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ACANTHACEA2. 
StROBILANTHES -A.RNOYTIANUS. (Nees.) Shrubby erect, the whole plant hispid with whitish hair, leaves very 
scabrous above hairy beneath, oval or ovate to cordate acute and deutate, about 2 inches long by 1-11 broad, petioles unequal up to 
1 inch long, peduncles axillary as long or longer than the leaves simple or branched geniculato-flexuose, spikes oval few flowered, 
bracts leafy oval, bracteoles linear lanceolate a little shorter than the calyx, calyx about 6 lines long cleft to nearly the base the seg¬ 
ments linear-lanceolate densly albo-strigose, corol 1 inch long whitish, campanulate the tube not much contracted the mouth wide, 
stamens 4 exserted the inner 2 a little shorter than the outer ones monadelphous in a tube at the base, filaments glabrous, ovary and 
style hairy. PC. Prod. xi. 179. 
Ceylon, Newera Ellia> allied to S. Perottettianus and vestitus. 
PLATE No. CCLXI. 
‘StROBILANTHES HoOKERII. (Nees.) 5-6 feet high leaves oval to oblongo-elliptic acuminate crenate, 4-6 inches 
long by about 2 inches broad scabrous and a little hairy on both sides but particularly beneath, petioles 1-1 finches long, spikes axillary 
naked below, leafy towards the apex glabrous, from shorter to about as long as the leaves, bracts sessile broad orbicular sub»labrous or 
ciliate and more or less hairy, bracteoles spathulate small, calycine segments lanceolate acute equal a little hairy, corol about 11 inches 
long broadly campanulate at the mouth much exceeding the bracts, lobes rounded retuse, white marked at the jaws with 3 purple longi¬ 
tudinal lines, stamens 4 all of the same length slightly monadelphous at the base, stamens exserted, filaments ovary and style glabrous. 
PC. Prod. xi. p. 185. 
Ceylon, central provinces, elevation 7000 feet, nearly allied to S. calycinus and Bolampattianus. 
PLATE No. CCLXII. 
BARLERIA VESTITA. (Anders.) Herbaceous 6-8 feet, hirsute the hairs patent, leaves ovato-elliptic attenuate at both 
snds, petiolate or subsessile entire, 6-12 inches long 3 cymes long peduncled axillary or terminal sparingly flowered lax a little shorter 
than the leaves, bracts very narrow lanceolate acute. Calyx fulvous strigose the segments acute unequal lanceolate, the two inner ones 
much smaller, the lower one entire or minutely bifid, corol white or pale purple narrow infundibuliform 3 inches long the lobes a little 
shorter than the tube, stamens 2 long and fertile and 3 very short and effete, filaments ovary and style glabrous. Anders, in Thiv. En. 
PI. Zey. p. 230. 
Ceylon, central provinces and in the Saffragram districts up to 5000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CCLXIII. 
BaRLERIA NUTANS. (Nees.) Stem shrubby, leaves elliptic acuminate, glabrous and shining lineolate, 5-7 inches long by 
about 2 inches broad, petioles 1-1 \ inches long. Spikes axillary and terminal as long or longer than the leaves naked below glanduloso- 
hirsute, bracts and bracteoles small linear acute, calyx divisions lanceolate acute the upper one longer than the others 5-nerved, the lower 
one bifid at the apex, the 2 lateral ones narrow, flowers 1 inch long bluish-purple, stamens 2 long and fertile 2 very short and effete, 
filaments and apex of the ovary a little hairy. Nees in PC. xi. 227. 
Ceylon, central provinces, 1000-3000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CCLXIV. 
GyMNOSTACHYUM CeYLANICUM. (Amt. and Nees.) Stems pubescent 1-3 inches long rooting between the leaves, 
leaves spathulate to oblong or oval often decurrent down the petiole obtuse or subacute, 4-6 iuches long by l|-2 broad cano-pubescent 
beneath lineolate above, panicles terminal 6-10 inches long pubescent, flowers fascicled, calyx and corol pubescent, calycine segments 
subulate, corol 8-9 lines long the tube pale purple the limb greenish yellow, anthers white ecalcarate, filaments at the base and ovary 
a little hairy, capsule 5 lines long tetragonal 12 -seeded. PC. Prod, xi, 93. 
Ceylon, shady places in the hot drier parts of the island. 
PLATE No. CCLXV. 
