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102 BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS OF KASHMIR [Plate 50
Locality. Gulmarg, in damp forests, about 8,500 ft., not
common ; Banehal, 6,000 ft.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, 6,000-9,000 ft., Siberia,
Europe.
Pig. 2.
ACANTHAGEAE.
A species of Acanthaceae.
Locality. Sind Valley ;
Nil Nag.
STROBILANTHES, Blame.
(From the Greek strobilos, a fir-cone, and anthos, a flower, alluding
to the appearance of the inflorescence whilst still in bud.)
I. Bracts falling off before the flowers
open.
1. Leaves stalked, heart-shaped
... S. alatus.
2. Leaves nearly stalkless or tapering
into a winged stalk S. Dalhousianus.
II. Bracts persistent.
1. Stems rounded. Tube of corolla
cylindric in the lower half ... S. glntinosus.
2. Stems 4 -angled or deeply furrowed.
Tube of corolla cylindric at the
base only ... ... ... ... S. atropurpureus.
Pig. 3. Strobilanthes alatus, Nees. (Including S. angustifrons,
C. B. Clarke, in the " Flora of British
India.")
(Alatus means winged, alluding to the winged
leaf -stalks.)
Stems 2-4 ft. high, slightly hairy. Leaves hairy, mostly
long-stalked, heart-shaped, sharply toothed, long-pointed, 2^-9
by If-4 in. ;
stalks winged, at least near the top. Flowers dark
blue, forming glandular-hairy, usually panicled spikes. Bracts
small, narrowly oblong, falling off before the flowers open.
Calyx: 5-parted, glandular-hairy segments linear. Corolla
;
li in. long, tube curved, gradually widening from near the
base, bulging in the middle, limb f in. across. Stamens 4.
Style-tip linear. Ovules 2 in each cell.
Flowers. July to October. Flowers every year.
Locality. Below Gulmarg, woods and shady nalas, above
7,000 ft., common; Ganderbal.
Distribution. W. Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon
6,000-10,000 ft., Afghanistan.