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the secund flowers all turned to the convex side of the spike. The smaller forms (?), 

 i.e. J. orbiculata, Wall., have a single straight spike. 



7. Ebanthemum malaccense, C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. IV. 498 (1884) [tah. et syn. excl.). Innovations pubescent. Stein 

 tip to 4 to 5 ft. high, often branching. Leaves : blade 5-5 by 1-25 in., 

 lanceolate or narrow, elliptic-lanceolate, acute at either end ; nerves 

 7 pairs, oblique ; petioles -175 to -35 in. long. Flowers subsessile, 

 numerous, close together in a spike nearly continuous to its base, 

 mostly solitary, opposite ; spikes 2 to 3 in. long, one or several at the 

 end of each branch ; pedicels rarely up to -075 in. long ; bracts hardly 

 longer than the pedicels. Sepals about -075 in. long, narrow, pubescent. 

 Corolla of one colour, variously noted as violet, purple, pink, pink- 

 yellow, yellow-green ; tube 1-125 in. long, linear to the top. Stamens 

 of the genus. Pistil with few patent thin hairs or subglabrate. 

 Capsule (in a Yunnan plant referred here) "7 in. long, clavate, 4-seeded, 

 very nearly glabrous. Eidley in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, III. 333 

 (1893). E. erectum, T. Anders, in Journ. Agri.-Hort. Soc. Ind. new ser. 

 I. 286 (1868). E. crenulatumy^r. grandiflora, T. Anders. I.e. E. Bkmiei, 

 T. Anders. I.e. [non Nees). E. crenulatum, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. 

 III. 107 {in large part), and in DC. Prodr. XI. 523 {in part, not of 

 Lindley). Pseuderantkevium malaccense, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl 

 Pflanzenfam. IV. 3b, 330. 



Peovince Wellesley : Curtis 20S; Bidley 22S1. Kedah: Langkawi 

 Island, Curtis ; Ridley 8335. Malacca : common, fide Ridley ; Griffith 

 (K.D.) 6175 ; Cuming 2389 ; Harvey ; Goodenough 1713 ; Holmhury 732 ; 

 Mt. Ophir, Lohh. Perak : alt. 500 ft.. King's Collector 8567, 8626, 8665 ; 

 Curtis 3327. Pekan : fide Ridley. Johore: Curtis. — Distrib. Siam. 



This species, abundant in its area, is characterized by the uniform inflorescence, 

 and is always collected in flower. E. palatiferum, Bot. Mag. t. 5957, of which (in Fl, 

 Br. Ind. IV. 498) I referred one piece to E. malaccense, is undoubtedly all true 

 E. palatiferum, of which it has the characteristic inflorescence ; the colour of the 

 flowers varies from pale pink to bluish purple in both species. The name E. erectum, 

 T. Anders., is older than E. malaccense, but was published without one word of 

 description. 



8. Eranthemum Kingii, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Branches elongate, 

 with long internodes. Leaves elliptic, shortly acuminate at the tip, 

 hardly acuminate at the base, paler beneath when dry. Spikes solitary, 

 2 to 4 in. long, dense ; the lower axils with 1 to 3 flowers in each 

 axil. Corolla white; tube 1-125 in. long. Otherwise as E. malaccense, 

 C. B. Clarke. 



Johore : Jaffaria, King. Singapore : Hullett 810, 



