Eranthemum.  «DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 113 
5. E. racemosum, R. , 
Suffruticose. Leaves oblong, ventricose. acaba ter- 
minal ; coro/ somewhat bilabiate, both lips three-parted. 
A eli under shrub, of great beauty, brought into the 
Botanic garden from the Moluccas, in 1798 ; and blossomed 
in November, 1799. 
Stem small, with a few, slender Ssctuetbin's ; height of the 
whole plant about two feet. Leaves opposite, petioled, -ob- 
long, ventricose, and running down on the petiole, entire, 
and pretty smooth; from two to three inches long, and broad 
in proportion, Racemes terminal, some of them long, and 
slender ; others shorter. Flowers opposite, viddieddioks ap- 
proximate, pretty large, colour a pale pink, or white, tinged 
with red. Bractes subulate, one at the base of each pedicel, 
and two on it. Calyx ; divisions equal, and subulate, Corot 
infundibuliform ; border somgwhat bilabiate ; both lips three- 
parted, the under one considerably larger. Filaments four, 
short, inserted within the mouth of the tube, two of _ 
minute, and abortive. Anthers half erecta: wea 
6. E. bipleriniilens Reale . 
. Shrubby, erect. | Leaves oeaacbliny, smooth. Spikes 
teraninbi _Bractes wedge-shaped, naked. Stamens within 
the long slender tube, adjoined to them are two abortive fila- 
ments, 
A native of the Andaman Islands, f from whence sovenil 
plants were brought to the Botanic garden, by Colonel Kyd, 
which blossom in March. It is a small shrub, and of ai 
growth, 
Stem and branches calcd jointed, the younger some- 
what four-sided, and a little hairy. Leaves opposite, short- 
petioled, oblong and ovate-oblong, somewhat re smooth 
on both sides. Spikes terminal; flowers opposite. Bractes 
: , one- , the exterior large. filedgevbaped, 
pthe interior deggeredi Corol ; tube length of. 
—— Border regularly five-parted, ee 
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