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several new synonyms, namely E. erectum, T. Anders., FE. erenu- 
latum var. grandiflorum, T. Anders. and F. Blumei, T. Anders, 
(non Nees) ; but as these are all “ nomina nuda,” they need not be 
taken into consideration in this place, and the less so as they are not 
supported by any specimens in the Kew collections. Hranthemum 
crenulatum, however, requires some explanation. The plant 
originally so named by Wallich and figured in the Botanical 
Register, tab. 879, is undoubtedly Clarke’s E. porphyranthos (in 
ing and Gamble’s Materials, p. 885, reprint p. 675), a native of 
Penang and Perak, and not of Silhet as Lindley believed, whilst 
E. crenulatum, Nees in ll. Pl. As. Rar. iii, p. 107, is a 
mixture of several species, comprising inter alia Clarke’s E. malac- 
cense, a8 exemplified by Cuming’s 2389, and by Lobb’s and 
Griffith’s specimen, all of which Nees quotes under his /. crenulatum 
var. angustifolium. The only synonym Nees mentions in connection 
with this variety is Justicia orbiculata, Wight in Wall. Cat. 2489, 
which Clarke also quoted under E. malaceense in the Flora of British 
Tndia, l.c., whilst in the “ Materials ” it is referred to Eranthemum 
album, and in all probability rightly so. 
Accepting Clarke’s identifications in the “ Materials,” with the 
exception of a specimen from Siam, which is certainly specifically 
distinct, the area of his Hranthemum malaccense (= Pseuderanthemum 
malaccense, Lindau), covers the greater part of the Malay Peninsula 
from Kedah to Johore. : 
in Wall, Pl. As. Rar. iii, p. 107 and E. punctatum, Nees in 
C. l. ec. p. 455. The first is based on a specimen collected by 
Porter in Penang and preserved in Wallich’s herbarium (2427) 
at the Linnean Society. The specimen is in a bad state of 
preservation with the corollas eaten away. Its leaves are larger 
than in any of the specimens of P. malaccense I have seen (up to 
17 em. by 3°5 em.) and the petioles vary from 3-8 em., instead of 
1-2 cm. Nor is the pubescence of the stem of exactly the same 
nature as in EF. malaccense, and the colour of the corolla is stated to 
are synonymous, 
A description with revised references to literature and synonymy 
and a plate drawn from a specimen cultivated at Kew will appear at 
an early date in the Botanical Magazine. 
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