SlrobilaHlhes.] 



C7. ACANTIIACEJE. 



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1. S. barbatus, Nces in Wall. PL As. Rar. III. 85 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 437. 

 S. tetrapterus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 187. 



Western Doccan peninsula, from the Bombay ghats to Capo Oomorin, 

 alt. 3000 ft. In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North 

 Kdnara, common in the Yelldpur t^luka. Flowers once every seven 

 years. A gregarious shrab with winged stems and white flowers, hairy 

 within. Fl. Sept. -Oct. Fr. Apl.-May. The bracts and bracteoles 

 become densely viscous hairy in fruit. 



2. S. warreensis, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jour. II. 341 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 187. 8. parviflorus, Bedd. Ic. Pi. Ind. Or. t. 197. 



Western ghats from the Konkan to South Kanara, up to alt. 3000 ft. 

 Evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kdnara, common in the 

 Nilkund ghat forests. Fl. Oct. Fr. ripe Feb. Leaves with 7-8 pairs of 

 nerves. Peduncles jointed, softly woolly. Capsule f inch, exserted from 

 the hairy calyx. Seeds thin, flat, shining, on large retinacula. 



3. S. eiliatus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. 85 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 439 ; 

 Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 211 ; Wight Ic. t. 1517. 



5. Deccan peninsula on the ghats up to 4000 ft. Evergreen forests of 

 the YelUpur tdluka of North Kanara. Fl. Oct. -Nov. Leaves with 4-5 

 pairs of nerves. Peduncles jointed ; leafy, bracteate, glabrous. Stamens 

 exserted. My specimens agree well with the plate in Wight's Icones. 



'4r. S. membranaceus, Talb. sp. nov. Herb. No. 1616. A stout gre- 

 garious shrub. Leaves broadly ovate, long acuminate, narrowed into the 

 petiole, deeply crenate-serrate, membranous, rugose, hispidulous ; hairs 

 flattened, silvery, from a bulbous base, often 3-4-jointed ; blade 7-2 by 

 4-1 in., petiole -5-3 in. long. Heads ovoid, 1-1*5 in., long, densely viscous 

 hairy ; hairs mostly jointed. Seeds °1 in. exareolate, quite glabrous. This 

 species which flowers at intervals of about 7 years was declared to be 

 near S. heteromalhiSf at Kew, which species is found at or near Conoor on 

 the Nilgherries (6 — 7000 ft. alt.). Common in the jungles near the Tinai 

 ghat of N. Kanara (2000 ft. alt.). Distinguished from the other Bombay 

 species of Strobilanthes by its rugose, hispidulous, softly membranoua 

 leaves. 



6. S. lupulinus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear, III 85 ; Fl. Br. L 4 

 4^3. >S^. DaUellii, T. Anders, 



Western ghats from the Konkan to Courtallum. On the Konkan and 

 North Kanara ghats in moist forests, common near Yellapur, and in 

 the forests near the Ram and Coessi ghats. Fl. 0. S. Fr. C. & R, S. 

 Sir G. King is of opinion that 8. lupuUnus, Nees^ should be united with 

 S. Heyneanus, The former has however quite different bracts. 



6. S. Heyneanus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. 85 ; Fl. Br. L 4. 

 443 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 187. S. Turjosus,Wig}it Ic. t. 1G19. 8. aspor- 

 rimm, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 187. Akra^ M. 



