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Pseuderanthemum bicolor (Schrank) Radlk.
syn. Eranthemum bicolor Schrank
Recent introduction. E. Malaysia. Rare. Erect shrub, up to 1 m tall; leaves,
mostly 5 to 15 cm long and up to 6 cm wide, purple or purple-brown, ovate-oblong or
lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, glabrous or finely puberulent; flowers borne in axillary
cymes, the uppermost sometimes in racemes, with puberulent calyxes, up to 1 cm long,
and puberulent 5-lobed white tubular corollas, 3.5 to 4 cm long with red throats, one
lobe with a red blotch, and other lobes white; fruiting capsule 2.5 to 3 cm long. Planted
ornamental. 6, 7(27810).
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii (Seem.) Guill. var. carruthersii "false eranthemum"
te iaro (K)
syns. Eranthernum eldorado Hort.; Pseudemnthemum eldorado (Williams)
Radlk.
Recent introduction. Melanesia? Occasional. Erect shrub, up to 1 m or higher;
leaves, 5 to 15 cm long, smooth, elliptic-ovate leaves, mottled yellow-green, with
conspicuous netlike veins; petioles 1 to 3 cm long; erect spike-like racemes bearing
flowers with inconspicuous bracts, green or reddish 5-lobed calyxes, up to 8 mm long,
and white and purple or rosy-purple tubular corollas, the tube, about 1.3 cm long, and
the 5 lobes spreading to about 2.5 cm or more in diameter; fruiting capsule, four-seeded,
club-shaped. Planted ornamental shrub. 3, 5, 6(201), 7.
Pseuderanthemum carruthersii ( Seem .) Guill. var. atropurpureum (Bull) Fosb.
"purple false eranthemum" , "false face" te iaro (K) ; lakauuli (T)
syns. P. atropurpureum (Bull) Radlk. ; Eranthemum atropurpurewn Bull. ; P.
versicolor (Hort.) Radlk. ; Eranthernum versicolor Hort.
Recent introduction. Melanesia? Occasional. Erect shrub, up to 1.5 m or more
high; leaves, 5 to 15 cm long, dark purplish-red, elliptic-ovate; petioles, 1 to 3 cm long;
erect spike-like racemes bearing flowers with inconspicuous bracts, green or reddish 5-
lobed calyxes, up to 8 mm long, and 4-lobed white and purple or rosy-purple tubular
corollas, the tube and lobes about 1.3 cm long; fruiting capsule, four-seeded, club-
shaped. Planted ornamental shrub. 3(58777, 58792), 5, 6, 7.
Sanchezia speciosa Leonard
syn. S. nobilis sensu auct. non H0ok.f.
" sanchezia"
Recent introduction. Ecuador. Rare. Erect shrub, up to 1 m or higher, with
smooth four-angled branches; leaves, 6 to 45 cm long, oval, pointed at both ends, and
green, with yellow mid- and side veins; narrow flowering spikes bearing wide red bracts,