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Sabinianus, Nees in "Wall. PI. As. Rar." iii. 86 ; (fig. " Bot. Reg." 

 t. 1238). Syn. BuelUa Sa&iwiana.—Khasia Hills, 1,000-4,000 feet 

 elevation. Leaves petioled, broadly elliptic, serrate, upper ones 

 often sessile, cordate ; spikes strobiliform, linear, pubescent, 4 inches 

 long, mostly solitary ; bracts obovate, obtuse, J inch ; corolla 

 1J inch, nearly glabrous, lavender, tube curved, ventricose 

 upwards from a very short curved cylindric base. See also 

 " Bot. Mag." t. 3517. Not uncommon in cultivation. 



SCaber, Nees, "Wall. PI. As. Rar." iii. 84; (fig. "Bot. Reg." xxvii. 

 t. 32).- North India and Burma, in the plains. Leaves elliptic, acu- 

 minate, scabrous ; spikes dense, often clustered, 2 inches long, 

 hairy ; bracts lanceolate, 1 inch long, hairy ; corolla 1 inch, yellow, 

 hairy inside, ventricose from a cylindric base ; lobes rounded. 



sessilis, "Wall. PJ. As. Rar." iii. 85; (fig. " Bot. Mag." t. 3902); 

 Wight, " Ic." t. 1511. — Nilgiris, higher ranges. Leaves sessile, 

 ovate, acute, hairy ; spikes cylindric, strobiliform, 1-2 inches, short- 

 peduncled, axillary and terminal ; bracts large, ovate, | inch ; corolla 

 1J inch, purple, nearly straight, ventricose from a cylindric base ; 

 flowers annually. S. sessiloides, Wight, "1c." t. 1512, is the same 

 plant or a slight variety. 



Thomsonii = Wallichii. 



Wallichii, Nees, "Wall. PL As. Rar." iii. 87; (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 t. 5119). — Himalayas, 7,000-11,000 feet. Leaves petioled, elliptic, 

 acuminate, nearly glabrous, upper ones sessile, cordate ; spikes lax, 

 1 -sided, 6 inches long, often flexuose ; flowers solitary or paired, 

 lower bracts often large leaf-like ; corolla 1 J inch, blue, nearly 

 straight, ventricose upwards from a cylindric base. Syn. Goldfussia 

 Thomsonii. 



The four following species were raised from Indian seed by 

 Mr. W. Bull, Chelsea, and sent out by him in 1868. They may be 

 still in cultivation, but I have not seen any of them except in the 

 herbarium. 



divaricatus, DC, "Prod." xi. 176.— Himalayas, 3,000-9,000 feet 

 elevation. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, glabrous, serrulate ; spikes 

 axillary and terminal, very lax, divaricate ; flowers distant ; bracts 

 small, caducous ; corolla 1| inch, purple, tube curved, ventricose. 



inflatUS, Anders., " Jour. Linn. Soc." ix. 476. — Sikkim, 5,000-8,000 

 feet elevation. Villous. Leaves elliptic, acuminate, serrate, hairy 

 on both sides ; spikes 1-3 inches, villous, flexuose or twisted and 

 1 -sided; lower bracts leaf-like, upper spathulate ; flowers 1^ inch, 

 funnel-shaped, much curved, pubescent outside. 



peetinatus, Wall., " Cat." No. 2356 ; Anders. " Jour. Linn. Soc." 

 ix. 171. — Himalayas, 4,000-7,500 feet elevation. Leaves elliptic, 

 acuminate, serrate, rather hairy, villous beneath ; spikes capitate, 

 short-peduncled, ellipsoid, heads 1 inch, hairy ; bracts 1 inch, 

 ovate, truncate, or pectinate ; corolla about 2 inches, pale purple, 

 wide funnel-shaped, nearly glabrous. 



secundus, Anders., " Jour. Linn. Soc." ix. 480. — Assam. Leaves 

 elliptic, nearly glabrous ; spikes 1 foot long, lax, whip-like, sparingly 

 branched ; flowers distant in opposite pairs ; bracts petioled, ovate, 



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