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ACANTHACEA 
StrOBILANTHES ArNOTTIANUS. (Nee,.) Shrubby ereet, the wboh, plant hispid with whitish 1 • , 
scabrous above hairy beneath, oval or ovate to cordate acute and dentate, about 2 inches hL hv .Tl ^ , Wh “ ,ab 1 1 “ r ’ le “' ea Te 7 
1 inch long, peduncles axillary as long or longer than the leaves simple or branched genbulato ’ f 0 ® ” P t0 
bracts leafy ova!, bracteoles linear lanceolate a* little shorter than the cily X L^ about I ^3 loL ^ ^ fl ° Wered ’ 
ments lmear-lanceolate densly albo-strigose, corol 1 inch long whitish, impauulate the tube not much conZt^ **“ T ^ 
t;;: little 8lorter than tha ° uter unea ia * - - *• 
Ceylon, Newera Ellis, allied to S. Perottettiauus and vestituB. 
PLATE No. CCLXI. 
. . StROBIIANTHES HoOKERII. (Nees.) 5-6 feet high leaves oya! to oblongo-elliptic acuminate crenat !«■ t 
long by about 2 inches broad scabrous and a little hairy on both sides but particularly beneath i , crenat «, 4-6 inches 
naked below, leafy towards the apex glabrous, from shorter to about as loiJas the leaves bracte sea ^ h ^ Spik6S aX ' Ilary 
ciliate and morn nr W h™ _„ . . J ° Dg 88 le * Ve8 > bracte 8ess,le b^ad orbicular subalahmn* 
:a B P»6uu;aiie small, calycme segments lanceolate aci 
h much exceeding the bracts, lobes rounded retuse, w 
3 length slightly mouadelphous at the base, stamens 
bicular subglabrous c. 
ite equal a little hairy, corol about 1| inches 
hite marked at the jaws with 3 purple longi- 
exserted, filaments ovary and style glabrous. 
long broadly campanulate s 
tudinal lines, stamens 4 all 
DC. Prod, xi. p. 185. 
Ceylon, central provinces, elevation 7000 feet, nearly allied to S. oalycinue and Bolarnpattianue. 
PLATE No. CCLXII. 
tUbe ' “ 2 l0Ug aud fertile “* 3 very short “ od effet8 ' “ °ZZ 
Ceylon, central provinces and in the Saffragram districts up to 5000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No, CCLXIIL 
BaRLERIA NUTANS. (Nees.) Stem shrubby, leaves elliptic acuminate, glabrous and shining lineolate 5 7 t, i 
.bout 2 inches broad, petioles 1-1* inches long. Spikes axillary and terminal as long or longer l ^ Tf * 
hirsute bracts and bracteoles small linear acute, calyx divisions lanceolate acutetheupperone lon^i^t^^ 
,»„* :ziz, 
Ceylon, central provinces, 1000-3000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CCLXIV. 
GtMNOOTACHYUM CeYLANICUM. (Amt. and Nees.) Stem, pubescent 1-3 inohea long rooting between th 1 
leave, epathulate to oblong or oval often decurrent down the petiole obtnee or aubaoute, 4-6 inche. long hv U h , ’ Iea ™’ 
beneath lineolate above, pauic.es terminal 6-10 inehee long pubeaceut, flowers faeledl^ 
aubulate enrol 8-9 lines long the tube pale purple the limb greenish ycliow, anthers white ecalcar,«e, fibLItaTt’theCandT* 
a little hairy, capsule 5 lines long tetragonal 12-seeded. DC. Prod, xi, 93. d ° Vary 
Ceylon, shady places in the hot drier parts of the island. 
PLATE No. CCLXV. 
