Tas. 4225. 
ERANTHEMUM atpsirtorvum. 
White-flowered Eranthemum 
Nat. Ord. AcANTHACE®.—D1ANpDRIA MonoGyNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-fidus, eequalis. Corolla hypocrateriformis, v. elongato- 
infundibuliformis, ¢#bo longo gracili, dimbo subeequali. Stamina duo fertilia circa 
os tubi adnata, longe decurrentia; duo sterilia brevissima, filamentis longiorum 
basi connexa; in speciebus nonnullis anomalis hec rudimenta omnino desunt. 
Anthere exsertz, bilocellate, mutice, locellis parallelis contiguis, texture densioris. 
Capsula inferne compressa, valvulis contiguis, asperma ; superne bilocularis tetras- 
perma. Dissepimentum adnatum. Semina discoidea, retinaculis suffulta. In- 
florescentia spicata, bracteis communibus majoribus aut minoribus bracteolis omnium 
parvis oppositis. Nees. 
ERANTHEMUM albiflorum ; fruticosum glabrum, ramis teretibus, foliis oppositis 
sessilibus obovato-oblongis brevi-acuminatis subpanduriformibus, racemis 
terminalibus erectis elongatis multifloris, pedicellis brevissimis minute brac- 
teatis, calyce nudo parvo 5-fido, corolle (albze) tubo curvato superne inflato 
calyce 4-plo longiore, limbi laciniis ovalibus obtusis subeequalibus plicato- 
striatis. 
We are so accustomed to the bright blue of the flowers of an 
Lranthemum, that it is not easy at first sight to persuade oneself 
that the present plant is of that genus, with its long almost vir- 
gate racemes of snow-white flowers: yet a nearer inspection 
will show that it has all the essential characters of it. The 
fertile stamens, it is true, are not exserted; but neither are 
they in 2. montanum, an acknowledged species of Eranthemum. 
It was raised from seed from Bahia, by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, 
and Co., of Exeter, and by them kindly sent for the pages of this 
Magazine in November, 1845. Its foliage is large and handsome, 
dark-green, and its long spikes or racemes of pure white blossoms 
render the plant a pretty, though not a gaily-coloured object. It 
is cultivated in the stove. 
Descr. A shrub, about two and a half feet high, with rounded 
or slightly striated stems, and opposite ascending branches. Leaves 
large (especially the lower ones), handsome, full deep-green, 
opposite, sessile, obovato-oblong, entire, shortly acuminated, 
penninerved, obtuse at the base, and a little contracted above 
APRIL Ist, 1846. bod 2c 
