StroUlanthes.'] cix. ACANTHAOEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 469 



nate, bracts very small caducous, corolla 1^ in. nearly glabrous purple. 

 Ruellia divarioata, Wall. Cat. 2372. Goldfussia divaricata, Nees in Wall. 

 PI. As. Bar. iii. 89, and in BC. Prodr. xi. 176.— Strobilanthes sp. n. 23, 

 Eerh.Ind. Or. H.f. ^ T.,'^ 



Tbmperatb Himalaya, alt. 5-9000 ft., from Nepal to Bhotan, common ; Wallich, 

 &c. Khasia Mts., alt. 3-5000 ft., frequent ; H.f. ^ T., &c. 



A shrub, 2-5 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves h\ by 2 in. (in the Himalaya plant 

 usually narrower), serrulate, obscurely setulose ; nerves 7 pair ; petiole J in. Spikes 

 very lax, divaricate ; glabrous or (in the Khasia form) thinly hairy upwards. Bracts 

 ^ in., ovate, caducous ; bracteoles ^ in., obovate-oblong, caducous. Cah/x ^-1 in., 

 subequally divided to the base ; segments narrow elongate caudate, often glabrous in 

 the Himalaya form, usually hairy (sometimes very hairy in fruit) in the Khasia form. 

 Corolla curved, tubular, ventricose, subviscid dark purple, glossy in the high-level 

 Himalaya plant. Stamens glabrous or the filaments minutely pubescent at the base. 

 Capsule i in., glabrate, 4-seeded. Seeds j'5 in., ovate, pubescent ; areoles small. 



122. S. rubescenS; T. Anders, in Journ. TAnn. 80c. ix. 479 ; lower 

 lea.ves subsessile oblong acuminate subentire coriaceous hairy or glabrate, 

 spikes curved, flowers mostly remote not opposite, bracts very small ovate, 

 corolla nearly 2 in., seeds } in.— Goldfussia sp., Oriff. Itvn. Notes, 20, n. 309. 

 Goldfussia sp. n. 27, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 8( T., in great part. 



Khasia and Jaintba Mts., alt. 3-5000 ft., common ; Griffith. S.f. ^ T., &c. 



Suberect flexuose, or lax curved, 1-2 ft., hairy or glabrous. Lower leaves 3^ by 

 IJ in. with petiole rarely J in., upper cordate sessile, sparsely Hneolate above ; nerves 

 5 pair. Spikes 1-5 in., axillary, and forming a quasi-terminal panicle, secund, 

 glabrous or sparingly glandular-hairy ; bracts scarcely \ in., ovate, opposite, usually 

 only one bearing a flower ; bracteoles nearly as long as the bracts, linear. Calyx 

 \-\ in., divided nearly to the base ; segment linear-lanceolate, somewhat enlarged in 

 fruit. Corolla nearly straight, glabrous, purple or lilac ; cylindric base J in., ventri- 

 cose part 1 in. CapxvXe J— § in., glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds ovate, shaggy principally 

 on the margin ; areoles small. 



Vae. ? microsperma ; leaves more distinctly serrate lower sessile cordate, capsule 

 scarcely j in., seeds ,'5 in. — Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft., S.f. ^ T. Darjeeling; Jor 

 Bungalow, alt. 7500 ft., Seddome. — The small seeds appear perfectly ripe. Col. 

 Beddome's Darjeeling plant may be a new species. 



123. S. boerliaavioideS; T. Anders, in Jov/rn. Linn. Soc. ix. 479 ; 

 lower leaves long-petioled ovate acuminate crenate glabrate, spikes curved, 

 flowers mostly remote not opposite, bracts very small ovate, corolla IJ in., 

 Seeds J in. — Goldfussia sp. n. 27, Serb. Ind. Or. H.f Sf T., in part. 



SiKKiM Himalaya J Thomson. Khasia Mts., alt. 4-5000 ft.; Pomrang, 



J. D. m 



Lower leaves 6J by 3 in. ; petiole 1-lJ in., winged upwards. Otherwise so closely 

 resembling 8. rtibescens type, that the species have been thrown into one in Herb. 

 Kew. 



124. S. Kelictus, T. Anders, in Jov/rn. Linn. Soc. ix. 479 ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes elongate zigzag 

 twisted glabrous or viscous hairy, bracts linear shorter than the calyx, 

 corolla IJ in. creamy-white. Buellia calycina, Wall. Cat. 2417. Asystasia 

 oalyoina, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 90. Echinacanthus calycinus, 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 168. 



SiKKiM, alt. 6000 ft. ; Treutler. Khasia and Jaiktba Mts., alt. 4000 ft. 

 frequent ; Oriffith, &c. 



A shrub, 1-4 ft. ; branches sometimes pubescent upwards. Leaves 4^ by 1-li in. 

 laneeolite (in the Sikkim example 4^ by 2 in. elliptic), serrate ; upper surface lineo- 



