STROBILAN'THES SABINIA'NA 
MR. SABINE'S STROBILANTHES. 
EXOGENiS 
OR 
DICOTYLEDONE^. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ACANTHACEAE 
COROLLIFOPffi, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
DIDTNAMIA 
AXGIOSPERMIA 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 208 
GENUS. Strobtl.anthes. Bltjme. Calyx quinquepartitus, laciniis her- 
baceis. Corolla bypogyna, infundibaliformis, tubo sensim transeunte in lim- 
bum, campanulatuin, qiiinquefidum, laciniis sequalibus vel subseqnalibus, obtu- 
sis vel emarginatis. Stamina quatuor, corollae tubo inserta, inclusa, didyna- 
ma; antberiie biloculares, loculis parallelis. Stylus simplex; stigma subula- 
turn,incurvum vel involutiim. Ovarium bilocnlare,loculis biovulatis. Capsula 
subnnguiculata, tetragono-columnaris, bilocularis, tetrasperma, loculicide bival- 
vis valvis medio septiferis, vel dissepimento soluto, Semina discoidea, angnlata, 
retinaeulis uneinatis subtensa. Frutices vel rarius herboe, in Asia tropica 
crescentes; foliis oppositis, spicis axillaribus vel terminalibus, plus minus 
densis,bracteis foliaceis, vel foliaceo-membranaceis, persistentibus vel caducis, 
bracteolis parvis vel rarius nullis, floribus majusculis, cteruleis vel albis. 
Endlicher : Genera Plantarum, p. 700. 
SPECIES. Strobilanthes Sabintana {Nees) Foliis ovatis aeuminatis 
in petiolum attenuatis repando-suberenatis glabris, opposite minore, summis 
cordatis amplexicaulibiis, spieis axillaribus terminalibusqiie laxiusciilis visci- 
do-pubescentibiis, bracteis orbieulatis basi euneiformibus. 
Character of the Genus, Strobilanthes. Calyx five-parted, 
segments herbaceous. Corolla hypogynous, funnel-shaped, the 
tube gradually dilating into the campanulate limb, which is five-cleft, 
with the segments equal or unec^ual, obtuse or emarginate. Stamens 
four, inserted into the tube of the corolla, included, didynamous; an¬ 
thers two-celled, cells parallel. Style simple : stigma subulate, incur¬ 
ved or involute. Ovary two-celled, each cell containing two ovules. 
Capsule subunguiculate, forming a four-cornered column, two-celled, 
four-seeded, splitting by a loculicidal dehiscence into two valves, the 
valves being either septiferous in the centre or the dissepiments alto¬ 
gether detached. Seeds disk-shaped, angular, stretched by hooks. 
Description of the Species, Strobilanthes Sabintana. Stem 
two or three feet high, smooth and roundish, woody below, above 
branched, branches square and herbaceous. Leaves opposite, one of 
each pair invariably smaller than the opposite leaf, of a deep green on 
the upper surface, purple below; the lower leaves eight or nine inches 
long, from three inches to three and a quarter broad, with seven or 
