EliermaieraJ] cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 401 



lower pedicels \-^ in. ; bracteoles T ' n in., filiform. Sepals subequal, somewhat larger 

 in fruit. Corolla % in., narrow tubular, sparsely minutely hairy. Capsule in. 



20. 33= paniculata, Wall. mss. ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 453 ; 

 stem erect subtomentose upwards, leaves narrowly elliptic cuneate at both 

 ends glabrate above, panicle compounc|, racemes lax, bracts filiform very 

 small, sepals in. linear nearly glabrousT 



MUNEYPOOK ; Sort. Calcutt. S.E. ASSAM (or Ava), Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6082). 



Stems 1 foot, woody, sometimes branched. Leaves 7 by 3 in. (often smaller) scarcely 

 acute, prominently reticulated, pubescent on the nerves beneath ; petiole -f in. 

 Panicles (including- peduncles) 6-9 in., reddish, minutely pubescent; bracts - in., 

 minutely pubescent; pedicels ^ jj- in.; bracteoles ,5 in., filiform. Sepals ^ in. in 

 flower, \ iu. or more in fruit. Corolla ^ in., slender, nearly glabrous. Capsule 

 ^-^ in. Closely allied to E. lasiobotrys, but with smaller flowers and fruit, and the 

 panicle without the abundant hair of JS. lasiobotrys. 



VAR. fflabrior ; leaves less reticulated, panicle thin very glabrous, sepals very 

 slender glabrous. Patkoy Mts., alt. 4000 ft.; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6085). 



21. IB. obtusa ? T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 453 ; stem short 

 subtomentose, leaves elliptic rounded at both ends closely shortly hairy 

 above, panicles compound shortly pubescent, bracts very small filiform, 

 sepals i in. linear minutely pubescent. Erythracanthus obtusus, Nees in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 78. 



MEEGUI ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6083). MOTJLMEIN, Falconer. 



Stem 3-4 in. Leaves 3| by 1 in., very obtuse, base sometimes subcordnte, 

 beneath glabrous, the nerves pubescent ; petiole -2 in. Peduncles often numerous 

 from the upper axils ; panicles 3-5 in., racemes lax; bracts f-in. ; lower pedicels 

 _i j n> . bracteoles ,' 5 in., filiform. Sepals % in. in flower, in fruit i in. Corolla % in., 

 slender, minutely hairy. Capsule 5 in. 



22. E. IKTaclellanclii, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 454 ; stem 

 erect branched, leaves oblong narrowed at the base obscurely pubescent 

 above, panicles small numerous patently softly hairy lateral aud terminal, 

 bracts small oblong herbaceous, sepals in. linear patently hairy. 



PEGU; M'Lelland. 



Stems 6-12 in., herbaceous, pubescent. Leaves 2J by i in., obtuse, mature nearly 

 glabrous; petiole 0-i in. Panicles 1-2 in., on short brandies beginning ne^ir the base 

 of the stems; lower bracts passing gradually into leaves, upper scarcely $ iu. ; pedicels 

 mostly short, some attaining in.; bracteoles in., narrowly oblong. ^ Corolla 

 i_i in. Allied to E. glauca and E. polybotrya, but is driven to this position m the 

 linear series by its slender racemes and subequal sepals. 



*** Eacemes elongate, lax, calyx small (- in. long). 



23. B. racemosa, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. ii. 775; stem erect somewhat 

 stout, leaves narrowly elliptic cuneate at both ends minutely hairy above, 

 racemes long simple or divided, sepals $ in. lanceolate minute y pubescent, 

 corolla 4 in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn, Soc. ix. 452. Euelha racemosa, 

 Roxb. m. Ind. iii. 42 ; Wall. Cat. 2336. Erythracanthus racemosus, iW* in 

 Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 80, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 78. 



MALAY PENINSULA, from Moulmein southwards, and Penang, frequent ; Wallich, 

 &c. DISTKIB. Java. r A , , , , 



Stems attaining 15 in., branched, closely brown-villous. Leaves ^ by 1J in., 

 scarcely acute, reddish brown, glabrous beneath, pubescent on the nerves ; petiole 

 i-li in. Peduncles 2-3 in., subterminal ; -racemes 2-5 in., often simple, sometime* 

 divided; bracts i4 in., narrowly oblong or linear; pedicels sometnnes J-i m., often 



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