470 CIS. ACAXTHACB^. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Strohilantlies. 



late ; nerves 5-9 pair ; petiole | in. Spikes 3-8 in., axillary and terminal, but little 

 branched ; flowers all distant alternate ; bracts |-i in., imeqnal, opposite, the smaller 

 one barren ; bracteoles ^ in., linear. Calyx J-1^ in., divided snbeqnally nearly to the 

 base ; segments linear, glabrous or very viscous hairy, more or less enlarged in fruit. 

 Corolla nearly glabrous, very ventricose from a constricted base scarce ^ in. long ; 

 segments short, round. Stamens 4, filaments very hairy downwards. Capsule | in., 

 glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds ^ in., ovate, pubescent hair at first dense white, ultimately 

 tawny less ; areoles very small. — T. Anderson says the leaves are " softly tomentose 

 beneath," which is a mistake. 



125. S. Griffithianos, T. Anders, in Jottrn. Linn. Sac. ix. 481 ; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate acuminate at both ends pubernlons on the nerves beneath, 

 spikes elongate zigzag viscous pubescent, flowers distant alternate, bracts 

 lanceolate obtnse persistent, corolla 1} in. yellow. Triaenanthus Griffithi- 

 anus, INees in DC. Prodr. li. 169. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 2-3000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H., &c, frequent on the southern 

 iace. 



A spreading shrub, 3-7 ft. diam. ; branches foscons-puberulous upwards. Leaves 

 6 by li in., minutely denticulate ; nerves 10 pair ; petiole | in. Spikes 3-8 in., 

 lateral and in lax terminal panicles ; bracts 1 in., opposite, more or less unequal, one 

 of each pair supporting a flower ; bracteoles j in., linear-oblong. Calyx ^-J in., 

 divided subequally very nearly to the base ; segments (one a little longer than the other 

 4) linear-oblong, green, viscous-pubescent. Corolla nearly straight glabrous, yellow 

 with brown or red spots or lines; linear-cylindric base "^of the tube about as long as 

 the ventricose part. Filaments very hairy. Capsule | in., nearly glabrous, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds \—^ in., fulvous-hairy; areoles very small. — Nees erected this plant into a 

 genus on the ground that the calyx was 2-lipped with one lip trifid but half-way 

 down ; an error of fact. 



126. S. paacinervlus, T. Anders, in Serb. Kew; glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic acuminate, spikes linear elongated interrupted flexuose alternate-fld., 

 bracts lanceolate persistent. 



Tenasseeim or Andastan Isiands ; Belfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6115). 



Apparently a lax shrub. Leaves 4 J by \\ in., base rhomboid, subentire or 

 minutely denticulate, lineolate on both surfaces; nerves 5-6 pair ; petiole ^ in. 

 Spikes 2-4 in., axillary, short pednncled, 1 or 2 together; bracts J in., bracteoles 

 nearly as long, narrower, persistent. Calyx subequally 5-fid nearly to the base ; 

 segments linear-lanceolate acute. Capsule J in., glabrous, 4-seeded. Seeds J in., 

 ovate, shaggy ; areoles hardly any. 



127. S. elong'ataSj Clarice; glabrous, leaves lanceolate acuminate, 

 spikes very long lax, flowers alternate amd opposite distant, bracts lanceo- 

 late persistent, sepals linear-lanceolate rather longer than the bracts. 



Assam ; Namroop, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6183). 



A shrub. Leaves 4^ by IJ in., base cuneate, minutely serrate, densely lineolate 

 above ; nerves 11 pair ; petiole J in. Spikes axillary and quasi-terminal, 1 or 2 

 together, attaining 7 in., sparingly branched, leafless ; bracts in opposite piurs, all 

 distant, both or one or neither bearing a flower, |^ by ^ in. ; bracteoles linear, 

 shorter than the bracts. Sepals ^ in., glabrous. Corolla not seen. Capsule i-Jin., 

 4-seeded, glabrous. Seeds compressed, orbicular, subelastically hairy. 



128. &• farinosus, Claris; leaves elliptic- acuminate at each end 

 serrate glabrous, spikes in a pubescent panicle, flowgrs distant alternate, 

 bracts very small persistent, corolla 1^ in. nearly glabrous without. 



MouiMEiN ; Thoung Yun, Lobh. 



Branch terete, glabrous. Leaves 5 by If in., upper surface lineolate, lower pale; 

 nerves 7 pair ; petiole | in. Spikes axUlary, and a terminal panicle 4 in. duun. ; 



