Tas. 6701. 
ERANTHEMUM oporneensnz. 
Native of Borneo. 
Nat. Ord. AcantHacex.—Tribe Justiciex. 
Genus Eranruemum, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. J. Gen, Pl. vol. ii. p. 1097.) 
ErantHEemum borneense ; ramulis glabris, foliis breviter crasse petiolatis ovato- 
oblongis acuminatis basi acutis v. rotundatis coriaceis costa crassa nervis 
utrinque 8-10, spica simplici densiflora, rachi stricta et calycibus puberulis, 
} floribus albis non secundis confertis, calyce 3 poll. longo segmentis subulatis, 
corolla tubo pollicari pubescente fauce non ampliata, limbi vix bilabiati 13-poll. 
diam., laciniis elliptico-oblongis obtusis inferiore majore, antheris purpureis, 
staminibus abortivis ad basin fertilium minutis, ovario glaberrimo. 
This belongs to a genus whose species are very difficult 
. of discrimination, and whose Indian ones have lately been 
| __— ¢arefully revised by Mr. C. B. Clarke for the “ Flora of 
British India.” Of these several have been figured under 
false names in this Magazine. Thus Plate 5957 represents, 
under the name of L. palatiferum, Nees (according to Mr. 
Clarke), two species, neither of them the true palatiferum 
of Nees, the right-hand one being H. cinnabarinum, Wall, 
and the left-hand one E. malaccense, Clarke. I quite 
concur in Mr. Clarke’s opinion as to neither of the plants 
figured on this Plate being the true palatiferwm, but find it 
difficult to believe that they are specifically distinct from 
one another. Another is H. crenulatum var. grandiflorum 
(Plate 5440), which is the EB. Parishii, Clarke (Asystasia 
Parishii, T, Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. ix. p- 526). 
From the two first of these E. borneense differs in the form 
of the strict stout spike, the flowers of which are not secund, 
and from H. Parishii it differs in the corolla-tube not being 
funnel-shaped above. A much nearer ally is the L. Ander- 
soni, Masters (Bot. Mag. Plate 5771), which has a glabrous 
7. corolla tube, and a spotted lower lobe of the corolla limb, 
and very long lanceolate leaves narrowed at both ends. 
Eranthemum borneense was discovered in N.W. Borneo 
JULY Ist, 1883, 
