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The leaves of this species resemble those of E. album, Nees, while the spijces 

 resemble those of E. malaccense, but are slightly more pubescent, and the corolla 

 is white. 



9. Eranthemum acuminatissimum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 835 

 (1856). Erect, nearly glabrous. Leaves: blade 8'5 by 2 in., acuminate- 

 attenuate at either end ; nerves 8 pair, oblique ; rhaphides on the upper 

 surface numerous, very short ; petioles 1 in. Sjjikes 1 to 3, 7 to 10 in. 

 long, many-flowered, the lower clusters half-whorled, -5 to 1 in. apart, 

 with 5 to 10 flowers to the whorl ; the upper whorls fewer-flowered, 

 coalescent ; bracts '2 in. long, lanceolate-linear. Sepals -2 in. long, 

 nearly linear, ultimately nearly glabrous. Corolla white, with one 

 segment purple-spotted ; tube 1'25 in. long. Stamens of the genus. 

 Capsule 1-125 in. long, with 4 seeds in the upper part, slightly con- 

 sti-icted between the seeds. E. Andersoni, Masters in Gard. Chron. 

 134, 136 (1869) ; Bot. Mag. t. 5771 ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. IV. 499; Eidley in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, III. 333 (1893), and in 

 Journ. As. Soc. Straits 121 (Singapore 1900). E. elegans, Masters in 

 Gard. Chron. 1234 (1868) {not of R. Brown). E. Blumei, Hassk. Cat. 

 Hort. Bogor. 151; T. Anders, in Journ. Agri.-Hort. Soc. Ind. new ser. 

 I. 285 (1868), and in Journ. Linn. Soc. IX. 523 (1867) ; Kurz in Flora 

 LIII. 363 (1870) [not of Miquel). E. diantherum, Blume Bijdr. 793 (not 

 of Eoxb.). E. aspersum, Hook. Bot. Mag. 5711. Pseuderantliemum 

 Andersoni, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl Pflanzenfam. IV. 3 b, 330. 



SiNGAPOEE : T. Anderson 112. Java : cult, in Hort. Bogor. [Kurz 

 379). Bidley, I. c, thinks the Singapore collection was probably a 

 garden escape. 



The "type" of E. acuminatissimum, Miquel, from Utrecht, proves identical with 

 the E. Andersoni, Masters. It was, perhaps, E. viscidum /3 acuminatissimum, Hassk. 

 Hort. Bogor. p. 151, but not E. viscidum /3 Blume. The E. Blumei, Miq. (Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. II. 836) is before me, and very closely allied to E. acuminatissimum, but has (as 

 Miquel says) smaller leaves, smaller bracts, and smaller calyx. 



10. Eeanthemum Teijsmanni, T. Anders, in Journ. Agri.-Hort. Soc. 

 Ind. new ser. I. 285 (1868). " A shrubby creeper, 8 to 12 ft. long " 

 (King's Collector). Branches -25 in. in diam., with numerous 

 secondary branches springing at a right angle. Leaves : blade 6 by 2 in., 

 broad-oblong, acuminate ; nerves 6 pair ; base often rounded or 

 truncate, but on the same branch sometimes cuneate-oblique ; petioles 

 •25 to 1"25 in. long. Inflorescence a narrow, many-flowered panicle 

 rarely so much as 6 in. long; the lower branches hardly -175 in. long, 

 carrying small cymes (almost clusters) of flowers. Calyx and corolla 

 (white tinged blue) as of E. acuminatissimum, Miq. E. Bhtmei, Hort. 

 Buitenzorg vix Miquel. E. crenulatum ? var., T. Anders. MS. 



