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STROBILANTHES PAPILLOSUS. (T. Anders.) A large shrub, stems more or less 4-angled, the younger ones acutely 
so, exceedingly rough with short harsh hairs, leaves ovate acuminate crenate very asperous on both sides with short harsh hairs rising 
from numerous papillae 4-6 inches long by 2-3 broad, petiole about 2 inches long channelled on the upper side, spikes terminal and 
axillary short leafy, the peduncles 1-14 inches long, bracts leafy lanceolate scabrous, bracteoles and calycine-segments linear ciliate, 2 
of the latter larger than the other three, corol bluish 14-2 inches long glabrous on the outside somewhat hairy in the centre inside the 
tube more or less recurved suddenly narrowed in its lower half, lobes equal rounded, stamens 4, submonadelphous, the two centre 
ones shorter, style slightly hairy. ; Anders. Journ. Linn. Soc. Vol. IX, p. 468. 
Ootacamund, common in sholas at 7000 feet elevation, allied to S. Perottetianus. 
I rather think Dr, Anderson has confounded 2 species under this name, and that his description is partly taken from S. 
Neilgkerrensis. (The dissections are taken from liviug specimens.) 
PLATE CCI. 
StROBILANTHES EXTENSUS. (Nees.) A small shrub, stems 4-angled slightly hairy or subglabrous below, glandularly 
hairy 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 1-14 broad, petioles channelled 3 9 lines long the pair generally unequal. Spikes 
terminal and from the upper axils forming a sort of a panicle, bracts small and very early deciduous, bracteoles linear much smaller 
than the calyx early deciduous, subscariose. Calyx segments rather unequal one of them generally longer than the others all linear and 
rounded at the apex glanduloso-hairy as are the bracteoles, corol deep purple 1-1i inch long, tube a little contracted at its base, 
stamens 4 submonadelphous, 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. 
Western Mysore, near Manjeerabad, also in Sylhet, Assam and Khasya, and cultivated in the Lai Bagh Gardens at Bangalore. 
PLATE CCII. 
STROBILANTPIES IXIOCEPHALUS. (Benth.) A small undershrub, stems glabrous or subglabrous, the small floriferous 
ramuli or leafy spikes setose with long silky white hairs, leaves membranaceous lanceolate acuminate crenate attenuated at the base 
into the petiole densely lineolate and sparingly setose on both sides, up to 6 inches long of which the petiole is sometimes 2 inches, 
l-li inches broad. Spikesaxillary, terminal or leaf-opposed, leafy 7 below and densely setose, the heads few flowered oblong or ovate, 
the bracts much imbricate ovate leafy about \ as long as the flower and with the bracteoles and calyx setose with gland tipped rather 
viscid hairs, bracteoles linear shorter than the calyx, calycine segments linear subequal. Corol white about 1^ inches long, the tube 
much narrowed in its lower half, glabrous outside slightly setose within. Stamens 4 nmnadelpkous, the 2 middle ones much shorter, 
filaments and style slightly hairy towards the base. Benth. in Walps. Ann. Vol. III. p. 218. 
South Canara, in the plains about Bellatangady not far from Mangalore, also on the ghats at no great elevation. My specimens 
were identified by Dr. Anderson. 
PLATE CCIII. 
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 naked 
and 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 
monadelphous the middle 2 shorter, the longer filaments hairy, style glabrous. Nees. in DC. Vol. XL p. 189. S. punctatus, Nees 
l. e. p. 182. 
Anamallays, South Canara ghats, Tinnevelly ghats, also in Ceylon. Easily recognized by its flat generally winged peduncles 
Ruellia ? punctata, Wight leones 1563, is a true Slrohilanthes, and may retain the name of punctatus ; it is not mentioned by Anderson ; 
it is a large shrub with white flowers and very scabrous leaves, the hairs arising from harsh papillae. Wight's figure is very characteristic, so 
I shall not refigure it ; it is very common on the Pulney hills 4000 feet, and 1 have found it on the Anamallays, and elsewhere cdong our ghats. 
PLATE CCIV. 
