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ERYTHROSPEEMUM PHYTOLACCOIDES. (Gat'd.) A middling sized tree 20-30 feet, branches glabrous terete, leaves 
alternate rather distant oblongo-lanceolate acuminate acute at the base, very glabrous on both sides, shining above paler beneath, entire 
or obscurely serrate reticulated with prominent veins, 3 jp8 inches long, 1^-3 inches broad, petioles 3-8 inches long, sulcate above, swollen 
at the base and apex, stipules minute lanceolate, racemes many-flowered paniculate terminal or axillary, about equalling the leaves, 
peduncles glabrous ; pedicels 2-3 lines long 3 bracteolate at the base, sepals 5 white tinged with red, ovate obtuse concave about 2 lines 
long, petals white ovato-oblong obtuse ciliate when very young, equalling the sepals, anthers saggitate, ovary oblong glabrous stipitate, 
capsule globose 3-5 lines in diameter, 3-4 valved nearly co the base, 1-few-seeded. Gard. in Calc. Journ, of Nat. His. vot. vii. p. 11 ; 
— Thw. En. pi. Zey. p. IS ; — Bedd. FI. Syl. 1. c. 
Ceylon, up to an elevation of 1500 feet. 
PLATE No. CXCV. 
ACANTHACEAE. 
STROBILANTHES NeILGPIERRENSIS. (Bedd.) A large shrub, stems subtetragonal hispid as are the leaves on both 
sides and the petioles with long patent shining-white jointed hairs, leaves somewhat papillose on both sides and at the margin ovate to 
elliptic quite rounded at the base or attenuated into the petiole acuminate serrate lineolate, 4-7 inches long by 1-4-3 inches broad, 
primary veins 4-8 on each side, petioles inches long, spikes terminal and axillary, peduncles l|-4 inches long leafy bracteated 
and few-flowered at the apex, calyx 5-cleft down, segments long linear, 4 equal, the 5th a little longer hirsute aud ciliate as are the 
bracts, corol pure white hairy outside and within lj inch long, the lower \ inch of the tube suddenly narrowed and very slender, lobes 
rounded emarginate equal, stamens 4, two much shorter, all on a short tube, filaments very liairy, style hairy, stigma bent, ovary very 
hairy at the apex. 
A common species as I have specimens from the west slopes of the Nilgiris, the Pulneys, Coorg, Palghat hills and Balaran- 
gams. Fig. 1, upper surface of a leaf, lineolate and hairy, the hairs 1-2 jointed—2, leaf under surface—3, portion of a petiole hairs 
5-6 jointed—4, a hair from the petiole. 
Dr. Anderson referred my specimens to his S. papillosus, but I have lately received a fragment of that plant from Kew, and 
it is identical with a species which I have found only at Ootacamund, and which is quite distinct from this,—this papillosus is very 
nearly allied to S. Perrottetianus, Nees., (so well figured by Wight, pi. 1513) but is much less hairy and far more scabrous. Neil- 
gherrensis is far more hairy than either of them and has white flowers. 
PLATE No. CXCYI. 
StROBILANTHES PARVIFLORUS (Bedd.) Shrubby erect 5-6 feet high, stems terete or sub-tetragonal glabrous, 
leaves lanceolate attenuated into the petiole acuminate coarsely serrate, glabrous on both sides except a few setse on the costa and veins 
above, very densely lineolate above (hence somewhat scabrous) paler and smoother beneath and less lineolate, 6-7 inches long (with 
the petiole) and about 2 inches broad, primary veins much raised above 6-7 on each side, petioles 6-18 lines long slightly winged 
sometimes woolly in the axils, spikes axillary or from the old axils 1-3-inches long narrow linear densely imbricate with small ovate 
bracts more or less densely furnished with long cottony wool which is generally soon deciduous, bracts ovate 4-5 lines long and fur¬ 
nished as are the bracteoles and calyx with gland tipped hairs, bracteoles 2 linear a little shorter than the calyx-segments, calyx-segments 
subequal or one of them a little longer, all linear, corol white 8-9 lines long glabrous on the outside the lower half of the tube at¬ 
tenuated and very narrow, the upper half campanulate, lobes entire rounded glabrous or a little hairy inside, stamens 4, filaments furnished 
with very long shining hairs, the inner pair a little shorter, in the bud all monadelphous (on a stamen tube) or sometimes diadelphous, 
in age always diadelphous. Style long glabrous, stigma subentire or with a minute furcation below the long setaceous lobe, capsules 
very slightly hairy. 
Coorg, about Kiggatnad 3000 feet elevation, also in South Canara. Fig. 1 shows the upper surface of the leaf densely lin¬ 
eolate and with a few setae on the costa and veins ; fig, 2 is a young bud opened. 
PLATE No. CXCVII. 
^TROBILANTHES GOSSYPINUS. (T. And.) Shrubby erect, stems tetragonous covered with much cottony down, leaves 
ovate to broad elliptic acute or acuminate entire, above glabrous in age but densely silky when young and sometimes in age at the base 
only, densely matted with white cottony down beneath, 4-7 inches long by 2-2£ broad, petioles 1-1J inches very woolly, spikes densely 
cottony axillary and terminal 3-6 inches long, the lower ones branched, bracts lanceolate densely cottony outside glabrous aud shining 
