Tas. 8239. 
ERANTHEMUM Warrn. 
Northern India. 
e 
ACANTHACEAR. Tribe RUELLIBAR. 
ErantuHemum, Linn.; R. Br. Prodr. p. 477; Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. 
Pflanzenfam. vol. iv. pars iii. B, p. 811. 
Eranthemum Wattii, Stapf; affinis HL. nervoso, Roem. & Sch., sed statura 
humiliore, spicis brevioribus, corollis purpureis, staminibus inclusis, 
filamentis antheris duplo brevioribus differt. 
Herba perennis, 20-25 em. alta, ramosa, ramis quadrangularibus ad angulos 
minute puberulis, Folia ovata, breviter acuminata, basi abrupte cuneata 
vel rotundata, 6-10 em. longa, 4-5°5 em. lata, firmula, saturate viridia, ad 
margines et infra secus nervos scabridula, nervis lateralibus utrinque 8-9, 
subtus venisque transversis prominentibus; petiolus 1-3-5 cm. longus, 
superne ob laminam saepe decurrentem magis minusve alatus, Spicae 
superne in paniculam foliatam aggregatae, sub anthesi circiter 2 cm. longae, 
demum ad 6-7 cm. elongatae, densae; bracteae ovatae vel superiores ovato- 
lanceolatae, acuminatae, herbaceae 2-2°5 cm. longae, ad margines ciliato- 
fimbriatae ; bracteolae albidae, anguste lanceolatae, circiter 5 mm. longae. 
Culyz albidus, 8 mm. longus, ad medium 5-fidus, segmentis subulato- 
lanceolatis ad margines scaberulis. Corolla purpurea vel violacea; tubus 
anguste cylindricus, ad 2 cm. longus, sub apice paulo lJatior; limbus ad 
2°5 em. diametro. Stumina in tubo corollae inclusa; antherae vix 
2°5 mm. longae, filamentis duplo brevioribus suffultae; staminodia minuta 
capitata supra stamina in plica insidentia. Ovarium glabrum; stylns 
glaber, stigmate os corollae attingente vel breviter exserto.— Daedalacanthus 
parvus, C. B. Clarke in Kew Handlist Tend. Dicot. 1899, p. 225 (nomen). 
D. Wattii, Pedd. in Gard. Mag. 1901, p. 644 cum ic.; Journ. Hort. Soc. 
vol. xxxiv. 1908, pars i. p. 67. 
_ Horticulture is indebted to Col. R. H. Beddome for the 
introduction of this distinct species, raised by him from 
seeds received from Northern India. Its original discovery 
is attributed to Sir G. Watt, to whom it has been dedicated 
by Col. Beddome in the original description, accompanied 
by a good figure, in the Gardeners’ Magazine for 1901. 
No precise locality is given for the wild plant. In habit it 
most resembles /. nervosum, figured in this work (t, 1358) 
as Justicia nervosa. 
The use of the name Hranthemum for the genus to which 
these two species belong is explained by Dr, Stapf as 
Fesruary, 1909. 
