LXXIJI. ACANTHACEiE 
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Bracts falling off before the flowers expand. 
Leaves nearly sessile or tapering into a winged 
stalk. Flowers in heads or very short spikes . 2. S. Dalhousianus. 
Leaves stalked, cordate. Flowers in interrupted, 
usually panicled spikes . . . . . 3. S. alatus. 
1. Strobilanthes glutinosus, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 458. Stems 
2-5 ft., pubescent terete. Leaves stalked, hairy on both surfaces, 
ovate, about 3 xljin., crenate or sharply toothed. Flowers pale 
blue, in short, often interrupted spikes ; bracts leaf -like, ovate. 
persistent. Calyx glandular-hairy. Corolla l|-2 in. long ; lower 
half of tube cylindric, upper half dilated ; limb 1-1| in. across. 
Valleys below Simla, usually in forest undergrowth ; October, November. — 
Temperate Himalaya, 3000-6000 ft. 
Flowers annually. 
2. Strobilanthes Dalhousianus, C. B. Clarke ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 
460. Stems 2-3 ft., hairy, at least when young. Leaves hairy on 
both surfaces, nearly sessile or tapering into a winged stalk, ovate. 
