466 cix. ACANTHACE*. (C. B. Clarke.) [StroMlanthes. 



A shrub ; branches quadrangular, scabrid pubernlous upwards. I/eaves 6 by 2J in., 

 crenulate-dentate, with small rapbidee on both surfaces, paler beneath ; nerves 12 

 pair; petiole ^3 in. (often very unequal in the opposite pairs). Spikes l-i in., 

 axillary, 1 or 2 together, interrupted, slender even before flower-time ; bracts i-J in., 

 green, slightly pubescent ; bracteoles J in. Calyx ^j in., divided nearly to the base ; 

 segments lanceolate, scarcely acute, tuscous-pubescent. Corolla 1| in., pubescent 

 without, nearly straight; linear-cylindric part of the tube nearly as long as the 

 ventricose part. Filaments very hairy (Nees). Capsule not seen. 



112. &■ microcarpus, T. Anders, in Jonrn. Linn. Sac. ix. 482 ; leaves 

 large petioled ovate acuminate coarsely serrate hirsute on both surfaces, 

 flowers panicled distant mostly in opposite pairs, bracts and bracteoles very 

 small, corolla f in. glabrous without. 



Tenasseeim or Andamans ; Selfer (Kew DIstrib. n. 6113). 



A shrub ; branches terete, swollen at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves 8 by 4} in., 

 base broadly rhomboid, hirsute with white hairs which are stellately clustered on the 

 upper surface, closely minutely lineolate on both surfaces j nerves 15 pair ; petiole 

 lJ-2 in. Inflorescence viscidly glandular-hairy ; spikes proper apparently laxly few- 

 ild., axillary and running into a terminal panicle ; bracts | in., linear ; bracteoles 

 similar to the bracts. Calyx J in., divided nearly to the base, viscous ; segments linear, 

 more or less unequal. Corolla nearly straight, very hairy within ; cylindric base 

 much shorter than the ventricose portion ; segments short. Capsule scarcely ^ in., 

 clavate, 2-seeded where examined. — Heifer's examples are in had condition, with the 

 leaves (both cauline and floral) all detached ; and the species very possibly is not 

 placed here correctly. 



113. S. angrustifrons, Clarice ; leaves elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends nearly glabrous, spikes lateral and terminal paniculate with capitellate 

 tips, bracts oblong acuminate caducous, corolla \\ in. nearly glabrous 

 purple. — Strobilanthes sp. n. 29, Serb. Ind. Or. H. f. Sf T., partly. 

 Goldfussia Edgeworthiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 173 ? 



N.W. Himalaya ; Deyra, alt. 2500 ft., Thomson ; Eangra and Dhurmsala, 

 alt. 3-6000 ft., Clarke. 



A suberect shrub, 2-3 ft. ; branches glabrous. Leaves 4J by 1| in., upper all 

 attenuate at the base, serrulate, upper surface and margin minutely hairy or glabrous, 

 raphides small on both surfaces ; nerves 6 pair ; petiole I in. Spikes forming short 

 irregular panicles, branches nearly glabrous ; lower bracts leaf -like, lanceolate (base 

 never cordate), upper shorter than the calyx ; bracteoles ^ in., linear, scarcely pubescent. 

 Sepals ^J in., linear, pubescent. Corolla nearly as of S. alatus, but much nar- 

 rower. Capsule ^\ in., sparsely pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds scarcely | in., 

 orbicular, hairy ; areoles hardly any. — This diflfers from S. alatus by the slenderer 

 corolla, capsule and seeds, and by the uppermost leaves being narrowed never cordate 

 at the base. 



114. S. agrestis, Clarice ; leaves ovate acuminate at both ends 

 sparsely hairy on both surfaces, spikes elongate paniculate with capitellate 

 tips, bracts shorter than the calyx obovate pubescent caducous, corolla 2 in. 

 glabrous without. 



SiTBTEOPlCAL SiKKiM and W. Bhotan, alt. 2-5000 ft., frequent j Clarke. 



An erect, branched nndershrub, 1-2 ft. ; branches upwards quadrangular, pubescent. 

 Leaves 4 by 2 in., often unequal, shortly acuminate at the base, serrulate, shortly 

 sparsely hairy above, minutely pubescent beneath, minutely lineolate on both sur- 

 faces ; nerves 6 pair ; petiole J-J in. Spikes 1-4 in., hairy, lower flowers in distant 

 pairs; bracts Jin.; bracteoles ^ in., linear-oblong. CoroHa slightly curved, rather 

 narrowly tubular-ventricose, lavender colour. Capsule and seeds as of S. angustifrons, 

 to which it is nearly allied. 



Vae. Iiemiotis ; one leaf of every pair sessile cordate less than | the length of the 

 other. — Khasia Mts., Serb, Wait. 



