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STROBILANTHES VIOLACEUS. (Bedd.) A large shrub, stems bluntly 4-angled glanduloso-hirsute above, leaves thickly 
membranaceous ovate to elliptic long petioled the pair often unequal acute or acuminate rather suddenly attenuated at the base, up to 
8 inches long (of which the petiole is sometimes 2-£ inches) by 3-3£ broad harsh with much short pubescence on both sides, primary 
veins very regular and prominent, and the transverse veinlets very prominent beneath, panicles terminal rather lax glanduloso-pubes- 
cent, bracts at the ramifications small oblongo-linear, calycine bracteoles linear shorter than the calyx and like it glanduloso-pubescent, 
calyx-segments linear equal or subequal, flowers J \ inches long deep violet-purple, tube scarcely contracted except at the very base 
glabrous outside, hairy within, stamens 4 the 2 middle ones much shorter, filaments and style hairy towards the base. 
Abundant about the head of the Sisparah ghat (Nilgiris), a very beautiful species ; it is very rarely to be met with in flower. 
PLATE CCY. 
STROBILANTHES SEXENNIS, (Nees.) A very large shrub up to 25-30 feet, old trunks up to 2-2£ feet in girth, the 
younger branches somewhat 4-angled and often glanduloso-pubescent, leaves lanceolate acuminate sessile and amplexicaul or decurrent 
down a short petiole, coarsely serrate quite glabrous or slightly hairy on both sides, always densely lineolate above, up to 17 inches 
long by 5 broad, but often only 8-9 inches long, veins not so numerous or regular as in violaceus, transverse veinlets inconspicuous, panicles 
terminal, scarcely lax glanduloso-pubescent as are the calyx bracts and bracteoles, bracts broad ovate, bracteoles linear lanceolate or 
spathulate equal in length to and broader than the narrow linear equal calycine-segments, flowers white, corol generally much curved 
about inch long, tube scarcely contracted a little hairy inside, stamens 4 monadelphous the two middle ones much smaller, anthers 
all rounded at the base, filaments and style slightly hairy, ovary glabrous, capsule glabrous oblong acuminated. Nees in DC, l. c. p. 
187. S. homotropus, Nees. 1. c, S. argutus, Nees. 1. c. 188. S. cerinthoides, Nees. in Herb. Hook. 
Very common at Ootacamund and elsewhere on the Nilgiris at the higher elevations, also on the Pulneys, &c., 5000-7000 feet^ 
and abundant at high altitudes in Ceylon ; it is the largest of all our species, and in the Kookal shola on the Pulneys it grows to be quite 
a small tree with a hard woody trunk nearly 3 feet in girth. 
PLATE CCVI. 
STROBILANTHES GRACILIS. (Bedd.) A very large shrub, branches glabrous terete, leaves lanceolate acuminate serrate 
sessile, auricled at the base and amplexicaul densely lineolate but otherwise quite glabrous or with a few weak setae, up to 8-9 inches 
long by,2 inches broad, panicles terminal lax glabrous or slightly viscous, bracts very small caducous, bracteoles linear shorter than the 
calyx, calycine-lobes linear equal and with the bracteoles slightly glanduloso-pubescent or almost quite glabrous, flowers rather remote 
white tinged with lilac about 1 inch long, tube scarcely contracted, stamens 4 monadelphous the two inner a little shorter, filaments 
hairy, anthers sagittate at the base. Style slightly hairy, ovary glabrous, capsule ovoid glabrous pointed. Bedd. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. Vol. XXV. not Anders. S. Beddomei, T. Ander. Journ. Lin. Soc. Vol. IX. p. 482. 
Anamallay mountains, 4000-5000 feet elevation, nearly allied to Sexennis. 
PLATE CCVII. 
StROBILANTPIES AnDERSONII. (Bedd.) A very large shrub up to 20 feet high. Stem terete hirsute, leaves sub- 
membranaceous ovate acuminate serrate up to 9-10 inches long by 5 broad, the pair often unequal and on petioles of different lengths, 
petioles |-2 inches long hirsute, spikes axillary 2-2J inches long, flowers in short oblong dense heads, bracts large ovate obtuse ciliate 
but otherwise glabrous densely imbricate, bracteoles and calycine-segments all about equal linear lanceolate ciliate. Corol glabrous 
pale blue 1| inch lung, stamens 4 monadelphous the 2 middle ones a little shorter, filaments glabrous, anthers sagittate, ovary and 
style glabrous. Bedd. Lin. Trans. Vol. XXV * p . 222. 
Anamallay mountains 6000 feet in moist woods, allied to the next species but with larger flowers. 
PLATE CCVIII. 
STROBILANTHES CALYCINUS. (Nees.) A shrub 4-5 feet, stems strigose or glabrous, leaves oval or ovate acuminate 
attenuated at the base crenate hirsute, 6-7 inches long (of which the petiole is £-lP inches) by 2-21- inches broad, spikes axillary 2-2 £ 
inches long (of which the peduncle is £ to 1 inch) erect or suberect oval, bracts much imbricate large suborbicular or obovato-cuneate 
crenate glabrous or slightly glanduloso-hirsute, bracteoles and calycine segments narrow lanceolate all about equal and nearly or quite 
