Tab. 5405. 

 ERANTHEMUM tuberculatum. 



Tuberculated Eranthemum. 



Nat. Ord. Acanthace,e. — Diandria Mokogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx quinquefidus, fequalis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha vel elon- 

 gato-infundibuliformis, tubo longo gracili, limbo subsequaii. Stamina duo fertilia 

 circa os tubi adnata, longe decurrentia, duo sterilia brevissima, filamenth longi- 

 orum basi connexa, in speciebus nonnullis anomalis nullis observatis. Anthera 

 exsertee (aut subinclusse), biloculares, muticse, loculis parallelis contiguis, texturze 

 densioris. Capsula inferne depressa, valvulis contiguis, asperma, superius bi- 

 locularis tetrasperma. Bissepimentum adnatum. Semina discoidea, retinaculis 

 suffulta. — Frutices vel suffrutices, Asia, America, Africa, et Nova Hollandia 

 calidioris et tropica, pleriaue monticoli, speciosis floribus insignes Phlogi similibus, 

 car/tleis, roseis, albis varie piclis, foliis vel integerrimis vel serratis. Flores spi- 

 cati ; bracteis comnmnibus majoribus vel minoribus, bracteolis omnium parvis oppo- 

 sltis. Bene, in Be Cand. Prodr. 



Eranthemum tuberculatum ; frutex ramosissima, glaberrima, ramis teretibus 

 gracilibus tuberculato-asperis, foliis parvis oppositis copiosis lato-ellipticis 

 obovatisve obtusis emarginatisve, petiolis brevissimis, floribus copiosissimis 

 solitariis axillaribus fere sessilibus, calycis lobis lineari-subulatis erectis 

 sequalibus, tubo subturbinato sparse villoso, corollse albae tubo longissimo 

 rectiusculo gracili superne paululum ampliato, limbo obliquo obscure bila- 

 biato, lobis ovatis subasqualibus patentissimis, antheris vix exsertis. 



Eranthemum tuberculatum. Hook.fil. ms. 



Seeds of this very floribund plant were given to us and to 

 Messrs. Veitch, of the Chelsea Nursery, by Sir Daniel Cooper, 

 and flowering specimens raised from them at Chelsea, were com- 

 municated to us in June, 1863. We are ignorant of the country 

 whence the seeds were derived, nor do we possess any specimens 

 of an Eranthemum corresponding with it in our herbarium ; but 

 we have two nearly allied species from the South Sea Islands, 

 one from the Loyalty Islands {Sir George Grey), the other from 

 the Isle of Pines {Milne) ; the former species has subpaniculated 

 flowers, the latter rather long peduncles, with one to two flowers, 

 and both have leaves three to five times larger than those of the 

 present plant, and somewhat hairy. 



OCTOBER 1st, 1 8(1:5. 



