418 cix. ACANTHACE*. (C. B. Clarke.) [Dcedalacanthus. 



3 in., short-pedunoled; bracts f in., closely imbricate, 1-fld., obovate, shortly acute, 

 glabrous, white with green reticulating nerves ; bracteoles } in., lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Calt/a; nearly J in., divided f the way to the base; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 

 puberulons. Corolla slightly curved, glabrate; lobes j by J in., roundly elliptic, 

 nervose. Stamens glabrous ; anthers exserted. Capsule not seen. 



2. D. Griffithii, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 486; leaves 

 oblong or elliptic acuminate at both ends glabrate, spikes long^peduncled 

 simple dense, corolla I5 in. upper half funnel-shaped. — Eranthemum sp., 

 Griff. Bin. Notes, 96, n. 1437. 



Bhotan; Ghoorgong, ffW^iA (Kew Distrib. n. 6126). 



Sranahlets upwards tetragonons, obscurely pubescent. Leaves 6 by 2 in., lineolate 

 with rapbides on both surfaces; nerves 9 pair; petiole | in. Peduncles 3-4 in., 

 4-angled ; spikes 2-5 in. ; bracts 1 in., densely imbricated, 1-fld., ovate; acuminate, 

 glabrous, whiteish with green reticulating nerves ; bracteoles \ in., linear-lanceolate. 

 Calyx J-J in., divided more than half-way down ; lobes linear-lanceolate, minutely 

 pnberulous. Corolla slightly curved, flesh-coloured without, rose within (Griffith), 

 nearly glabrous, narrower at the summit and less suddenly narrowed in the middle 

 than that of D. tubiflorus. Stamens glabrous ; anthers exserted. Capsule J in., 

 glabrous. Seeds f-^ in. — Seems very near D. tubiflorus. 



3. D. splendenSj T, Anders, in Joum. Idnn. Soe. ix. 486 ; leaves 

 ovate or elliptic acuminate at both ends somewhat pubescent, spikes short- 

 peduncled .usually very long, corolla I5 in. pubescent upper half of the tube 

 funnel-shaped. — Eranthemum sp. n. 23, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



SiKKiM Himalaya ; alt. 1-3000 ft., frequent ; QriffitTi (Kew Distrib. u. 6129), 

 J. B. S., &c. 



Stems 3-5 ft:, pubescent upwards. Leaves 6 by 3 in., subentire, lineolate with 

 raphides on both surfaces ; nerves 12 pair ; petiole |-1 J in. Peduncles J-li in. ; 

 spikes 3-12 in. ; bracts | in., all imbricate, 1-fld., obovate, glandular-pubescent, 

 whiteish or brownish with reticulated green nerves ; bracteoles \ in., linear-lanceolate. 

 Calyx ^ in., lobed half-way down ; lobes narrow-lanceolate, puberulons. Corolla 

 slightly curved, brick-red ; lobes | in., roundly elliptic, patent or recurved in flower. 

 Stamens glabrous, anthers exserted. Capsule | in., thinly glandular-pubescent. — 

 Near D. tubiflorus. 



** Corolla-tube cylindric, widened below the summit for scarce \ its 

 length,. 



4. D. nervosus, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 487 ; leaves ovate 

 acuminate glabrous lineolate, base shortly attenuate, spikes short uninter- 

 rupted, bracts elliptic subobtuse or shortly acuminate nervose glabrate 

 margins entire incurved not ciliate, corolla li in. blue glabrous. Justioia 

 nervosa, Vahl Enum. i. 164 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1358. EueUia varians. Vent. 

 Jard. Cels. t. 46. Eranthemum nervosum, Br. Prodr. 477 ; Nees in Wall. 

 PI. As. Bar. iii. 106, and in BC. Prodr. xi. 445; Wall. Cat. 2493, in chief. 

 E. pulchellum, Andr. Bot. Be-pos. t. 88, not of Boxb. E. Edgeworthianum, 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 446. 



Base of the Himalaya, alt. 1-3000 ft., from the Punjab to Bhotan, frequent. 

 SiLHBT ; Wallich. SooNDEEBiTNi) ; Clarke. — (Cultivated in various tropical 

 countries.) 



Stems 2-6 ft., glabrous, or very nearly so to the summit. Leaves often 8 by 4 in., 

 entire or obscurely crenulate, upper shortly attenuate at the base, raphides copious 

 on both surfaces; nerves 10 pair; petiole i-lj in. Spikes 1-3 in., often ternate, 

 forming close terminal panicles ; peduncles J-IJ in., often acutely quadrangular, 

 lineolate, glabrous or obscurely pubescent; bracts \ in., much more concave than in 

 the neighbouring species, imbricated deeply but somewhat laxly, sometimes obtuse never 



