110 diandria monogynia. Eranthemum. 



I am inclined to think it would answer well for scales to 

 mathematical instruments ; it does not look so well as box, 

 but its not being subject to warp may render it fitter, though 

 not so handsome. 



EBANTHEMUM. Linn. Flor. Zeyl. 15. 

 Calu.r five-cleft. Carol hypocrateriform ; border regular, 

 or nearly bo. Filaments tour, two of them sterile. Capsule 

 two-celled, two valved, bursting with elasticity opposite to 

 the partition. 



1. E. montannm. R. 



Shrubby, diffuse. Leaven oblong, acute. Spikes terminal. 

 Jiraetes linear, hairy. 



Jusiiea montana. R. Coram. />/. 2. A. I?<>. 



A small, straggling, jointed, under shrub; a native of the 

 Circar mountains, flowers during (lie cool season. 



Stems many, striated, jointed, smooth, leaning on the 

 ground, and rooting at the joints, young shoots four-sided. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled, oval and oblong, pointed, running 

 down the petioles, from three to four inches long, and about 

 two broad. Spikes many, terminal, erect, slender. Pedun- 

 cles four-sided. Bractes exterior, opposite, decussate, linear, 

 acute, hairy, one-flowered. Bracteofes two to each flower, 

 pressing laterally the calyx, and like the exterior, but much 

 smaller. Flowers opposite, solitary, decussate, very pale 

 blue. Calyx five-parted ; segments subulate. Corol with a 

 very long, and very slender tube, border of five equal obo- 

 vate truncate, pale blue segments. Filaments short. Anthers 

 single, oblong, within the tube of the corol. Stifle length of 

 the tube of the corol. Stigma unecpjally bifid, appearing 

 just Avithout the tube. Capsule linear-oblong, compressed, 

 pointed, two-celled, two-valved, opening across the partition, 

 with an elastic jerk. Seeds two in each, compressed. 



