400 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ebermaiera. 
Capsule X in.—T. Anderson l.c. describes one of the bracts as at the same time 
1-nerved and 3-nerved, but he subsequently himself separated in the Herbarium his 
E. macrophylla. 
16. E. macrophylla, T. Anders. in Herb. Kew; stem hardly any, 
leaves short-petioled obovate-oblong obtuse minutely closely pubescent on 
the surface above and on the nerves beneath, peduncle simple or branched, 
racemes slender pubescent, bracts and bracteoles small spathulate-elliptic 
herbaceous pubescent. E. Helferi, 7! Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 452, 
in part.—Ebermaiera, Wall, Cat. 9086. 
Lower Burma; Chappedong, Wallich; Moulmein, Parish, Lobb. | . 
Stem 1-3 in., stout, villous. Leaves 7 by 4 in., base broadly rhomboid ; petiole 
1-3 in. Peduncles X in.; spikes 3 in.; bracts 1-1 in.; pedicels yg in.; bracteoles 
$-] in., resembling the bracts, unequal. Sepals } in., linear, scarcely acute, pubescent. 
Corolla X in., glabrous or nearly so.—Exceedingly near E. Helferi, but the bracts and 
bracteoles are much smaller, not white membranous nervose. 
17. E. Griffithiana, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 452; stem 
short, leaves petioled elliptic rounded at both ends minutely closely pubescent 
above, racemes elongate panicled, bracts elliptic pubescent, sepals 3-3 m. 
linear. Erythracanthus Griffithianus, Mees in DC. Prodr. xi. 78. E. 
obtusus, Wight Ic. t. 1491, not of Nees. 
Matacca; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6078). . t 
Stem 3-6 in., herbaceous, branched, pubescent. Leaves 5 by 3 Ms pubesceh . 
beneath or finally on the nerves only; petiole }—1} in. Peduncles 1-2 in., reddis ; 
racemes up to 5 in.; bracts j by lin., hardly acute ; pedicels 0-] in. ; bracteoles 
4 by 2 in., similar to the bracts. Sepals subequal, narrowly linear, somewhat striate 
longitudinally. Capsule } in. 
18. E. elongata, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 721; leaves oblong acute at 
both ends punctate obscurely pubescent above, racemes elongate lax, 
bracts linear-lanceolate, sepals 4 in. almost equal sublinear pubescent. 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 452. Adenosma elongatum, Blu’ 
Bid. 757.  Erythracanthus elongatus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xt 78, 
excluding Var. B. 
PENANG; Wallich (fide T. Anderson).—DistRis. Java. th 
Stem 6 in., erect, pubescent. Leaves 6 by 2 in., obscurely pubescent beneath, 
herbaceous, concolorous or nearly so, nerves beneath inconspicuous ; petiole 1-24 d: 
Raceme 10 in., branched near the base; bracts j by j; in., acuminate, scarcely pico 
pedicels 0-4 in.; bracteoles 3 in., linear. Corolla 4-4 in., minutely pubescent we ! 
out. Capsule nearly j in.—The example from Java marked E. subpaniculata, Hass € 
is E. elongata, Nees ; but it may perhaps be wrongly named, as the description 9 
Hasskarl (in Retzia, 77) says inter alia that the leaves of Æ. subpaniculata are mostly 
alternate, much whitened beneath. 
19. E. lasiobotrys, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 721; stem erect sub- 
tomentose upwards, leaves narrowly elliptic cuneate at both ends glabrate 
above, racemes elongate very lax, bract filiform very small, sepals 4 1n- 
linear with patent white hairs to the tips on all sides. Wall. Cat. 9085; 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 459. 
LowER BURMA; Cbappedong Hills, Wallich ; Mergui, Griffith ; Moulmein, 
Falconer; Tavoy, Parish. 
Stem decumbent, rooting, then 6-15 in. erect. Leaves 5} by 2 in. (usually 
smaller), mature glabrous minutely pubescent on the nerves beneath ; petiole id m. 
Panicles 6-12 in., straggling; racemes 2-5 in., lower flowers distant; bracts g-gn. 
