400 cnc ACANTHAOE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ebermaiera. 



Capsule i in. — T. Anderson 1. a describes one of the bracts as at the same time 

 1-nerved and 3-nerved, but he subsequently himself separated in the Herbarium his 

 JE. macrophylla. 



16. Xi. macropliyllaj T. Anders, in Serb. Kew ; stem iardly any, 

 leaves short-petioled obovate-oblong obtuse minutely closely pubescent on 

 the surface above and on the nerves beneath, ped ancle simple or branched, 

 racemes slender pubescent, bracts and bracteoles small spathulate-eUiptic 

 herbaceous pubescent. E. Helferi, T> Anders, in Journ, Linn. Soc. ix. 452, 

 in part. — Ebermaiera, Wall. Cat. 9086. 



LoWEB BlTEMA ; Chappedong, WalUch ; Moulmein, Parish, Lohb. 



Stem 1-3 in., stout, villous. Leaves 7 by 4 in., base broadly rhomboid ; petiole 

 |-|in. Feduncles \ in. j spikes 3 in.; bracts i-J in.; pedicels ^ in. ; bracteoles 

 J-J in., resembling the bracts, unequal. Sepals J in., linear, scarcely acute, pubescent. 

 Corolla i in., glabrous or nearly so. — Exceedingly near E. Selferi, but the bracts and 

 bracteoles are much smaller, not white membranous nervose. 



17. E. Griffithiana, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 452 ; stem 

 short, leaves petioled elliptic rounded at both ends minutely closely pubescent 

 above, racemes elongate pauicled, bracts elliptic pubescent, sepals |-J in. 

 linear. Brythracanthus Griffithianus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 78. B. 

 obtusus, Wight Ic. t. 1491, not ofNees. 



MaiscCA; ffry^tt (Kew Distrib. n. 6078). 



Stem 3-6 in., herbaceous, branched, pubescent. Leaves 5 by 3 in., pubescent 

 beneath or finally on the nerves only ; petiole J — 1^ in. Peduncles 1-2 in., reddish ; 

 racemes up to 5 in. ; bracts J by J in., hardly acute ; pedicels 0-J in. ; bracteoles 

 i by i in., similar to the bracts. Sepals subequal, narrowly linear, somewhat striate 

 longitudinally. Capsule \ in. 



18. E. elongata, Nees in DC. Prodr. li. 721 ; leaves oblong acute at 

 both ends punctate obscurely pubescent above, racemes elongate lax, 

 bracts linear-lanceolate, sepals ^ in. almost equal sublinear pubescent. 

 T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 452. Adenosma elongatum, Blume 

 Bijd. 757. Brythracanthus elongatus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 78, 

 excluding Var. j3. 



Penauq; JFoHici (fide T. Anderson). — DiSTBlB. Java. 



Stem 6 in., erect, pubescent. Leaves 6 by 2 in., obscurely pubescent beneath, 

 herbaceous, concolorous or nearly so, nerves beneath inconspicuous ; petiole 1-2| in. 

 Saceme 10 in., branched near the base; bracts J by ,'5 in., acuminate, scarcely awued; 

 pedicels 0-^ in.; bracteoles § in., linear. Corolla ^— J in., minutely pubescent with- 

 out. Capsule nearly ^in. — The example from Java msLvked JE. subpaniculata, H:issk., 

 is E. elongata, Kees ; but it may perhaps be wrongly named, as the description of 

 Hasskarl (in Retzia, 77) says inter alia that the leaves of IE. subpaniculata are mostly 

 alternate, much whitened beneath. 



19. E. lasiobotrys, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 721 ; stem erect sub- 

 tomentose upwards, leaves narrowly elliptic cuneate at both ends glabrate 

 above, racemes elongate very lax, bract filiform very small, sepals | in. 

 Kuear with patent white hairs to the tips on all sides. Wall. Cat. 9U84 ; 

 T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 452. 



LoWEE BuKMA; Chappedong Hills, Wallich; Mergm, Oriffith; Moulmein, 

 Falconer; Tavoy, Parish. 



Stem decumbent, rooting, then 6-15 in. erect. Leaves 5J by 2 in. (usually 

 smaller), mature glabrous minutely pubescent on the nerves beneath; petiole J-f in. 

 Panicles 6-12 in., straggling ; racemes 2-5 in.j lower flowers disUnt ; bracts J-J i". ; 



