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Angiosperm Flora of India

Strobilanthes lamiifolia T.Anderson

T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 476, partly ; leaves ovate acute nearly glabrous, young heads strobilate, bracts ovate acute scarcely pubescent, bracteoles oblong about as long as the calyx, corolla 1.1/4-1.1/2 in. nearly glabrous. Ruellia rotundifolia, Don Prodr. 120. R. lamiifolia, Wall. Cat. 2347. Goldfussia lamiifolia, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 88, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 172.

NEPAL ; Wallich.

Stems 15 in., flexuose, glabrous. Leaves 2 by 1.1/4 in., base rounded or shortly acumi¬nate, serrate, minutely pubescent on the nerves beneath, lineolate on the upper surface ; nerves 6-7 pair ; petiole 1/3 in. Spikes peduncled, mostly solitary, 1 in. in flower scarcely 2 in. not interrupted in fruit ; bracts 1/2 in. ; bracteoles 1/3 in., caducous. Calyx 1/3 in., in fruit 1/2 in., divided nearly to the base ; segments linear-lanceolate, pubescent. Corolla purple (Nees). Capsule 1/2 in., pubescent, 4-seeded. Seeds 1/8 in., ovate, silky ; areoles hardly any.

BookTaxonWithAuth: 
Strobilanthes lamiifolia T.Anderson
BookAuthor: 
J.D.Hooker
Book: 
The Flora of British India
Publisher: 
State For India In Council.
BookVolNo: 
4
BookPage: 
463
BookYear: 
1885
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