574 
CVI. ACANTHACE^E. 
f Strobilanthes. 
long, i*5 in. wide. Heads i in. long, few-flowered. Bracts 6 to 
8, lanceolate obtuse, *5 in. N long, -i in. wide. Corolla campanulate, 
tube narrow at base, sparsely hairy, light blue, *5 in. long, and as wide 
at mouth. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Berumbun, Telom. Rare (Ridley). 
(9) S. rufo-capitatus Clarke , l.c. 657. 
Shrubby creeper 6 to 8 ft. long; branches red-hairy. Leaves 
sub-equal or very unequal, broad elliptic acuminate, base cuneate, 
undulate obscurely crenate, as much as 8 in. long and 3*5 in. wide 
or less, glabrous above; nerves beneath pubescent; petioles *15 
to *3 in. long. Heads sessile or peduncled up to 2 in. long, densely 
red-hairy, 1 to 2 in. long. Bracts leaf-like, lanceolate, 75 in. 
long, -125 in. wide. Bracteoles *25 in. long. Sepals linear, -25 in. 
long, all red-hairy. Corolla white. Hab. Rocks at 2500 to 3000 ft. 
altitude. Rare. Perak (Kunstler). 
(10) S. vulpinus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S . Mus. iv. 53. 
Stem 1 ft. tall, branched or not, slender, densely covered with 
curly brown hairs. Leaves equal, broadly lanceolate, rhomboid 
acuminate at tip, narrowed at base, glabrescent, edges undulate 
crenate, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long, shortly rough 
hairy. Heads 1 or 2, terminal, 2 to 3 in. long, on 1 in. long 
peduncles. Bracts linear or oblong-linear, blunt, rufous-hairy. 
Sepals linear blunt, *2 in. long, red-hairy. Corolla 75 in. long, 
curved, dilate suddenly at top, pubescent, light blue. Capsule 
base narrow. Seeds 4. Hab. Mountain forests at 3000 to 4000 ft. 
altitude. Pahang, Telom, and down the valley Ulu Batang 
Padang (Ridley). 
(11) S. scabridus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 54. 
Robust herb; stems brown-hairy. Leaves very unequal, 
lanceolate coriaceo-chartaceous, acuminate narrowed to winged 
petiole, crenulate; nerves prominent above, 6 pairs; glabrous 
above, beneath paler, midrib hairy; large leaves, 6 in. long, 2 in. 
wide, smaller half as big. Head terminal, globose, sessile, 1 in. 
long. Bracts ovate to orbicular-elliptic, tip round. Corolla over 
1-5 in. long; limb 1 in. across, white. Hab. Mountains in thick 
forest. Pahang, Gunong Berumbun, Telom. Selangor, Semangkok 
Pass (Ridley). 
(12) S. albostriatus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 54. 
Herb branched, 1 ft. tall, with short brownish hair soon 
glabrescent below. Leaves sub-equal or unequal ovate acuminate; 
base cuneate, crenulate, above glabrous, dark green, veins white; 
dark purple red beneath; nerves scurfy pubescent, 3 in. long, 
x*5 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long, scurfy-hairy. Heads 3 to 4, 
terminal and often in upper axils; peduncles *25 to nearly -5 in. 
long, hairy. Sepals linear acuminate, hairy. Corolla blue, 1 in. 
long, suddenly dilate upwards, curved, *25 in. across limb. Hab. 
Mountain forests. Pahang, Telom, abundant in woods. Perak, 
Temengoh (Ridley). 
