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RUELLIA patiiculata. 

 Christmas Pride of Jamaica 



DIDYNAMIA ^NGIOSPERMl^, 



Nat. ord. Acanthi. Jussieu gen, 102. Div, L Stamina 4 didynama. 



Acanthacea:. Brown prod- 1. 472, 



RUELLIA^ CaL 5-partitud (nunc profundi 5-lidus), xqualis. Cw^ 

 infundibuliformis, limbo 5-lido, paritm ina&quali, patenti. Stam. 4 antheri- 

 fera inclusa: AnthertB IocuUb parallels, muticis, Gemiinis loculi poly* 

 spermi. Caps, teretiuscula, subsessilis, ^ssepimento adnato. S&i^ina 

 retinaculis subtensa. Herbce oppositifolice^ caulescenteSf 8<jEp^ pilosce, Flores 

 axitlares r- terminates. Brown prod, 1. 477. 



^. paniculataf foliis integerrinus, pedunculis dichotomis lateralibus, calyci-* 



bus sessilibus: lacini^ suprema inajore. Liru sp, pL ed. 2, 2. 885. 

 Ruellia paniculata. MilL diet, ed. 8, n, 5, Hwartz obs. 244. Witld. ^-pl' 



3. 367. HorL Kew. ed. 2, 4. 57. 

 Speculum Veneris majus impatiens. Sloanejam. 1, 158. t^ 100.y?tf- 2. 

 Kuellia 1. procerior, subcinerea, hirsuta; peduncuUs ramosis, ilore multi- 



plici. Browne jam. 261. 



Caulis suffrutescenSj ^-^-pedalis, ramosus, smp^ prostratw, ^-gonus 



flabevy versus apicem pubescens. Kami pr4jecipui ex paniculis Jhrmantur. 

 'oL petiolata^ oppoHta, avato-Ianceotata, suhsertata, nervosa^ ktrsutiuscuia 

 V. scabra; caulina majora; ramea smph decidua: pet^ breves, Fanicule^ ex 

 ramis oppositis dichotomis divaricatissimis ; pedicelHs X-fioris, floribns ma- 

 jusculis ceemleis V, purpur€isc€ntihns, Cal. b-phyllns: fotiola linearia, longa, 

 erectUf hirsuta: kirsuties glandulosa. Cor. infnndib. tubus calyce duph 

 langior; Umbo dilatato postici gibbus, antice planus: limbus 6^^^; lacinise 

 ^ubtEquales ; posteriores 2 vix brevioreSt ti anteriores patentiores ; omnessub' 

 rotundas, concavtjEf incumbentes. ¥aux compressa pallidi C€£rulea. Fil. 4, d 

 ban tubi, duo dimidio breviora frectiUs vix iuijequalia) per paria appraaci- 

 mata: anth, erectoe, acuminatcBy albts, 2-valv€S> Germ, oblongum, acvmi* 

 natum: stylus longitudine tubi^ Jitiformis: hUg,2-^dum, altera lacinid lon-^ 

 gioi'e. Caps, acaminatay catyce cineta^ 2-/oc- ungv^ elasticosi aperiens: 

 sem, snbrotundat compressat nigra, Tota herba subviscosa odorata, odore ad 

 Oamphoram accedente (cjuod in exemplar! nostro non notavimus)* Swartz L c. 



Very common about Spanish Town in Jamaica, where, 

 according to Browne in his account of the island, it gene- 

 i^ally blows in December and January, and from that cir- 

 cumstance has been named by the colonists " Christmas 

 Pride," It makes a beautiful appearance among the bushes 

 foF the season of the year ; and if skreened and supported by 

 the neighbouring shrubs will attain the height of three feet, 

 otherwise it seldom exceeds a foot and a half and lies along 

 the ground. 



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