420 CIX. ACANTHACEX, (C. B. Clarke.) [Deedalacanthus. 
Var. Neesii; leaves ovate acuminate not lineolate, nerves much raised beneath 
scabrous, spikes short dense, bracts ciliate. —AssAM ? 
8. D. tetragonus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 488; leaves 
lanceolate acuminate at both ends glabrous densely lineolate, spikes solitary 
short-peduncled oblong very dense, bracts elliptic green long-ciliate, corolla 
1} in. pale blue. . Eranthemum tetragonum, Wall. Cat. 7180; Nees in 
Wail. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 106, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 447. 
British Bursa, Wallich; Moulmein, Parish; Thoungyen Hills, Beddome; 
Beeling Forest, Brandis. . 
Branches upwards slender, quadrangular, nearly glabrous. Leaves 7j by li in. 
much attenuate, subentire; nerves 7-8 pair; petiole 1 in. Spikes 2 in., hairy ; 
bracts $ by 4 in., subobtuse. Calyx and bracteoles as of D. nervosus. Corolla-tube 
glabrous; mouth 2-1 in. Anthers not exserted. Capsule 4in.; solid narrowed base 
scarcely } in.—Not nearly allied to Eranthemum salaccense (Blume Bijd. 792), as 
T. anderson supposed ; Kurz erroneously reduced it thereto in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, 
pt. ii. p. 78. 
.9. D. suffruticosus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 488; leaves 
elliptie narrowed at both ends glabrate not lineolate, spikes short dense 
nearly glabrous, bracts obovate nervose not whitened, corolla 14 1n. pale 
blue. Eranthemum suffruticosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 111; Nees in Wall. 
Pl. As. Rar. ii. 107, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 448. E. barlerioides, Roxb. 
Fil. Ind. i. 113. E.amoenum, Ham. ms. 
ANDAMANS ; Herb. Hamilton, Kurz. . 
Nearly glabrous; branches leafy, obscurely tetragonous. Leaves 6 by 21 in., 
undulate; nerves 6 pair; petiole $ in. Spikes 1-13 in., terminal, solitary, dense 
with (in Roxburgh's drawing) sometimes a few straggling flowers at the base ; bracts 
3 in., obtuse with a short mucro, glabrous; nerves prominent beneath ; bracteoles iin. 
linear-lanceolate. Calyx à in., divided half-way down; lobes linear-lanceolate. 
Corolla-tube glabrous ; mouth 3 in. diam. Anthers included.— E. barlericides, some- 
what doubtfully referred here by T. Anderson, is merely one of the cases where 
Roxbargh changed tbe name of a species, and his editors Wallich and Carey printed 
the description twice over. 
10. D. microstachyus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 488; 
leaves elliptic narrowed at both ends glabrate, flowers remote sessile panicled, 
bracts small none imbricate, corolla 14 in. purple. 
MOULMEIN; Lobb. 
A herb, 2-3 ft., with large basal leaves, sparingly leafy upwards, habit of D. 
strictus. Leaves 8 by 3 in., base attenuate or rounded, subentire, obscurely or nos 
lineolate; nerves 10 pair; petiole O-1 in. Panicle large, compound, trichotomous, 
glandular-pubescent, branches quadrangular; bracts ł in., ovate or elliptic ; bracteoles 
$ in., oblong. Calyx | in., deeply divided, green; lobes linear, viscid-pubescent. 
Corolla-mouth 14 in. diam. _Anthers included. Ovary and style somewhat glandular- 
pubescent. Capsule 3 in., acute ; solid cylindric base longer than the-seed-bearing 
part.— Though the shortened bracts give this so different an aspect, the species appears 
very closely allied to D. strictus. 
11. D. purpurascens, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 488; leaves 
ovate acuminate upper often rounded at the base, spikes solitary oblong 
very dense, bracts ovate much acuminate nervose ciliate. Justicia pulchella, 
Roxb. Cor. Pl. ii. 41, t. 177. Eranthemum pulchellum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 
111, not of Andr. E. purpurascens, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 106, 
and in DC. Prodr. xi. 447. E. montanum, Wall. Cat. 2492, partiy. E. 
