Tas, 5957. 
EXANTHEMUM patatirervm. 
Native of Sithet. 
Nat. Ord. AcanrHacez.—Tribe, EranTHEMEs, 
Genus, Eranruemum, L. ; (Nees in A. DC. Prodr., vol. ii. p. 445). 
Erantuemum palatiferum ; glabrum vy. puberulum, ramulis teretibus, foliis 
lanceolatis obtuse acuminatis integerrimis v. subcrenatis glabris, 
racemis (spicisve) terminalibus basi compositis recurvato-patentibus 
multifloris, floribus fasciculatis sessilibus secundis, bracteis subulatis 
calycisque segmentis linearibus glanduloso-pubescentibus, corolla 
lilacina v. sanguinea, tubo gracili calyce multoties longiore, limbi 
2-labiati explanati lobis 2 superioribus minoribus oblongis obtusis, 
inferiore rotundato, lateralibus late oblongis, antheris ceruleis. 
ErantuEmum palatiferum; Nees in A. DC. Prodr., vol. ii. p. 457. 
Jusricra palatifera ; Wall. Pl..As. Rar., vol. i. p. 80, t. 92. 
ERANTHEMUM crenulatum; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar., vol. iii. p. 107; et 
in A. DC. Prodr., vol. ii. p. 453; non Wall. in Bot. Reg., t. 879? 
nec EH. crenulatum Zab. nost. 5440. 
Very closely allied to, but much less handsome than ¥. 
cinnabarinum, which was figured last year (Tab. 5921) in this 
work, and differing remarkably in the form of the leaves, 
which, curiously enough, are variegated in both species in 
our stoves, suggesting a common origin for this sport or 
disease. It is a native of the hilly regions of N.E. Bengal, 
where it was discovered by a collector of the Calcutta garden, 
Mr. F. de Silva, and well figured by Wallich as Justicia 
padlatifera, from specimens introduced into the Calcutta 
Botanic Garden in 1825. Singularly enough, no specimens 
Occur under this name in Wallich’s Herbarium, where, how- 
ever, this species is abundantly represented under &. crenu- 
MARCH Ist, 1872, 
