Strobilanthes.] cvi. acanthaceal 573 
(4) S. latebrosus Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 86, p. 304* 
A big spreading shrub 8 ft. tall, glabrous except the innermost 
bracts. Leaves chartaceous, ovate-lanceolate, cuspidate blunt, 
base decurrent on petiole, edge undulate; nerves 10 pairs; 9 in. 
long, 3 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. long. Flower-heads solitary or 
three together axillary or on short lateral shoots, 1-25 in. long; 
peduncle -3 in. long, thick. Bracts numerous, large leaf-like, 
outer ones ovate, 1 in. long, -5 in. wide, inner ones lanceolate-linear 
blunt, narrower, hairy; all green. Corolla 2 in. long, pure white, 
limb over 1 in. wide, tube at base cylindric then abruptly dilated, 
urn-shaped, lobes short round. Stamens enclosed in tube at base 
of the thickened part. Capsule 75 in. long, sub-acute, not dilated 
at tip. Seeds 4, rounded, ellipsoid flat. Hab. Dense forest in 
ravines by streams, Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga (Ridley). 
(5) S. rufo-sepalus Clarke, l.c. 656. 
A long twiggy plant rooting at base and ascending to 18 in. 
tall, above red-hairy. Leaves very unequal, one twice as big as 
the other, elliptic, narrowed to both ends blunt crenate, sparsely 
hairy, 1 to 2-25 in. long, -25 to 1 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. 
Heads terminal of 3 or 4 flowers. Bracts linear, >5 in. long, like 
the sepals with long red hairs. Sepals -35 in. long, linear subulate. 
Corolla 1 in. long, white, the limb violet, tube campanulate, base 
narrow cylindric. Capsule *35 i n - l° n g- Seeds 4 - Hab. Local, 
Hill forests. Perak Ipoh (Curtis); Thaiping Hills; Sira Rimau 
foot of Gunong Inas (Yapp). Penang, Richmond Pool and Con¬ 
valescent Bungalow (Curtis, Ridley). 
(6) S. rufo-pauper Clarke, l.c. 657. 
Slender, rooting at nodes pubescent. Leaves unequal elliptic- 
lanceolate, crenate glabrous above, 1 to 2 in. long, 75 in. wide 
or smaller; petioles very short. Heads very small, few-flowered, 
1 flower axillary in a leafy bract. Bracts narrow, up to 1 in. long. 
Bracteoles *25 in. long, linear, red-hairy. Calyx -2 in. long, sepals 
linear hairy. Corolla 1 in. long, violet, slightly curved. Capsule 
4-seeded. Hab. Mountain forests, Pahang, Gunong Berumbun, 
Telom. Petak, Thaiping Hills about 2500 ft. altitude (all collectors). 
(7) S. rulo-strobilatus Clarke, l.c. 657. 
Fairly stout red-hairy plant over 1 ft. tall, base rooting. 
Leaves nearly equal ovate acuminate, blunt, base cuneate, crenulate, 
4 in. long, 2 in. wide, sparsely hairy above; petioles -5 in. long, hairy. 
Heads cylindric, 2 in. long, with leaf-like bracts. Bracteoles 
•5 in. long, linear-spathulate, dense red-hairy. Sepals -4 in. long, 
linear. Corolla 1-25 in. wide, tube curved campanulate, lobes 
purple. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Rare. 
(8) S. raficaulis Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 53. 
Stem ascending, 8 to 12 in. tall, simple or branched, rough 
red-hairy. Leaves subequal elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, base 
cuneate, undulate crenate, hairy with scattered yellow hairs, 4 in. 
