|i4 DiANDRiA MONOGYNiA. Erantliemutn. 



6. £. barIerioides> Roxb. 



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

 Bractes wedge-shaped, naked. Stame)is within the long slender tube, 

 adjoined to them are two abortive filaments. 



A native of the Andaman Islands, froiti 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 zadi branches sub-erect, jointed, the younger somewh;.* four- 

 sided, and a little hairy. — Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ol)long 

 and ovate-oblong, somewhat repand, smooth on both %iAe.s. — Spikes 

 terminal ; flowers opposite. — Bractes three-fold, one-flowered, the 

 exterior large, wedge-shaped, and naked ; the interior daggered. — Ca- 

 rol ; tube length of the exterior bractes. Border regularly five-par- 

 ted, pale blue. — Stamens, two abortive filaments issuing from the 

 base of the two fertile ones. Anthers half hid in the tube of tjie 

 corol. 



7. E. strict um. Culebr. 



Suffruticose erect pubescent, with ascending decussate simple 

 branches. Leaves lanceolai', obscurely crenulated. Spikes terminal, 

 slender, much elongated. Bractes opposite, fourfold, remote, one- 

 flowered. 



A native of- the mountains near Sylhet, and from thence intro- 

 duced into the Botanic Garden in 1813, where it produces its 

 beautiful large blossoms in succession in the months of January, 

 February, and March. 



Bengalee name Neel-Vasookff. 



A small shrub of about four or five feet in height, slightly covered 

 ■with short hair. — Stem almost round, jointed, sending forth four- 

 sided slender branches in remote pairs. — Leaves about four inches 

 long, acute at each end ; their margins somewhat revolute and cre- 

 nulate, smooth and shining, ofa peculiar greyish-green colour above, 

 very pale, with prominent, hairy, and reticulated nerves and veins be- 

 low. The uppermost or floral leaves, at the base of the spikes, ap^ 



