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tudine, patentes, orbiculat£e , subserratse , petiolo lineari laminam oequante. 

 Corolla semipollicaris vel paulo longior, extus intusque pubescens. ( v. in h 

 Wallieh). 



55. S. Wallichii (N. ah E. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 3 p. 87 ) , caule alato sub- 

 alatove , foliis insequalibus ovali-oblongis utrinque acuminatis serratis supra 

 hirtis, floralibus subcordatis, spicis axillaribus flexuosis foliosis. 'Jfi In 

 Nepalia? monte Sheapore , alt. 10,000 ped. (Wallich! ), in Kamoon (R. 



-Blinkworth ) , etiam e regionibus magis adhuc elevatis versus Gossain Than 

 Himalayse , Mahasco , in montibus Himalayse, alt. 9000' (Edgeworth ) (1) , 

 floret Julio, fructum maturat Octobri ( Wallich, Edgew. ). Caulis her- 

 baceus , basi denique durescens, teres, superiora versus tetragonus , superne 

 ramosissimus , dichotomus , ramis fastigiatis herbaceis glabris , projecturis 

 plus mfnus foliaceis continuis ciliatis duplicatis bifariam alatus , subinde tan- 

 tummodo acutangulus , geniculis distantibus compressis. Eolia inferiora 5 

 poll. longa, 1-1 j poll. lata, in petiolum longum anguste alatum attenuata, 

 serrata, serraturis ovatis subincumbentibus mucronulatis aequalibus, supra 

 sparsim lineolata setulisque dispersis hirta , subtus ad costas et venas scabra , 

 pallidiora, margine ciliata, flaccida, multiplinervia, nervis utrinque 5-7 cur- 

 vatim apicem petentibus ; oppositum minus. Spicse axillares , folio suo paulo 

 longiores vel idem sequantes, 1—4 poll. longse , bppositce , inaeqnales , simpli- 

 ces ; rhachis flexuosa, alata, ciliata, in aliis longiore tractu a basi aphylla et 

 nuda , jn aliis mox a basi florigera. Folia floralia opposita , patentia , ovato- 

 vel et cordato-acuminata, subsessilia vel sessilia, serrata, supra hirta; inas- 

 qualia, altero duplo minore. Flores in axillis foiiorum sessiles. Bracteolas 

 calyce quadruplo breviores , lineari-oblongse, subspathulatse , obtusae , ciliata?, 

 Calyx semipollicaris ; lacinias lanceolato-lineares , obtusa? , in var. x glabrse, 

 barbulata? , in var. S glanduloso-hirtse et longiores. Corolla extus alba , intus 

 purpureo-violacea ( var. «), ^poll. longa, e tubo brevi infundibuliformis. 

 Capsula ( in var. 8 ) semiuncialis , columnaris , tetragona , glabra , ad basin 

 fere bilocularis. ( v. in h. Wallioh , Hooker, Edgeworth , etc. ) 

 x. calyce apice barbato. 

 S. calyce glanduloso - hirto. Ruellia ampliata ( Pear scented Ruellia ) 



Edgeworth in sched. n. 214. 

 -/. micropUylla , foliis parvis lanceolatis subserratis calycibusque glabris. 



Simla ( Fielding ! in h. Hooker ). Ruellia alata Wall. pl. as. rar. 1 



p. 26. t. 31 , cat. n. 2371 a, b. ( v. in h. Hooker ). 



56. S. attenuatus ( Jacquemont voy. n. 2299 in h. Mus. paris. snb n. 151 et 

 152 ) , foliis cordatis serratis caudato-acuminatis plus minus hirtis , petiolis 

 alatis , pedunculis axillaribus terminalibusque trifidis hirsutis , spicis brevibus 

 interruptis calycibusque hirsutis et glandulosis , bracteis bracteolisque lanceo- 

 lato-linearibns obtusis , calycis lacini^ supera longiore. ^ in NepaliS 

 ( Wallich ! ) , in Himalayae montibus gregarius , alt. 5-7000' ( Simla; Musoni, 

 Fielding ! in h. Hooker, floret Augusto, Septembri ; Edgeworth ! n. 210). 

 Ruellia attenuata Wall. cat. n. 2345? N.-ab E. in Wall. pl. as. rar. 3 p. 83 ? 

 Caulis herbaceus , quadrangularis, plus minus hirsutus , setis validis. Foiia 

 inferiora cum petiolo 3-4-pollicari 7-8 poll. longa , 2J-2J poll. lata ., ovata , 

 cordata , in cuspidem angustam integerrimam producta , dense obtuseque 

 serrata, serraturis incurvis , utrinque lineolata et hirta. Petioli hirsuti, a\S, an- 

 gustS herbaceS pra?diti. Summa folia sessilia sunt. Flores in spicis oppositi , 

 sessiles , terminales, terni , hirsuti , glandulisqne stipitatis glutinosi. Bractea 

 calyce paulo brevior, lanceolato-linearis , trinervis et bracteolse magis lineares 

 uninerves , obtusse , glanduloso-hirsutse. Corolla pollicaris , extus et intus 

 glabra , purpurea ? ( v. in h\ Wallich , Hooker et Edgeworth ). 



8. foliis supra setulis raris inspersis subtus glabris. — . Cachemyr (Jacque- 



(0 « Planta gregaria, quse zeylonensiura quarumdam hujusce generis more, haud quot- 

 anms , sed periodo quadam annorum recurrente floret, » ( Edgeworth in sched. ) 



xr. 13 



