Eranthemum.] CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 497 
XXVI. ERANTHEMUM, Linn. 
Stamens 2 fertile, 2 rudimentary or0. Ovary often glabrous. Otherwise 
as Asystasia.—Species 30, tropics of both hemispheres. 
E. diantherum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i.112, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 108, and E. racemosum, 
Roxb. l. c. 113, Wall. l. c. 107, DC. Prodr. xi. 455, came from the Moluceas.— 
E. semperflorens, Roth Nov. Sp. 2, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 458, came from Mar- 
tinique, nor is there reason from Roth’s account to believe it otherwise than cultivated 
by Heyne.—Justicia sp., Griff. Ic. Pl. As. t. 426 (Kew ‘Distrib. n. 6177), is a fine 
Eranthemum, collected in Ava, outside the bounds of British India. 
* Corolla tubular-ventricose. 
l. E. indicum, Clarke; leaves lanceolate or subovate acuminate at 
both ends glabrous, racemes dense puberulous or glabrate, corolla 1j in. 
white abundantly purple-veined.  Thyrsacanthus indicus, Nees in DC. 
P rodr. ix. 325. Asystasia thyrsacanthus, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
ix. 525. 
SIKKIM and Buoray, alt. 1-50C0 ft., frequent; H. f. & T., &c. ASSAM, in the 
lower hills; Kmasra and JArNTEA Mrs., alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent. ; 
A diffuse undershrub, 1-4 ft. — Leaves 7 by 21in.; nerves 5-7 pair; petiole 1-3 in. 
Racemes 1-5 in.; lower pedicels O-] in.; bracts 4—4 in., linear. Sepals 3 in., linear- 
lanceolate, glabrous or puberulous. Corolla distinctly 2-lipped, upper lip subentire 
emarginate galeate, lower 3-fid, middle lobe the widest. Filaments and style minutely 
airy. Capsule 1] in., base long, cylindric, solid. Seeds i in., orbicular, tubercled, 
rugose, glabrous.— It is difficult to give a reason why this is not a Z'Ayrsacanthus, ex- 
cept that it is not American; the curved subgaleate corolla does not agree well either 
With Asystasia or Eranthemum. 
** Corolla-tube linea r-cylindric, often very narrow. 
2. E. crenulatum, Lindi. in Bot. Reg. t. 879, not of Nees; leaves 
lanceolate or elliptic acuminate at both ends, racemes slender glabrous or 
puberulous, flowers solitary, corolla pale purple or lilac tube 3 in. slender 
narrowly funnel-shaped upwards, ovary glabrous. 
KnuasrA TERAT, alt. 0-2000 ft., frequent; Wallich, H. f. & T., &c. 
. Perennial ; 18 in., glabrous. Leaves 6} by 2 in. undulate-crenate ; nerves 8 
Pair; petiole j in. Racemes in a terminal panicle with curved drooping slender 
ranches ; bracts i in. linear-lanceolate ; pedicels 0-1 in. Sepals à in., sublinear, 
glabrous or puberulous. Corolla-limb obscurely 2-lipped, j in. diam, Stamens 2, 
subincluded, Capsule 3 in.; cylindric base} in. Seeds à ım., rugose, glabrous.— 
sindley’s picture is excellent, but shows a small example in young flower; the panicle 
1$ often 8-12 in. diam., the flowers becoming distant on the branches. The species 
has been quite lost sight of by Nees and T. Anderson, Hooker’s examples having 
(probably trom the short corolla) been referred to Codonacanthus. 
3. E. malabaricum, C/arke; leaves elliptic or ovate narrowed at 
both ends glabrous, spikes glabrous or puberulous, corolla white or yellowish 
tube 1-1i in., ovary glabrous. E. crenulatum, Wall. Cat. 2491; Dalz. & 
Gibs. Bomb. FI. 195; T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum, 235, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 593, chiefly. Justicia latifolia, Vahl Symb. ii. 4? . 
(C v Drcoaw PENINSULA, frequent; Wight, Hohenacker. CEYLON; Thwaites 
: Bsn, 1979). . 
, Suffrutescent, 2 ft. high. Leaves 5 by 2}.in., undulate-crenulate, minutely 
ineolate on both surfaces, nerves 6-7 pair; petiole j in. Spikes 4-9 in.; lowest 
Pedicels obsolete in fruit; bracts } in. linear-lanceowte. Sepals è in., sublinear, 
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