Eranthemum.] oix. AOANTHACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 497 



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stamens 2 fertile, 2 rudimentary or 0. Ovary often glabrous. OtWwise 

 as Asystasia. — Species 30, tropics of both hemispheres. 



E. diantherum.JJoajS. M. Ind. i.'ll2, Wall. PI. As. Mar. iii. 108, and E. racemosum, 

 Soxh. I. V. 113, Wall. I. c. 107, DC. Prodr. xi. 455, came from the Moluccas. — 

 B. semperflorens. Moth Nov. Sp. 2, Neea in DC. Prodr. xi. 458, came from Mai*- 

 tinique, nor is there reason from Both'» account to believe it otherwise than cultivated 

 by Heyne.— Justicia sp., Oriff. Ic. PI. As. t- 426 (Kew ^Distrib. u. 6177), is a fine 

 Eranthemum, collected in Ava, outside the bounds of British India. 



* Corolla tuhular-verdricose. 



1. E. indlcum, Clarice; leaves lanceolate or subovate acuminate at' 

 both ends glabrous, racemes dense puberulous or glabrate, corolla \\ in. 

 white abundantly purple- veined. Thyrsacanthus indious, Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 325. Asystasia thyrsacanthus, T. Anders, m Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ix. 525. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan, alt. 1-5000 ft., frequent; ff.f. l( T., &c. Assam, in the 

 lower hills ; Ehasia and Jaintea Mts., alt. 1-4000 ft., frequent. 



A diffuse undershrub, 1-4 ft. lieaves 7 by 2^ in. ; nerves 5-7 pair ; petiole i-} in. 

 Baoemes 1-5 in. ; lower pedicels 0-J in. ; bracts J-J in., linear. Sepals J in., linear- 

 lanceolate, glabrous or puberulous. Corolla distinctly 2-lipped, upper lip subentire 

 emavglnate galeate, lower 3-fid, middle lobe the widest. Filaments and sti/le minutely 

 hairy. Capsule IJ in., base long, cylindrio, splid. Seeds ^ in., orbicular, tubercled, 

 rugose, glabrous. — It is difficult to give a reason why this is not a Thyrsacanthus, ex- 

 cept that it is not American ; the curved subgaleate corolla does not agree well either 

 with Asystasia or Eranthemum. 



** Corolla-tube linear -cylindrio, often very narrow. 



2. E. crenulatum, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 879, not of Nees ; leaves 

 lanceolate or elliptic acuminate at both ends, racemes slender glabrous or 

 puberulous, flowers solitary, corolla pale purple or lilac tube f in. slender 

 narrowly funnel-shaped upwards, ovary glabrous. 



Khasia Tebai, alt. 0-2000 ft., frequent ; Wallieh, M.f. S( T., &c. 



Perennial; 18 in., glabrous. Leaoes 6^ by 2 in., undulate-crenate ; nerves 8 

 pair ; petiole 4 in. Macemes in a terminal panicle with curved drooping slender 

 branches ; bracts J in., linear-lanceolate ; pedicels 0-J in. Sepals ^ in., sublinear, 

 glabrous or puberulous. Corolla-limb obscurely 2-lipped, \ in. diam. Stamens 2, 

 subincluded. Capsule | in. ; cylindric base J in. Seeds J in., rugose, glabrous. — 

 Lindley 's picture is excellent, but shows a small example in young flower ; the panicle 

 is often 8-12 in. diam., the flowery becoming distant on the branches. The species 

 has been quite lost sight of by Nees and T. Anderson, Hoolter's examples having 

 (probably from the short corolla) been referred to Codonacanthus. 



3. E. malabaricum, Clarke ; leaves elliptic or ovate narrowed at 

 both ends glabrous, spikes glabrous or puberulous, corolla white or yellowish 

 tube 1-lJ in., ovary glabrous. E. creuulatum. Wall. Cat. 2491 ; Dalz. Sf 

 Cribs. Bomb. Fl. 195 ; T. Anders, in Thwaites JEnum,. 235, and in Jowrn. 

 lAnn. Soc. ix. 523, chiefly. Justicia latifolia, Vahl Symb. ii. 4 ? 



W. Deccan Peninsula, frequent; Wight, MohenacTcer. Ceylon ; Thwaites 

 (C. P. n. 1979). ? 



Suffrutescent, 2 ft. high. Leaves 5 by 2J in., undulate-crenulate, minutely 

 Uneolate on both surfaces; nerves 6-7 pair; petiole ^ in. Spikes 4-9 in.; lowest 

 pedicels obsolete in fruit ; bracts J in., linear-lanceolate. Sepals ^ in., sublinear, 

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