879 
ERANTHEMUM crenulatum. 
Crenulate Eranthemum. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. Old. ACANTHACE^. 
ERANTHEMUM. V. supra, vol. 10. fol 867. 
£. crenulatum: auffmtidtatm erectum glaberrwiiuii, foliis ovmto-laoeeo- 
latis acuminatis obsolete crennlatis, spici Terticillatft niid4 tenniuiK. 
£. creoalatam. Wall.inUtt. 
Suffrutex l-l^-pedaUtf undique glabeirimus, erectu$t ramis teretibtu. 
Folia petiolata, ovato4anceolata, obsolete crenulata, acuminata, glabra, supra 
atro^viridia, subtus pallida. Spica terminalis, e7rcta,Jloribus in verticillis 
nudiusculis, distantibus, dispositis; verticillo inferiore foliis '1 parvis brac- 
teato. Flores pallida lilacini. Calyx et bracteiv vix ullam pat tern corolla 
tegentes. Corolla hypocraterijormis, tubo gracili, arcuato, clavato, lacinii* 
subaqualibut, ovatit^ planis feretriplo longiore. Stamina itubua. 
This pretty little species of Eranthemum was sent to 
England in 1824, by Dr. Wallicb, under the name we have 
adopted ; and a living plant was presented by the Honour- 
able Court of Directors of the East India Company, to the 
Horticaltiiral Society ; in whose garden, at Chiswick, oar « 
figure was taken in October last. 
It appears distinct from any of the species described in 
the Flora Indica, and is, we believe, a native of Sylhet. In 
this couDtry it flowers, in the stove, during the wioter 
months ; and is propagated by cuttings. 
An erect under-shrub, from a foot to a foot and half 
high, with round branches. Leaves stalked, ovate-lanceo- 
late, obsoletely crenulate, acuminate, smooth; above dark- 
green, beneath paler. Spikes terminal, erect, with the 
flowers disposed in nearly naked distant whorls; the lowest 
whorl being subtended by two small leaves. Flowers pale 
lilac. Calyx and bractetB scarcely covering any part of the 
corolla. Corolla hypocrateriform, with a slender, bowed, 
clavate tube, nearly three times as long as the almost equal, 
ovate, flat segments. Stamens included. 
J. L. 
