Elermaiera.'] cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 399 



ix. 451) to E. Staurogyne; but from the description and habitat is surely IS. 

 setigera. 



12. E. longifolia, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 76 ; leaves long-petioled 

 lanceolate, spikes cylindric softly hairy, lower flowers somewhat pedicelled, 

 bracts narrow-lanceolate attenuate subulate herbaceous hairy below 

 minutely pubescent upwards, corolla - in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 451. 



MALACCA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6079), Cuming. 



Branches 3-8 in., divided, pubescent; innovations white-silky, subtomentose. 

 Leaves 5 by 1| in., narrowed to both ends, subobtuse, base cuneate. subentire, sinuate, 

 glabrous above, puberulous whiter beneath ; petiole |-2 in. Spikes 1-2| in. ; lower 

 pedicels often in. ; bracts in. ; bracteoles similar but rather narrower and shorter. 

 Sepals \ in., very like the bracteoles. Capsule \ in., rather broader than in the pre- 

 ceding species. 



13. E. axillaris, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 80, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 75; branches almost woody, leaves elliptic narrowed at both 

 ends minutely punctate above, spikes cylindric drooping very hairy, bracts 

 lanceolate acuminate hairy, corolla in. very hairy without. T. Anders, in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 452. Ruellia ? comosa, Wall. Cat. 2414. 



PENANG-; Wallich. 



Leaves 6 by H-2f in., subobtuse, base cuneate, nearly entire, glabrous, pubescent 

 on the nerves beneath ; petiole -1 in. Spikes 2-4 in., dense, several among the 

 penultimate leaves on the branch; bracts | in., flaccid; pedicels hardly any; 

 bracteoles resembling the bracts, but narrower and rather shorter. Sepals in., 

 linear-lanceolate, acuminate, softly hairy. Capsule $ in. 



** Lower flowers of the racemes more or less distinctly pedicelled, racemes 

 often panicled, sepals $ in. or more not very unequal. 



14. E. Simonsii, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 451 ; leaves large 

 elliptic narrowed at both ends, racemes panicled white-hairy, bracts linear, 

 sepals linear covered to the tips on all sides with glistening white hairs, 

 corolla in. 



KHASIA HILLS ; Bor Pani, alt. 2500 ft., Simons. 



Stems 6 in., stout, woody, branched, villous upwards. Leaves 8 by 3J in., sub- 

 obtuse, base cuneate, nearly entire, sparsely hairy or finally glabrate above, glabrous, 

 paler beneath, puberulous on the nerves ; petiole 1-2 in. Racemes dense, sparingly 

 branched or laxly paniculate, 1-4 in.; bracts i in., very narrowly linear, obtuse; 

 pedicels often in. ; bracteoles -J in., narrowly linear. Sepals nearly in., two of 

 them somewhat shorter. Corolla nearly glabrous without. Capsule in. 



15. E. Helferi, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 452, chiefly ; stem 

 short stout, leaves obovate-oblong closely minutely pubescent on the surface 

 above and the nerves beneath, peduncles bearing 1 or several racemes, bracts 

 petioled elliptic obtuse whitened membranous nearly glabrous, sepals linear 

 obtuse nearly glabrous. 



TENASSEKIM; Attaran, Heifer (Kew Distrib. n. 6075). PEGU; Thoungyun, 

 Brandis. 



Stem 4 in., villous, simple. Leaves 9 by 5 in., obtuse, base attenuated, somewhat 

 whitened beneath ; petiole -1 in. Peduncles 1-5 from the penultimate axils, 1-3 in., 

 reddish, minutely pubescent. Racemes 1-3 in., somewhat dense ; bracts by | in., 

 nervose ; pedicels sometimes - in. ; bracteoles in., narrowly oblong, resembling 

 the bract, upper shorter and narrower. Sepals 4, $ in., of which 2 rather shorter; 

 the fifth rather longer, twice as broad, 3-nerved. Corolla i in., glabrous or nearly so. 



