676 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



tinged carnation " (Scortechini) ; tube '5 in. long, linear, very slender, 

 the upper -175 in. widened, oblong ; lobes elliptic, -35 in. long. Staviens 

 of the genus. Style slightly hairy near the base. Capsule -7 in. long, 

 with 4 seeds in the top, minutely pubescent, constricted between the 

 pairs of seeds ; seeds corrugated, subscabrous. E. cremdatum, Nees in 

 DC. Prodr. XI. 453 (a partly). E. malaccense, C. B. Clarke in Hook, 

 f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 498 (partly). 



Penang : Ridley ; Deschamps ; Curtis 499. Malacca : Cuming 2357. 

 Peeak: Scortechini 114, 543, 564; Lariit Perak, alt. 1000 to 1500 ft., 

 King's Collector 3907. 



The very slender short tube of the corolla, having an oblong dilatation in the 

 upper third of it, marks this species off from most Eranthemums. 



Vae. ^ evolutior, C. B. Clarke. Panicle of numerous elongate spikes, 

 with additional spikes from the leaf-axils ; corolla-tube up to -7 in. long. 

 Penang : Waterfall, Curtis 348. 



3. Eeanthemum beeviflos, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. A small, woody, 

 crooked-stemmed, branched, nearly glabrous undershrub, 4 to 8 in. high. 

 Leaves 4 by 1'75 in., elliptic, shortly narrowed at each end ; nerves 

 6 pairs ; midrib beneath glabrate in the mature leaf; petioles "25 to "75 in. 

 long. Inflorescence a panicle 1'5 in. long, of 6 to 12 flowers, nearly 

 glabrate, on a peduncle -5 in. long; pedicels to -175 in. long; bracts 

 minute, setaceous. Sepals -125 in. long, linear, when young minutely 

 pubescent. Corolla "grey"; tube -25 in. long, cylindric. Stamens a,nd 

 pollen of Eranthemum, glabrous. Capsule -8 to -9 in. long, linear-oblong ; 

 seeds 4, in the upper part, nearly smooth. 



Peeak : Goping, King's Collector 518. 



This plant appears closelj' allied in habit to E. album ; the short cylindric corolla- 

 tube and linear-conic capsule (not suddenly narrowed into a cylindric stalk) with 

 smooth seeds, suggest that it may belong to a different genus. 



4. Eeanthemum caudipolium, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. A shrub, 4 to 

 5 ft. high, branched upwards, sparingly pubescent. Leaves : blade 

 7*5 by 2-5 in., elliptic, acuminate at either end, with a linear caudate tip 

 (in Scortechini n. 447), but in other examples leaves are seen narrower 

 with a shorter tip ; nerves 7 to 8 pairs ; petioles of the lower leaves 

 often 2 to 2-5 in. long, of the upper only -25 in. Inflorescence a narrow 

 dense panicle 6 by 2 in., with brown pubescence ; lateral branches 

 hardly -2 in. long, carrying small dense cymes; bracts '35 in. long, 

 linear, setaceous. Sepals -175 to -25 in. long, linear, caudate. 

 Corolla white (Curtis) ; tube -5 to -6 in. long, often curved towards the 

 top ; segments '2 in. long. Stamens of the genus. Pistil and style 



