Ecbolium. | XCVIII. ACANTHACEH (CLARKE). 237 
diam., containing 2 thin discoid margined slightly rough seeds.—Boiss. 
F). Or. iv. 526; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 544; 
Schweinf. & Volkens, Liste Pl. Somalis, 17; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 338, Fig. 135, G, and in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 
371. Justicia Ecbolium, Linn. Sp. Plant. 15; Bot. Mag. t. 1847; Wight, 
Ic. t. 463; Nees in DO. Prod. xi. 426; Solms-Laub. in Schweinf. Beitr. 
Fl. Aethiop. 111. Hranthemum Ecbolium, T. Anders. in Thwaites, Enum. 
Pl. Zeyl. 235. 
Nile Land. Nubia: coast region, 3000-4000 ft., Bent! between Suakin and 
Berber ; Singat, Schweinfurth, 277! and near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 127! Eritrea: 
Massowa, Hildebrandt, 724! Schweinfurth & Riva, 110! 210! Habab, 6000 ft., 
Hildebrandt, 465! Abyssinia: Wadi Togodele, Ehrenberg! and without precise 
locality, Salt! Somaliland ; Ahl Mountains, 5000 ft., Hildebrandt, 860! Dauadid 
Torrent, Ghika! British East Africa: Ukamba, Machakos, Scott-Elliot, 6737! 
Taita ; Maungu Mountain, Scott-Elliot, 6163 ! Lamu Island, Kirk / 
Also in Arabia and India. 
This plant, from the linear corolla-tube, stamens, and leaves, has been often sorted 
into Eranthemum, from which its large bracts should readily distinguish it. 
2. E. amplexicaule, §. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1894, 136. Leaves 
5 in. long, sessile, amplexicaul, panduriform-oblanceolate, obtuse, 
glabrous. Anthers very shortly mucronate at the base. Capsule 
pubescent ; otherwise as ZH. linneanwm.—Lindau in Engl. Pfl. Ost- 
Afr. C. 371. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Sabaki River, 1300 ft., Gregory! Teita- 
Wanga, Fischer, 489 ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda, Welwitsch, 5203! 5124! Ambriz, Mon- 
teiro ! 
3. E. auriculatum, (. B. Clarke. Leaves up to 4} by 1 in, 
lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, hairy on both surfaces, subsessile, 
auriculate, 1-} in. wide at the base. Corolla-tube 14 in. long, linear to 
the top; lobes % in. long; otherwise as Z. linneanum. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Maramo, Stuhlmann, 6987! Usambara, 
Hoist, 6084! and without precise locality, Hannington ! 
4. E. subcordatum, C. B. Clarke. Leaves up to 3 by 14 in,, 
subsessile, hairy on both surfaces, base broad, truncate or subcordate. 
Spike and bracts as of F. linneanum, but more hairy. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba (?) Gregory! Duruma, Hildebrandt, 
2318 ! 
5. E. parvibracteatum, [Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1897, 379. Leaves 
up to 5 by 21 in., ovate, hairy on both faces, tip shortly acute, base 
obtuse. Petiole } in. long, closely white-pubescent. Spike 14-2} in. 
long, rather dense; bracts 3-1 in. long, elliptic or oblong; shorter than 
the calyx. Corolla and capsule as of ZL. linneanum. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Waggar Mountains, Mrs, Lort-Phillips! 
