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StBOBILANTHES PAPILLOSUS. (T. Anders.) A targeUnb, stems man or fen 4-angled, the younger ones acutely 
Ootacamund, common in sholas at 7000 feet elevation, allied to S. Perottetianns. 
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PLATE CCL 
STROBILANTHES EXTENSUS. (Naes.) A small alirub, stems 4^g.ed slight., bsiry os s tt bg,abrsas below, glandals,!, 
hany upwards, leaves ovate often cordate at the base acuminate coarsely serrate slightly rough and hairy on both sides the lower ones 
petioled the upper sessile l*-2 inches long by MJ broad, petioles channelled 3 9 lines long the pair generally unequal Spikes 
terminal and from the upper arils forming a sort of a panicle, bracts small and very early deciduous, bracteoles linear much smaller 
than the calyx early deciduous, subsoariose. Calyx segments rather unequal one of them generally longer than the others all linear and 
rounded at the apex glanduloso-bairy as are the bracteoles, corol deep purple 1-1* inch long, tube a little contracted at its base, 
stamens 4 submonadelpbous, the tube very slightly hairy, the filaments glabrous the inner two shorter, style slightly hairy below 
ovary puberulous at its apex. Nees. DC. Prod. xi. 195. 1 9 * 
Western Mysore, near Manjeerabad, also in Sylhet, Assam and Khasya, and cultivated In the Lai Bagh Gardens at Bangalore. 
PLATE COIL 
STROBILANTHES IXIOCEPHALUS. (Benth.) A small undershrub, stems glabrous or subglabrous, the 
ramuli or leafy spikes setose with long silky white hairs, leaves membranaceous lanceolate acuminate crenate attenu 
into the petiole densely lineolate and sparingly setose on both sides, up to 6 inches long of which the petiole is some 
1"I * inches broad - S P ,kes axilIar J r ’ terminal or leaf-opposed, leafy below and densely setose, the heads few flowered oh 
the bracts much imbricate ovate leafy about J as long as the flower and with the bracteoles and calyx setose with glanc 
viscid hairs, bracteoles linear shorter than the calyx, calycine segments linear subeqnal. Corol white about U inches 
much narrowed in its lower half, glabrous outside slightly setose within. Stamens 4 monadelphous, the 2 middle ones 
filaments and style slightly hairy towards the base. Rcnth. in mips. Ann. Vol III p. 218. 
South Canara, in the plains about Bellatangady not far from Mangalore, also on the ghats at no great elevation. 1 
were identified by Dr. Anderson. 
PLATE CCIII. 
tipped rather 
long, the tube 
much shorter, 
STROBILANTHES ANCEPS. (Nees.) A small undershrub, stems more or less strigose bluntly 4-sided, leaves membran¬ 
aceous very variable and often the pair very unequal in size, ovate to elliptic acute or with a long acumen, attenuate at the base entire 
or obscurely toothed, up to 7 inches long of which the petiole is sometimes 1* inches, ciliate at the margin and sparingly hairy on 
both sides, particularly on the costa and veins and furnished with minute shining glands. Spikes axillary and terminal generally nLed 
ana simple, sometimes leafy and branched, generally very flat and winged and much ciliate, flower heads short subglobose or cylindric 
bracts large leafy ovate furnished with glands densely ciliate and more or less hairy as are the bracteoles and calyx, bracteoles linear 
calycine segments equal or subequal linear, flowers white very slightly hairy about 1 inch long, the tube narrowed below stamens 4 
monadelpjums the middle 2 shorter, the longer filaments hairy, style glabrous. Ness, in DG. Vol XI p. 189. S. punctatus, Nees 
Anamallays, South Canara ghats, Tinnevelly ghats, also in Ceylon. Easily recognized by its flat generally winged peduncles. 
Rudlia? punctata, Wight leones 1563, is a true Strolilanthes,and may retain the name of punctatus ; it is not mentioned by Anderson - 
*: “ * lar V e shruh Wlth whlie fibers and very scabrous leaves, the hairs arising from harsh papilla. Wight's figure is very cliaracta'istic so 
I shall not refigure it; it is very common on the Pulney hills 4000 feet, and I have found it on the Anamallays, and elsewhere along our ghats 
