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-Ermnus  Lycantpea. Patox-.ike Erinvs. 
| “SSS epninik 
| Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. 
" wOal.. 5-partitus. . Gor...limbus:-6-fidus;.iequalis > -lobis 
emarginatis. Caps. bipartibilis, polysperma. 
» Specific’ Character and Synonyms. 
Erinus Lychnidea; foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis subden- 
ad oppositis; bracteis alternis, limbi laciniis semi-_ 
ifidis. IES ’ 
- Erius Lychnidea ; foliis lanceolatis serratis, corolle tubo 
| ges limbi laciniis semibifidis. Lindl. in Bot. 
eg. 748. 
Ermus Lychnidea. Willd. Sp: Pl. 3. p. 333. Lin. Suppl: 
287. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 147. 
Erinus capensis ; floribus spicatis, foliis linearibus den- 
tatis. Lin. Mant. 252. : 
Erinus lychnideus ; foliis lanceolatis glabris apice serratis, 
caule herbaceo. Thunb. Prodr. 102 ? ; 
Lycunipea villosa, foliis ex alis floriferis florum petalis 
cordatis. Burm. Afric. 138. t.50. fil? _ 
Evpnrasia AEthio ica, Drab foliis, summis oris floscu- 
lorum altius divisis. Pluk. Mant. p. 73? 
Te 
Descr. Stem rounded, branched: branches assurgent. 
es opposite, sessile, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, with two 
or three teeth near the point. Flowers in a terminal spike. 
‘actes, or floral leaves, alternate, sessile, like the cauline 
leaves, but with a broader base. Calyx sessile in the axil 
of the Bracte, five-cleft: segments linear, erect, nearly as 
g as the bracte. Tube of corolla slender, three times 
the length of the calyx, dull purple in the middle, and 
: greenish 
