500 cix. ACAjfTHACELE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Eranthemum. 



10. E. leptanthus, Clarke; leaves elliptic acaminate at both ends 

 glabrous, racemes elongate many-fld. subglabrons, corolla small tube j-J in. 

 linear curved. 



MiSHMEB Hills ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6181). 



Apparently a large herb ; branches snbterete, glabrous. Leaves ^\ by 2\ in., not 

 or very obscurely lineolate ; nerves 11-16 pair ; petiole \—\\ in. Racemes 5-9 in., 

 1-5 sabterminal, nearly simple; pedicels fascicled, annsnally long, upper often ^ in. ; 

 bracts at the base of the pedicels, minute, linear. Sepals \ in., linear-lanceolate, 

 glabrous, margins pnberulous. Corolla glabrous ; tube linear, slightly inflated, base 

 gibbons ; limb snbeqnally 5-lobed. Stamens 2, with 2 minute linear rudiments ; 

 filaments somewhat lignlate, glabrous ; anthers oblong ; cells straight, parallel, muti- 

 cous, on the same level exactly. Pistil glabrous ; disc annular ; ovary 4-ovulate ; 

 stigma minute, obscurely bifid. Capsule not seen. — A species differing widely &om 

 all others, bat referred by Mr. Bentham to this genus, of which it appears to possess 

 all the essential characters. 



SPECISS IMPBKPECTLY K;NOWlf. 



11. E. GKJicrLirLOKTrM, Ifees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 107, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 454; leaves 8 by SJ in. elliptic acute at both ends snbglabrous, nerves 7-9 pair 

 puberulons beneath, petiole 2-3| in. pnberulous, thyrse 4 in. dense-fld. and densely 

 pubescent, pedicels 0-^ in., bracts | in. linear, sepals ^ in. pubescent, corolla-tube 

 IJ in. linear for | its length. Justicia graciliflora, Wall. Cat. 2427. — Penang Mts. ; 

 Wallich (specimens without fruit, and with only a very imperfect flower). 



12. E. BIEAEIUM, JVees in DC. Prodr. li. 458 ; leaves ovate attenuate at both 

 ends glabrate, spike small pnberulous, flowers solitary opposite, bracts and bracteoles 

 linear-subulate shorter than the calyx. Gendarussa bifaria. Wall. Cat. 7173 ; Ifees 

 in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 101. — Pegu; Pingee, Wallich. — Leaves 7 by 3i in., 

 entire, minutely lineolate on both surfaces ; petiole 1^ in., pubemlous. Spike (one 

 only seen) 2J in., puberulons; flowers ^ in. apart. Calyx-segments J in., linear, 

 pnberulous. Corolla not seen. Capsule j-1 in., altogether of Uranthemum. — Nees 

 founded this on the 2 opposite lines of minute crisped hairs near the tips of the 

 branches ; which may be seen in JB. alburn^ malaccense and others. The solitary 

 example of IE. bifarium in Herb. Wallich diflers from the neighbouring species in its 

 depauperated spike and long-petioled leaves, bat it is impossible to say that it may 

 not be one of them. 



13. E. PUBESOENS, Both Nov. Sp. 1 ; leaves ovate obtuse, spikes terminal sub- 

 distichous, bracts imbricated obovate-oblong mucronate keeled densely pubescent, 

 calyx unequal scarious. JTees in DC. Prodr, xi. 458. — India; Beyne. — A shrub; 

 branches suhtetragonous, ashy farinose. Leaves from oblong to ovate, nearly entire, 

 nervose, paler beneath, farinose ; petiole 1 in. Spike terminal, 3 in., enveloped at base 

 by 4 or 5 ovate acute bracts; proper bracts \ in., dense clothed with capitate hairs; 

 bracteoles 2, linear-subulate. Cab/x 5-leaved, 2 lanceolate subulate, 1 broader 2-nerved 

 sub-bifid, 2 smaller. Corolla showy, pubescent without ; tube 1 in. filiform, limb of 

 5 subequal round lobes. Stamens 2 with oblong villous anthers, 2 sterile very short. 

 Slglelong, tip semi-bifid. Capsufe oblong-ovoid, 4-seeded. Seeffe brown, compressed, 

 ovate subrotund, under a lens el^antly clothed with imbricated adpressed ferruginous 

 scales. 



XXVII. CODONACANTKVS, mes. 



Corolla small ventricose nearly from the base. — Otherwise as Eran- 

 themum. 



The solitary species differs from Eranthemum indicum in its very small flowers ; 

 from H. leptanthus in its ventricose corolla. > 



C. pauciflorus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 103; leaves eUiptic 

 acuminate at both ends pubescent on the nerves beneath or glabrate, 



