398 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Ebermaiera, 
pubescent hardly ciliate, calyx ciliate shorter than the bract, corolla 4 in. 
and upwards. Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 76; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, 
pt. ii. 78. E. argentea, Nees l. c.; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
451. Adenosma lanceolatum, Blume Bijd. 757. Staurogyne, Wall. Cat. 
7489. 
PENANG; Wallich. Maracca; Griffith. TENASSERIM (or Andamans), Helfer 
(Kew Distrib. n. 6077).—DisTRIB. Java. 
Stems 3-6 in., base almost woody, pubescent. Leaves 3 by $ in., narrowed to an 
obtuse apex, entire, sinuate, pubescent on the nerves beneath, and sometimes also 
slightly on the lamina; petiole 4-3 in. Spikes 2 in., dense; bracts $ in. not aris- 
tate; bracteoles 1 in., narrow-lanceolate, ciliate. Sepals 4, 4 in. linear; the fifth 
slightly longer and broader ; all prominently ciliate. Capsule } in. 
9. E. Staurogyne, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi 75; stem decumbent 
short, leaves narrowly elliptic whitened beneath, spikes short cylindric or 
capitate, bracts lanceolate 3-nerved long-aristate pubescent not ciliate, 
corolla 4 in. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 451, excl. all syn. Stauro- 
gyne argentea, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 80, t. 186, and Cat. 4905. 
Kuasra HiLLs up to 3000 ft. alt., and N. SILHET, frequent ; Wallich, Griffith, 
H. f. & T., &e. 
Stems 3-8 in., pubescent, prostrate, rooting, base almost woody. Leaves 4 by 
1j iu., subobtuse, base rounded or cuneate, entire, glabrous, nerves beneath prominent 
puberulous ; petiole 3-14 in. Spikes 4-2 in.; bracts 4 in. with awns 3 in.; bracteoles 
4 in., linear, awns 1 in. Sepals 4 in., linear, awns 4 in. Corolla purple with rose 
marks, Style bifid, lower lobe 2-partite. Capsule à in. 
10. E. angustifolia, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 451, exel. 
many syn.; stem decumbent short, leaves narrowly elliptic somewhat whiter 
beneath, spikes short cylindric or capitate, bracts lanceolate 3-nerved long- 
awned pubescent ciliate, awns of the bracteoles and sepals without hairs 
or cilia. E. Staurogyne 8 angustifolia, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 79. Stauro- 
gyne angustifolia, Wall. Cat. 4906. 
CHITTAGONG, alt. 0-1000 ft., frequent; H. f. 4 T., &c. PEGU; J. Scot. 
MOULMRIN ; Griffith. | RaNeooN; AM*Lelland.  TkNassERIM; King’s Island, 
elfer. 
Very near E. S/aurogyne; but the long white cilia on the margin of the lanceo- 
late portion of the bracts and bracteoles at flower-time give the heads a different 
aspect. The characters drawn from the breadth of the leaves and the cuneation 9 
their bases fail ; and Mr. Bentham has noted the species as perhaps only a var. of E. 
Staurogyne. T. Anderson has variously marked it, E. Staurogyne, setigera, angusti- 
folia, and aristata. The awns of the bracteoles and sepals have very minute white 
adpressed bristles. 
ll. E. setigera, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 76; stems short branched, 
leaves short-petioled narrowly elliptic, spikes capitate, bracts almost linear, 
bracteoles and sepals subulate hairy nearly to their tip with patent long 
tawny hairs from bulbous bases, corolla Jin. and upwards. 7. Anders. m 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 451. E. trichocephala, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 774. 
MALACCA; Cuming.—Disrris. Sumatra, Borneo. 
Stem 3-6 in., pubescent. Leaves 2 by 3 in., cuneate, subobtuse at both ends, 
glabrous above, puberulous whiter beneath; petiole 3-3} in. Spikes }-1 in.; bracts 
}- in., linear, long-attenuate, subulate, scarcely awned, herbaceous not nervose (as 
in the two preceding species); bracteoles similar, but rather shorter. Sepals à m» 
linear-subulate, hardly aristate. ` Capsule 4 in. ; bracteoles and sepals less stellate in 
fruit than in E. angustifolia.—E. trichocephala, Miq., is referred by Kurz (Journ. 
As, Soc. 1870, pt. ii. 78) to E. lanceolata, and by T. Anderson (Journ. Linn. Soc. 
