Strobilanthes.] cix. aoanthace*. (C. B. Clarke.) 477 



Assam ; Masters, Simons. 



Stem erect, tetragonous, glandular, viscous. Calyx-segments equal, linear, glan- 

 dular, viscous. Stamens included. Capsule oblanceolate, elongate, tip glandular, 

 4-seeded. — Placed by Anderson next 8. coloratus. 



151. S. SPIOATUS, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soo. is. 484 ; leaves subsessile oyate 

 or ovate-lanceolate acute base snbcordate serrate tomentose above pale pubescent 

 beneath, spikes terminal elongate, flowers solitary sessile opposite, bracts leaf-like 

 ovate pubescent, bracteoles small herbaceous apathulate. corolUt 1} in. funnel-shaped 

 glabrous. 



Khasia Mts. ; above Nunklow, Simons. 



Softly pubescent ; stem tetragonous. Leaves 1-3 by J-1 in., floral passing into 

 bracts. Sracts ^| in. ; bracteoles i in. Calyx J in. ; segments linear, unequal. 

 Capsule oblanceolate, glandular at the tip, 4-seeded. Seeds large. — Affinity uncer- 

 tain, T. Anderson. 



152. S. LAMIOIDES, T. Anders, in J-oum. Linn. Soc. ix. 4S5 ; floral leaves large 

 sessile ovate acuminate serrate tomentose beneath, heads terminal few-fld., bracts 

 spathulate glandular-tomentose ciliate, corolla straight tomentose without and within. 

 Kurz For. M. ii. 244. 



Pegu ; Mt. Taijoo, alt. 4000 ft., Srandis ; Mts. Nattoung, Cross. Maetaban 

 HiLls, alt. 2-4000 ft. ; Kurz. 



An evergreen shrub (Kurz), glandnlar-tomentose ; stem subtetragonous. Floral 

 leaves 3-1 by 2-1 in., glabrous above. Heads leafy, lax, sessile or shortly peduncled ; 

 bracteoles linear, acute, subglabrous. Calyx 5-cleft to the middle ; lobes linear, 

 acute. Corolla \ in., like that of Suellia. Stamens included. Capsvle ^ in., com- 

 pressed, tip bearded. Seeds large. — Of doubtful affinity (T. Anderson), Corolla 

 hlueish-purple, seeds shortly tomentose (Kurz). 



153. S. vioi^FOLlus, T. Anders, in Journ. Limn, Soo, ix. 485 j leaves petioled 

 obliquely ovate acute serrate subglabrous, spikes few-fld., flowers distant subsessile in 

 opposite pairs, bracts linear, corolla funnel-shaped straight glabrous without and 

 within. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 5000 ft. ; Eatong Valley, T. Anderson. 



Stem herbaceous, weak ; innovations pubescent. Lower leaves round ; petiole 

 1 in., filiform ; upper leaves sessile, li-3i by 1-li in. Spikes 3-4 in., terminal on 

 lateral branches ; bracts '^-\ in., linear sometimes spathulate, herbaceous ; bracteoles 

 I'j in., subulate. Calyx deeply divided; segments i in., linear, acute, glabrous. 

 Corolla I in., pale blue; lobes equal, small. — Of doubtful affinity (T. Anderson). 



' 154. S. ? LANATira, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 191 ; leaves ovate acuminate entire 

 glabrate above wooUy-tomentose beueath, spikes axillary and terminal ternate eylindric 

 dense, bracts oblong obtusely cuspidate woolly-tomentose beneath glabrous lanceolate 

 above. 



NiLGHEEElES ; Perrottet. ' 



Very distinct from the stem, petioles under surface of leaves and spikes being 

 densely softly tomentose. Corolla-tube 1 in., slender, throat campanulate, approaching 

 that of StenosipAonium. Calyx sub-5-partite ; segments linear, obtuse, very villous. 

 —Genus doubtful : referred to Strobilanthes from its similarity to 8. Mysurensis, 

 Nees, which is an Asystasia. 



S. VEBKCCirLOSTis, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 181, from "India" remains obscure; 

 Nees doubts whether it may not have been a Ruellia, 



XIX. CAIiACAMTKITS, T: Anders. 



A shrub. Leaves large, entire. SpiJces terminal, dense or elongate, 

 hairy; bracts prominent, elliptic; flowers large, purple. Calyx sub-5-par- 

 tite, segments unequal. Corolla deeply 2-lipped ; posterior lip narrow, 

 shortly 2-fid, anterior of 3 short emarginate lobes ; lobes all contorted in 

 bud. Stamens 4, didynamous; anthers subequal, oblong, 2-celled, muti- 

 cous. Ovar^ 4-ovulate ; style long, stigma simple linear. Capsw/e ellipsoid. 



