576 CVI. ACANTEtACE^. [Strobilanthes. 
internodes 2 in. long, 2-winged. Leaves alternate glabrous, lan¬ 
ceolate acuminate, edges undulate or at base serrate, 4 to 6 in. 
long, 1-5 in. wide. Spikes in axillary pairs, 3 to 4 in. long, lax. 
Bracts lanceolate blunt pubescent, -25 in. long, caducous. Flowers 
sessile. Sepals linear obtuse, ,*25 in. long. Corolla 1 in. long, 
violet; limb 1*5 in. across. Hab. Woods; rare. Perak, river 
banks, Ulu Temengoh (Ridley). 
(18) S. pedicellatus Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. iv. 54. 
Leaves ovate acuminate, base cuneate, serrate glabrous, very 
unequal; nerves inconspicuous, 6 to 7 pairs; large leaf, 5 in. long, 
2 in. wide, small, 1-5 in. long; petioles -i in. long. Inflorescence 
of 3 heads on 2-5 in. long slender peduncles, a pair of leafy bracts 
at base. Flowers several, bracts oblong obtuse pubescent, -5 in. 
long, shortly, stoutly pedicelled. Sepals linear blunt pubescent, 
•5 in. long. Corolla 1*5 in. long, white hairy inside. Hab. Pahang, 
Cameron’s Plateau, track to Gunong Irau (Robinson and Kloss). 
Very rare. 
Excludes Species 
S. elongata Kunze, l.c. 497; Clarke, l.c. 639, based on Eryih- 
acanthus elongatus Nees, a Javanese plant. T. Anderson gives 
it in his list of Acanthacece as Penang (Wallich), but no speci¬ 
men occurs in Wallich’s collection. 
S. Dyerianus Masters, Gard. Chron, xiii, 442 (1893); “ Penang, 
Curtis ” Clarke, l.c . 657. This was obtained in Burma by 
Boxall and merely cultivated in Penang and Singapore. 
12 . ACANTHOPALE, Clarke 
Herbs with the habit of Strobilanthes, but the pollen is spiny 
without ribs. About 20 species, African and Indian. 
(1) A. malasica Clarke, l.c. 659. 
Herb, sparsely hairy at tip. Leaves equal elliptic-triangular 
nearly entire, sparsely pubescent, sub-acute, base deltoid, 2-5 in. 
long, 1 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Flowers sessile in 
short-peduncled axillary spikes. Bract linear-ligulate, -5 in. long. 
Bracteoles -25 in. long, linear glabrous. Sepals equal, -25 in. long, 
linear, tips hairy. Corolla 75 in. long, nearly glabrous. Stamens 4, 
glabrous; anther-cells parallel muticous level, pollen globose 
spiny. Ovary glabrous; style thinly hairy, one branch long, the 
other suppressed. Capsule 7 in. long, base barren, long. Seeds 4, 
crowded in the globose head, shaggy. Hab. Rare and very little 
known, Lankawi (Ridley). 
The genus Acanthopale Clarke, differs from Strobilanthes only in the 
pollen being spiny without ribs, instead of ellipsoid smooth and ribbed. 
Clarke only saw one grain of pollen on this plant, and that is doubtful. 
