Ebermaiera.] CIX. ACANTHACEE, (C. B. Clarke.) 399 
ix. 451) to E. Staurogyne; but from the description and habitat is surely Z. 
setigera. 
i2. E. longifolia, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 76; leaves long-petioled 
lanceolate, spikes cylindric softly hairy, lower flowers somewhat pedicelled, 
bracts narrow-lanceolate attenuate  subulate herbaceous hairy below 
minntely pubescent upwards, corolla 3-3 in. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
Xx. 45]. 
Maracca; Grifith (Kew Distrib. n. 6079), Cuming. 
Branches 3-8 in., divided, pubescent; innovations white-silky, subtomentose. 
Leaves 5 by 14 in., narrowed to both ends, subobtuse, base cuneate, subentire, sinuate, 
glabrous above, puberulous whiter beneath ; petiole 3-2 in, Spikes 1-23 in.; lower 
pedicels often d in.; bracts % in. ; bracteoles similar but rather narrower and shorter. 
Sepals 4 in., very like the bracteoles. Capsule 4 in., rather broader than in the pre- 
ceding species. 
13. E. axillaris, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 80, and in DC. 
Prodr. xi. 75; branches almost woody, leaves elliptic narrowed at both 
ends minutely punctate above, spikes cylindric drooping very hairy, bracts 
lanceolate acuminate hairy, corolla 4 in. very hairy without. P. Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 459. ' Ruellia? comosa, Wall. Cat. 2414. 
PENANG; Wallich. 
Leaves 6 by 11-23 in., subobtuse, base cuneate, nearly entire, glabrous, pubescent 
on the nerves beneath ; petiole 1-1 in. Spikes 2-4 in., dense, several among the 
penultimate leaves on the branch; bracts 4 in., flaccid; pedicels hardly any ; 
bracteoles resembling the bracts, but narrower and rather shorter. Sepals żin., 
linear-lanceolate, acuminate, softly hairy. Capsule § in. 
** Lower flowers of the racemes more or less distinctly pedicelled, racemes 
often panicled, sepals X in. or more not very unequal. 
14. E. Simonsii, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 451; leaves large 
elliptic narrowed at both ends, racemes panicled white-hairy, bracts linear, 
Sepals linear covered to the tips on all sides with glistening white hairs, 
corolla à in. 
KnasrA Hrrrs; Bor Pani, alt. 2500 ft., Simons. . 
Stems 6 in., stout, woody, branched, villous upwards. Leaves 8 by 34 in., sub- 
obtuse, base cuneate, nearly entire, sparsely hairy or finally glabrate above, glabrous, 
paler beneath, puberulous on the nerves; petiole 1-2 in. Racemes dense, sparingly 
branched or laxly paniculate, 1-4 in.; bracts À in., very narrowly linear, obtuse; 
pedicels often 4 in. ; bracteoles 1-4 in., narrowly linear. Sepals nearly i in., two of 
them somewhat shorter. Corolla nearly glabrous without. Capsule } in. 
15. E. Helferi, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn, Soc. ix. 452, chiefly; stem 
short stout, leaves obovate-oblong closely minutely pubescent on the surface 
above and the nerves beneath, peduncles bearing 1 or several racemes, bracts 
petioled elliptic obtuse whitened membranous nearly glabrous, sepals linear 
obtuse near y glabrous. 
B TENASSERIM; Attaran, Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6075). Preu; Thoungyun, 
randis. 
Stem 4 in., villous, simple. Leaves 9 by 5 in., obtuse, base attenuated, somewhat 
whitened beneath ; petioie {-Lin. Peduncles 1-5 from the penultimate axils, 1-3 in., 
reddish, minutely pubescent. Racemes 1-3 in., somewhat dense; bracts à by 1 in., 
nervose ; pedicels sometimes $—¢ in.; bracteoles 3 in., narrowly oblong, resembling 
the bract, upper shorter and narrower. Sepals 4, i in., of which 2 rather shorter; 
the fifth rather longer, twice as broad, 3-nerved. Corolla } in., glabrous or nearly so. 
