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botanic garden; and, so far as the description goes, it agrees 
very well with the specimen. The Chinese wild specimens we 
now refer to R. flagelliformis, Roxb., are less luxuriant, but do 
not present any other obvious differences. 
2. Ruellia repens, Linn. Mant. p. 89; T. Anders. in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. p. 460; Clarke in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 412 ; 
Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 261; Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. ii. 
p. 145. 
Dipteracanthus lanceolatus, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 124. 
Kwanatune (Silva ex Henriques); Honexone (Wright !). 
Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Malay peninsula and archipelago. 
3. Ruellia seclusa, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 208. 
Kriawasr: Kiukiang (forbes!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
4. Ruellia venusta, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 92. 
Kwanetuna: shady woods above the cloister of Tiloitsz on 
the North river (Sampson and Hance, 13767 !), without locality 
(Ford!) Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
1. Dedalacanthus nervosus, 7' Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
p. 487 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 418; Hance in 
Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 13. 
Justicia nervosa, Vahl, Enum. Pl. i. p. 164; Bot. Mag. t. 1358. 
Eranthemum nervosum, R. Br. Prodr. Fl, Nov. Holl. p. 477; Nees in 
DC. Prodr. xi. p. 445. 
Eranthemum pulchellum, Andrews, Bot. Rep. t. 88, non Rozb. 
KwaworvNa: shady rocky woods along the West river (Samp- 
son, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit. 
Tropical India, and eultivated in many other tropical countries. 
1. Hemigraphis chinensis, 7’. Anders. inscpt. in herb. Kew. 
Ruellia chinensis, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. p. 147. 
Strobilanthes scaber, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 231, non Nees. 
CHuiNA : without locality (Parkes!); Kwanaruna: near 
Canton (Parry !), Dane’s Island, Whampoa (4. Hance !), Pakwan 
(Sampson, hb. Hance, 7575 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
