59 ° cvi. AcanThace.®. [Psenderanihcmum. 
leaves 4 by 1 in.; in stony ground by Penang Waterfall the leaves are short 
and rounded. When the tip is cut off the plant often branches; this is the 
var. evolutior Clarke, l.c. 
(3) P. breviflos Ridl. Eranthemum brevillos Clarke, l.c. 676. 
A small woody crooked-stemmed plant, glabrous, 4 to 8 in. 
tall. Leaves elliptic, shortly acute, base shortly narrowed; nerves 
6 pairs, conspicuous; 2 to 4 in. long, 1-25 to 2-25 in. wide; petioles 
•5 in. long. Panicle 1-5 in. long of 6 to 12 flowers; peduncle -5 in. 
long; pedicels short or none. Sepals *125 in. long, linear, pubescent 
when young. Corolla grey, tube *25 in. long, cylindric, lobes 
very short. Capsule linear-oblong, -8 to 9 in. long. Seeds 4. 
Hab. Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Rare. 
Probably not an Eranthemum, but the specimens are very poor. 
(4) P. candidum Ridl. Eranthemum candidum Ridl. Journ. 
Roy. As. Soc.-S. Br. 86, p. 305. 
A glabrous, simple unbranched plant about 2 ft. tall. Leaves 
lanceolate-acuminate at both ends, membranous; nerves 8 pairs 
ascending; 5 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles 75 in. long. 
Racemes 6 in. long; peduncles 6 to 9 in. long. Flowers distant, 
solitary or paired; pedicels -i in. long. Bracts lanceolate-acuminate 
from a wider base shorter. Calyx puberulous, lobes linear-acumin¬ 
ate, *i in. long. Corolla pure white, tube -5 in. long, base cylindric 
then thickened midway upwards; lobes elliptic blunt, -5 in. long, 
•25 in. wide, sub-equal. Stamens in the base of the dilate portion of 
the tube. Hab. Forests by streams, Selangor, Ulu Gombak (Ridley). 
■ (5) P. caudifolium Ridl. Eranthemum caudifolium Clarke, 
l.c. 676. 
Shrub 4 to 5 ft. tall, branched, sparse pubescent. Leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate caudate-acuminate thin, base long-narrowed, 
7-5 in. long, 2’5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long (upper) to 2 in. long 
(lower ones). Spike many-flowered, 4 to 6 in. long, brown pubes¬ 
cent. Flowers white in dense opposite cymes. Sepals linear 
caudate pubescent. Corolla -5 in. long, base cylindric, limb 
•25 in. across. Capsule 1 in. long. Seeds 4 above. Hab. Forests; 
scarce. Bindings, Pulau Sembilan (Ridley). Perak (Scortechini). 
(6) P. selangorense Ridl. Eranthemum selangorense Clarke, 
l.c. 677. 
Shrub, minutely pubescent. Leaves 5 to 6 in. long, 2*5 in. wide, 
elliptic acuminate, base obtuse or rounded. Panicle 3 by 1 to 
2 in. long, lower branches sometimes much developed, 1 in. long, 
carrying 3 to 6 flowers. Sepals scarcely -175 in. long. Corolla- 
tube *6 in. long, otherwise as in E. caudifolium. Hab. Selangor, 
Sungei Buluh (Goodenough, No. 10547) ; Kwala Lumpur (Curtis, 
No. 2367). 
The plant collected by Goodenough, No. 10547, differs much from this 
description, the plant is not pubescent, the leaves are 4 in. long or less elliptic 
