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retusis.—Ruellia triflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. vol. iii. p. 52. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Tamola."—In 
swamps and banks of rivulets, Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 352.) Widely diffused in the East Indies. 
This aromatic herb is used by the native physicians for coughs and colds. QE 
II. Cheetacanthus, Nees ab Esenb. in Lindl. Introd. ed. ii. p. 445, et in DC. Prodr. vol. xi. 
p. 462. Calyx profunde 5-fidus, laciniis longis setaceis rigidis. Corolla infundibuliformis, tubo an- 
gusto, limbo subsquali. Stamina 2, a basi ad os usque faucium tubo adnata, subexserta. Antheræ 
cordatze, loculis subparallelis basi muticis. Capsula oblonga, depresso-4-gona, rigidula, in medio 4- 
sperma. Flores, axillares sessiles, basi bracteolis duabus subulatis.—Fruticuli myrtilloides, ramosis- 
simi; foliis parvis, floribus parvis roseis (v. albis?). 
1. C. repandus, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. v. p. 349; fruticosus, elatus, glaber; 
foliis ovato-lanceolatis seu oblongis, acumine obtuso, repandis sinuatisve, membranaceis; pedunculis 
cymoso-paucifloris; corolla extus calyceque minutim pubescentibus.—Mountain woods, Ovalau 
(M*Gillivray ! in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; U. S. Expl. Exped.). 
“The small flowers, anthers, ete., correspond with the Cape species, upon which Nees founded his 
Chatacanthus” (A. Gray). The synonyms which A. Gray thought might be referred to this species must 
be excluded, as Forster's Justicia repandais a genuine Eranthemum, with large, white corollas dotted with red. 
III. Eranthemum, Linn. Fl. Zeyl.; Nees ab Esenb. in DC. Prodr. vol. xi. p. 445. Calyx 5- 
fidus, zequalis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha v. elongato-infundibuliformis, tubo longo gracili, limbo 
subzquali. Stamina 2 fertilia cirea os tubi adnata, longe decurrentia, 2 sterilia brevissima, fila- 
mentis longiorum basi connexa. Antherz exsertz, 2-loculares, muticz, loculis parallelis contiguis, 
texture densioris. Capsula inferne depressa, valvulis contiguis, asperma; superius 2-locularis, 4- 
sperma. Dissepimentum adnatum. ` Semina discoidea, retinaculis suffulta.— Frutices v. suffrutices 
calidizonze et tropics, plerique monticolz, speciosis floribus insignes, czruleis roseis albis varie 
pictis; folis v. integerrimis v. serratis; floribus spicatis; bracteis communibus majoribus v. mi- 
noribus, bracteolis omnium parvis oppositis. i 
This genus is represented in tropical Polynesia by the following species :— 
1. E. repandum, Rom. et Schult. Syst. vol. i. p. 175. Justicia repanda, Forst. Prodr. n. 12, et Icon. 
(ined.) t. 7.—Tana, New Hebrides (Forster!) Flowers white, with red dots. — A: : 
2. E. pelagicum, (sp. nov.) Seem. ; foliis linearibus v. lanceolato-linearibus integerrimis v. subrepandis 
obtusis in petiolum attenuatis utrinque nigro-punetatis; pedunculis axillaribus 1-3-floris; laciniis calycis 
subulato-filiformibus; corolle lobis oblongis obtusis.—Aneitum, New Hebrides (M*Gillivray D. “A small 
shrub” (M‘Gill.). es 1 i ca 
3. E. longifolium, Seem.—Justicia longifolia, Forst. Prodr. n. 18 et Icon. (ined.) t. 8. Justicia sinu- 
ata, Banks et Soland. in Vahl, Symb. vol. iii. p. 11; Enum. vol. i. p. 166. Eranthemum sinuatum, Rem. et 
Schult. Syst. vol. i.p. 175. .Eranthemum Cooperi, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4467.  Anthacanthus sinuatus, Nees 
ab Esenb. in DC. Prodr. vol. xi. p. 462.— Tana (G. Forster! W. Anderson !), Aneitum (M‘Gillivray! Milne!), 
New Caledonia (Cooper !).* P ee : i 
4.. E. Carruthersii, (sp. nov.) Seem. ; foliis brevipetiolatis ellipticis v. ovato-lanceolatis, apice acumi- 
natis attenuatis v. obtusis, integerrimis; paniculis terminalibus co-floris ; calycis laciniis ovato-lanceolatis ; 
corollæ lobis ovatis obtusis.—Aneitum and Eromanga, New Hebrides (M'Gillivray s Sus 
5. E. tuberculatum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5405. From the Loyalty Islands (Sir G. Grey !), Isle of Pines 
(Milne !). 
l. E.laxiflorum, A. Gray in Proceed. Amer. Acad. vol. v. (Tab. XLII.) ; glaberrimum ; foliis 
ovato- seu lanceolato-oblongis sæpius acuminatis acumine obtuso v. acuto ; pedunculis axillaribus pe- 
tiolo longioribus cymoso-tri-oo-floris; bracteis oblongis parvis herbaceis; pedicellis calyce longiori- 
f these Acanthaceous plants, 1 must point out a mistake of which I have 
-yol. vii. p. 246) a new genus of Acanthacee from Brazil, of which the 
it is unk , Spathodea ilicifolia. Whilst leaving Dr. Andersen to deal with this plant in his forth- 
m piece Inge vicis [n I will only add that it is identical, as I have since found, with Digita- 
talis dracocephaloides, Vellozo, Fl. Fluminensis, vol. vi. t. 101. 2; 
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* In rectifying the synonymy o 
been guilty, in naming (Bonplandia, 
