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ERANTHEMUM strictum. 0 
Upright Eranthemum. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
fat. ord. ACANTHACEE. 
val. 5-partitus, cequalis. Cor. hypocrateriformis, limbo 5-partito, 
wquali, v. parumirregulari. Stamina 2, antherifera, exserta. Anther« lo- 
culis parallelis, mutieis. Filamenta 2, sterilia. Ovarii loculi 2-spermi. 
Capsule valvula naviculares, dissepimento adnato. Semina retinaculis sub- 
tensa, — Herb: v. Frutices, inflorescentiá variá. Brown prodr. 1. 476. 
E. strictum; suffruticosum, erectum, pubescens, ramis simplicibus decus- 
satis, foliis lanceolatis obscurê crenulatis, spicis terminalibus elongatis, 
bracteis oppositis quaternis remotis unifloris. Roxb. FL ind. 1. 114. 
Frutex 4-5 pedalis, subpubescens. Caulis teretiusculus, ramulis remotis 
oppositis, tetragonis. Folia 4-uncialia, longa, utrinque acuta, marginibus 
subcrenulatis, glabra, nitida ; supra cesta, subtus pallida, venis prominen- 
tibus, hirsutis, reticulatis. Petioli unciales, supra depressi, lamina folii 
decurrente marginati. Spice solitarie, erecte, 1-2 pedales. Rachis acute 
tetragona, ferè A-alata. Flores magni, atro cerulei, oppositi, paribus al- 
ternis, demum distantibus. Bractee appresse, imbricate, cuneato-lanceo- 
late, atro-virides, acute, ciliate, circa unam unciam longe; interiores 
minime, vir sepalis longiores, lineares, pubescentes. Corolle tubus, graci- 
lis, pubescens, versus apicem clavatus, bracteá exteriore fere duplo longior ; 
lobis obovatis, truncatis, planis, patentibus, subtüs valde pallidis. Inter fila- 
menta, 2 stamina abortiva. Anthere in fauce corolle, loculis parallelis. 
Roxb. l. c. ex angl. vers. 
For this species of Eranthemum, which is quite new to 
our gardens, we are obliged to John Slater, Esq. of Newick 
Park, near Uckfield, by whom it was raised from Nepal 
seeds. 
It is a pretty greenhouse species, easily cultivated, and 
to be propagated by cuttings. There are many other 
species in the East Indies, all of which are remarkable for 
their beauty, but of which only this, Eranthemum pulchel- 
lum, and another species, E. crenulatum (Wall. MSS.) 
which we shall soon take occasion to publish, are yet 
known in our gardens. 
A small shrub of about four or five feet in height, 
slightly covered with short hair. Stem almost round, joint- 
ed, sending forth four-sided slender branches in remote 
