Strobilanthes.] 
CVI. ACANTHACEA2. 
575 
(13) S. leucopogon Ridl. Journ. Roy, As. Soc. S. By. 86, p. 304. 
Shrubby, glabrous; branches angled. Leaves chartaceous lan¬ 
ceolate acuminate, narrowed to a sub-truncate base, edge slightly 
undulate; nerves 7 pairs, elevate, transverse nervules few, sub¬ 
horizontal; 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles under -i in. long. 
Racemes in terminal axils on branches, *5 in. long, with a pair of 
much reduced ovate leaves at base, 1*5 belong, cylindric. Bracts 
ovate-oblong, blunt, -15 in. long, *08 in. wide, covered with long 
white spreading hairs. Sepals shorter than corolla-tube, very 
narrow linear-spathulate, white-hairy. Corolla 75 in. long, pure 
blue; tube at base slender cylindric then dilate, funnel-shaped, 
glabrous; lobes small, round, sub-equal, mouth *4 in. across. 
Hab. Lankawi, Dayong Bunting, flowers pure blue (Robinson). 
(14) S. collinus Nees, Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 86; Clarke, l.c. 658. 
A big herb or shrub 4 ft. tall. Leaves equal elliptic acuminate; 
base cuncate, serrate, glabrous, 10 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 
1 in. long. Panicles terminal, spreading pubescent 8 to 9 in. long 
and 5 in. across. Flowers sessile in distant pairs. Sepals linear, 
pink, -25 in. long, pubescent. Corolla 1*5 in. long, tubular cam- 
panulate, white tinged pink. Capsule 7 in. long, linear-pubescent. 
Seeds 4. Hab. Mountain forests about 2000 to 5000 ft. altitude, 
sometimes lower. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler); Sungei Pae 
(Curtis). Penang (Wallich). Lankawi, Gunong Raya (Curtis). 
Kelantan, Chaning Woods (Ridley). 
(15) S. pachyphyllus Clarke, l.c. 658. 
Shrub 4 ft. tall. Leaves equal elliptic-obovate, acute, base 
cuneate entire or very obscurely crenate, sub-coriaceous, silvery 
grey pubescent beneath; nerves and transverse nervules very pro¬ 
minent beneath, midrib very thick; 5*5 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles 
1*5 in. long. Panicle 6 in. long, 1 in. wide, terminal long peduncled, 
branches hardly *25 in. long. Sepals -25 in. long, linear, glabrous. 
Corolla 1-25 in. long, narrow tubular-campanulate light blue. 
Hab. Top of limestone mountains, Perak, Gunong Meusah, Kinta 
(Kunstler). Rare. 
(16) S. sylvestris Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57 * P- 80. 
Herb 2 ft. tall, pubescent. Leaves in sub-equal pairs, 2 to 3 in. 
apart, lanceolate acuminate both ends, decurrent below, glabrous, 
4 to 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles winged to base, -5 to 1 in. long. 
Spikes terminal and axillary. Bracts lanceolate acuminate, 75 in. 
long, *i in. wide, green pubescent caducous. Spikes elongating 
to over 3 in. Flowers in opposite pairs very shortly pedicelled. 
Sepals linear-lanceolate pubescent, *25 in. long. Corolla 2 in. 
long, white, hairy within. Hab. Perak, Temengoh Woods; rare 
(Ridley). 
(17) S. phoeniceus Ridl. S. violacea Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. 
Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 80 {not oj Beddome). 
Large spreading herb, 2 ft. or more tall; branches flexuous. 
