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Eranthemum strictum. Upright 

 Eranthemum. 



Class and Order. 



DlANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Acanthace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-partitus, aequalis. Cor. hypocrateriformis, limbo 

 5-partito, aequali v. parum inasquali. Stam. 2 antherifera, 

 exserta. Antherce loculis parallelis muticis. Filamenta 2 

 sterilia. OvariiXocuM dispermi. Caps, valvular naviculares, 

 dissepimento adnato. Semina retinaculis subtensa. Br. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Eranthemum * strictum ; sufFruticosum, erectum, pubes- 

 cens, ramis adscendentibus decussatis simplicibus, 

 foliis lanceolatis obscure crenulatis, spicis terminalibus 

 gracilibus valde elongatis, bracteis oppositis decussatis 

 unifloris demum remotis. Wall. 



Eranthemum strictum. " Colebr." Wall in Fl. Ind. v. 1. 

 p. 114. Bot. Reg. v. 10. t. 867. 



Descr. A small shrub, of about four or five feet in 

 height, slightly covered with short hairs. Stem almost 

 found, jointed, sending out quadrangular, slender branches 

 in remote pairs. Leaves about four inches long, acute at 

 each end ; their margins somewhat revolute and crenulate, 

 smooth, shining, and of a peculiar greyish green colour 

 above, very pale, and with prominent, hairy, and reticulated 

 nerves and veins below. The uppermost or floral leaves, 



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From tup, spring, and ados, a flower. Sir J. E. Smith suspects from 

 Vtt love, on account of the beauty of the flower. 



