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5. E. racemosum. R. 



.SuftYuticose. Leaves oblong, ventricose. Racemes ter- 

 minal ; corol somewhat bilabiate, both lips three-parted. 



A small, under shrub, of great beauty, brought into the 

 Botanic garden from the Moluccas, in 1793; and blossomed 

 in November, 1 799. 



Stem small, with a few, slender branches ; height of the 

 whole plant about two feet. Leaves opposite, petiokd,. 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. Fioivers opposite, pedicelled, 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. Carol 

 infundibuliform ; border somewhat bilabiate ; both #j»s three- 

 parted, the under one considerably larger. Filaments four, 

 short, inserted within the mouth of the tube, two of them 

 minute, and abortive. Antliers half erect. 



G. E. harlerioides. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves ovate-oblong, smooth. Spikes 

 terminal. Bractes wedge-shaped, naked. Stamens within 

 the long slender tube, adjoined to them are two abortive fila- 

 ments. 



A native of the Andaman Islands, from whence several 

 plants were brought to the Botanic garden, by Colonel Kyd, 

 which blossom in March. It is a small shrub, and of slow 

 growth. 



Stem and branches sub-erect, jointed, the younger some- 

 what four-sided, and a little hairy. Leaves opposite, short- 

 petioled, oblong and ovate-oblong, somewhat repand, smooth 

 on both sides. Spikes terminal ; flowers opposite. Bractes 

 three-fold, one-flowered, the exterior large, wedge-shaped, 

 and naked ; the interior daggered. Corol ; tube length of 

 the exterior bractes. Border regularly five-parted, pale blue. 

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