 2 by 1| in., base rounded or shortly acumi- 

 nate, serrate, minutely pubescent on the nerves beneath, lineolate on the upper surface; 

 nerves 6-7 pair; petiole J in. Spikes peduncled, mostly solitary, 1 in. in flower 

 scarcely 2 in. not interrupted in fruit; bracts \ in.; bracteoles ^ in., caducous. 

 Calyx J in., in fruit J in., divided nearly to the base; segments linear-lanceolate, 

 pubescent. Corolla purple (Nees), Capsule J in;, pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds J in., 

 ovate, silky ; areoles hardly any. , 



103. S. pauper, Clarke; leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends 

 puberulous beneath or glabrate, heads oblong in fruit interrupted small or 

 1-fld., bracts obovate quadrate shorter than the calyx, corolla 1^ in. puTple. 

 S. lamiifolius, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 476, partly. — Goldfussia 

 sp. n. 26, Merb. Ind. Or. K.f. S( T. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 4r-6000 ft. ; Nunklow and Nungbree, B.f. ^ T., &o. 



A meagre shrub, 1-2 ft. ; branches upwards hairy or glabrate. Leaves 3J by |-1 in., 

 minutely toothed or subentire, densely obscurely lineolate ; nerves 6-7 pair ; petiole 

 i-1 in. Spikes in fruit sometimes 2 in., usually shorter, or the flowers occasionally 

 nearly all solitary ; bracts scarcely J in., tip obtusely triangular, green, subpubescent, 

 caducous; bracteoles J in., oblong, caducous. Calyx j; in., in fruit ^ in., sub-5- 

 partite ; segments linear-spathulate, glandular-pubescent. Corolla nearly glabrous ; 

 naiTOw cylindric base nearly as long as the ventricose part. Stamens glabrous. Cap- 

 sule J in., pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds -j^^ in., ovate, shaggy ; areoles small. 



104. S. extensus, J^ees in DC. Prodr. xi. 195; leaves subsessile ovate 

 acuminate hairy base rounded or cordate, spikes long interrupted below, 

 bracts ovate, corolla 1|-1| in. nearly glabrous purple. T. Anders, in Jov/rn. 

 Linn. Soc, ix. 476. Goldfussia esitensa, Nees in Wall, Cat. 7160, and in 

 Wm. PI, As. Bar. iii. 88. 



