] cix. ACANTHACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 467 



115. S. Thomsonl, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soo. ix. 478 ; leaves 

 ovate or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes short cymose or 

 fascicled axillary shorter than the leaves glabrous or viscous-hairy, bracts 

 and bracteoles very small, corolla IJ in. purple. — Strobilanthes sp. n. 30, 

 Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. Sf T. 



Sttbteopical Sikkim and W. Bhotan, alt. 2-6000 ft., common j J. H. H.^ T. 

 Anders., &o. 



A ahrub, 3-5 ft. ; branches elongate, flexuose, glabrous. Leaves 45-6^ by 2J in., 

 serrate, with small raphides on both surfaces ; nerves 6 pair j petiole J-| in., some- 

 times 0. Spikes 1-3 in., in nearly all the axils, densely divided from the base, the 

 flowers'nearly all in crowded but distinct opposite pairs ; lower bracts resembling 

 reduced leaves, lanceolate ; upper ^ in. spathulate, glabrous pubescent or very viscous- 

 hairy. Cah/x in flower often less than \ in., in fruit sometimes nearly Jin., divided 

 nearly to the base ; segments equal or unequal, glaucous or green, hairy. Corolla 

 somewhat curved, minutely pubescent^ ultimately glabrate. Capsule scarcely ^ in., 

 minutely pubescent, 4-seeded. Seed* t^, in., orbicular, innumerable fine white hairs 

 springing out on applying water; areoles very small. — There is a wide series of forms 

 here collected, varying much in the size and hairiness of the calyx, but all remarkable 

 by the fasciculate axillary inflorescence. Possibly T. Anderson also included here S. 

 agrestis, which has different inflorescence,, and much larger capsules. 



116. S. Isevigratus, Cla/rke ; nearly glabrous, leaves elliptic acumi- 

 nate at both ends serrate, flowers loosely panicled nearly all in opposite dis- 

 tant pairs, bracts very caducous, corolla If in. nearly glabrous. 



Sikkim ; J. D. S. 



A shrub, glabrous exc^t a few glandular hairs occasionally on the calyx and 

 panicle-rachis. Leaves 7 by 2J in., sharply serrate, obscurely lineolate, nerves 8 

 pair ; petiole | in. Pa/nicles axillary and terminal, large, lax ; bracts and bracteoles 

 all fallen before some of the corollas have opened. Calyx ^ in., divided neairly to the 

 base ; segments subequal, narrowly lanceolate, subobtuse, somewhat enlarged, mem- 

 branous in fruit. Corolla nearly as of S. angmtifrorts &, agrestis. Capsule 

 J-| in., glabrous, tip obscurely glandular. 



117. S. debilis, Clarke ; leaves small elliptic sparsely hairy.,, spikes 

 small interrupted, flowers in opposite pairs, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla 

 1 in. nearly glabrous without long white-hairy within. 



Pe&tt; Skrz. 



Stem creeping, rooting ; flowering branches 4-8 in., erect,, branching, pubescent. 

 Leaves IJ by J in., apex triangular, very obtuse, base cuneate, undulate or crenate, 

 densely Mneolate and with a few long multicellular hairs above, pubescent beneath ; 

 nerves 5 pair; petiole ^ in. 'Spikes 1-2 in., weak, hairy; bracts j in..; bracteoles 

 |-J in., linear, green, hairy. Sepals i-J in., linear, subulate, very hairy. Corolla 

 nearly straight ; cylindric base hardly half as long as the urceolate part ; segments 5, 

 short, round, subequal. Filaments glabrous, Ovart/ 4-ovulate. Capsule not seen. — 

 A very anomalous snecies ; it is possible that the bracts are not caducous, and that it 

 ^hould not be arranged here. 



118. S. g'landulosus, Kurz in Journ. As. Soo. 1873, ii. 92 ; viscous, 

 leaves narrowly elliptic repand-crenate, spikes very numerous, lowest 

 bracts leaf-like subpersistent, proper bracts small oblong caducous, corolla 

 scarcely j in. yellow. Hemigraphis glandulosa, T. Anders, in Kurz Anda- 

 man Sep. App. B. 13. 



S. Ahpaman Islands ; Kurz. 



A branched herb {Kurz). Leaves 3 by 1 in., subobtusely cuneate at both ends 

 nearly glabrous ; nerves 6 pair ; petiole \ in. Inflorescence exceedingly sticky, very 

 compound ; lower bracts persistent, or deciduous forming the spikes into componnd 

 panicles ; flowers distant in opposite pairs, or in small heads ; or in appearance solitary, 



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