Ebermaiera.] oix. acanthaob^. (C. B. Clarke.) 399 



in. 451) to H. Stamogyne; but from the description and habitat is surely E. 

 aetigera. 



12. E. long'lfolia, Nees in DC. Frodr. xi. 76 ; leaves long-petioled 

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

 bracts narrow-lanceolate attenuate subulate herbaceous hairy below 

 minutely pubescent upwards, corolla ^-| in. T. Anders, in Joitrn. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 451. 



Malacca ; Briffith (Kew Diatrib. n. 6079), Cuming. 



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

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

 glabrous above, puberuloas whiter beneath ; petiole i-2 in. Spikes 1-2J in. ; lower 

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

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

 ceding species. 



13. E. axillaris, Nees in Wall. Fl. As. Bar. 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 

 Jovmi. Linn. Soc. ix. 452. Euellia? comosa. Wall. Cat. 2414. 



Penano; Wallich. 



Leaves 6 by li-2| 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 J 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 J in. or more not very unequal. 



14. E. Simonsii, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 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 i in. 



Khasia HllLS ; 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 J in., very narrowly Knear, obtuse ; 

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

 th£m somewhat shorter. Corolla nearly glabrous without. Capsule J in. 



15. E. Belferl, 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 

 obtnse nearly glabrous. 



Tenasseeim; Attaran, Melfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6075). PEflU; Thoungyun, 

 Srandis. 



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

 whitened beneath ; petiole J-l in. Feduncles 1-5 from the penultimate axils, 1-3 in., 

 reddish, minutely pubescent. Sacemes 1-3 in., somewhat dense ; bracts J by J in., 

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

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

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



