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ERANTHEMUM strictum. 
Upright Eranthemum. 
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DECANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. ACANTHACER. 
Cal. 5-partitus, wqualis. Cor. hypocrateriformis, limbo 5-partito, 
wquali, y. parum irregulari. Stamina 2, antherifera, exserta. Anthere lo- 
culis parallelis, muticis. ilamenta 2, sterilia. Ovarii loculi 2-spermi. 
Capsule valvule naviculares, dissepimento adnato. Semina retinaculis sub- 
-tensa.—Herbe y. Frutices, inflorescentiad varia. Brown prodr. 1. 476. 
E, strictum; suffruticosum, erectum, pubescens, ramis simplicibus .decus- 
satis, foliis lanceolatis obscuré crenulatis, spicis terminalibus elongatis, 
bracteis oppositis quaternis remotis unifloris. Road. Fil. ind. 1.114. 
Frutex 4-5 pedalis, subpubescens. Caulis teretiusculus, ramulis remotis 
oppositis, tetragonis. Folia 4-uncialia, longa, utrinque acuta, marginibus 
subcrenulatis, glabra, nitida ; supra cesia, subtus pallida, venis prominen- 
tibus, hirsutis, reticulatis. Petioli unciales, supra depresst, lamina folii 
decurrente marginati. Spice solitarie, erecte, 1-2 pedales. Rachis acute 
tetragona, feré 4-alata, Flores magni, atro cerulei, oppositi, paribus al- 
ternis, demum distantibus. Bracte appresse, imbricate, cuneato-lanceo- 
late, atro-virides, acute, ciliate, circd unam unciam longe; interiores 
minime, vix sepalis longiores, lineares, pubescentes. Corolle tubus, graci- 
lis, pubescens, versus apicem clavatus, bracted exteriore fere duplo longior ; 
lobis obovatis, truncatis, planis, patentibus, subtus valde pallidis. Inter fila- 
menta, 2 stamina abortiva. Antherz in fauce corolle, loculis parallelis. 
Roxb, I. c. ex angl. vers. 
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For this species of Eranthemum, which is quite new to 
our gardens, we are obliged to John Slater, Esq. of Newick 
Park, near Uckfield, by whom it was raised from Nepal” 
seeds. 
It is a pretty greenhouse species, easily cultivated, and 
to be propagated by cuttings. There are many other 
species in the East Indies, all of which are remarkable for 
their beauty, but of which only this, Eranthemum pulchel- 
lum, and another species, E. crenulatum (Wall. MSS.) 
which we shall soon take occasion to publish, are yet 
known in our gardens. 
A small shrub of about four or five feet in height, 
slightly covered with short hair. Stem almost round, joint- 
ed, sending forth four-sided slender branches in remote 
