412 CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Ruellia. 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 282. 
R. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 2397. R. repens, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 
Dipteracanthus prostratus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 81, and in DC. 
Prodr, xi. 124. 
DECCAN PENINSULA, extending North to BEHAE ; J. D. H. . 
Stems 6-18 in., much branched, nodes short, glabrous downwards. Leaves iin. 
subobtuse, lineolate by raphides and minutely sparsely pilose ; petiole 3 in. Flowers 
few together or often solitary ; bracteoles 1-2 in., often altogether like the leaves. 
Sepals 1 in., linear, ciliate. Corolla pubescent, ventricose portion of the tube twice 
the cylindric portion. Capsule } in., pubescent, seed-bearing $ its length. Seeds 
16-20, $ in. diam. 
Var. dejecta; diffuse sometimes rambling among bushes with very long nodes, 
leaves larger often 3 in. frequently acute. Ruellia ringens, Roxb. F7. Ind. iii. 44; 
Wall. Cat. 2403. R. repens, Wall. Cat. 2384, chiefly. R. deccanensis, Grah. Cat. 
Pi. Bomb. 162.  Dipteracanthus dejectus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 82, and in 
DC. Prodr. xi. 125; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 185, excl. syn. D. prostratus, Griff. 
Notul. iv. 135.— Throughout India, from the N. Punjab and Assam to Ceylon, very 
common (not seen from the Malay Peninsula).—Distrib. E. Africa. This variety 
passes into R. prostrata type by insensible gradations. 
2. R. repens, Linn. Mant. 89 (not of Burm. nor of Heyne); stem 
nearly glabrous, leaves ovate acuminate or lanceolate mature nearly glabrous, 
bracteoles spathulate elliptic or petioled ovate foliaceous, corolla $ 1n. 
Blume Bijd. 794; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iż. 460. Dipteracanthus 
lanceolatus, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 82, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 124. 
MALAY PENINSULA; Moulmein, Parish; Mergui and Malacca, Griffith; Singa- 
pore, Lobb.—Disrris. Throughout Malaya to the Philippines. Siam. 
Usnally more glabrous with narrower leaves than R. prostrata, but can only be 
clearly separated by the smaller flowers; the capsule rarely exceeds } in. 
3. R. patula, Jacq. Misc. Bot. ii. 358, and Ic. Pl. Rar. i.t. 119; 
hoary pubescent, leaves ovate, bracteoles spathulate elliptic or petioled ovate 
foliaceous, corolla 1-13 in. Lamk. lll. t. 550 (smaller than nat. size) 3, Wall. 
Cat. 2385; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iti. 45; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 1x. 460. 
R. erecta, Roth Nov. Sp. 308. Dipteracanthus patulus, Mees in Wall. 
Pl. As. Rar. iii. 82, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 126; Wight Ic. t. 1505; Oerst. 1n 
Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, t. 4, fig. 19-21. D. erectus, Nees in Wall. Pl. 
5 Rar. iii. 82, and Cat. 7186. Petalidium patulüm, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
DECCAN PENINSULA, extending to Scinde, Rajpootana and Bundelkund (Edge- 
worth). CEYLON, frequent.—DISTRIB. Arabia, Abyssinia, Ava. 
Resembling R. prostrata, but densely closely pubescent. Corolla pubescent, 
Mei pale grey purple, the cylindric portion of the tube as long as the ventricose 
part. 
4. R. longifolia, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460; hairy, 
leaves linear-lanceolate, bracts linear-spathulate, calyx-lobes lanceolate 
scarcely longer than the tube, corolla 2 in. Boiss, Fl. Orient. iv. 519. 
Dipteracanthus longifolius, Stocks in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 177. 
ScINDE; Stocks, Dalzell.—DisTRrs. Beloochistan. 
Woody at the base, with many ascending stems 12 in. high; whole plant with 
glandular viscous white or hoary pubescence. Leaves 2 by j in.; petiole con- 
tinuous with the attenuate leaf-base. Flowers mostly solitary ; bracteoles 3 in. 
Calyx} in. Corolla pubescent, blue. Capsule % in., pubescent, nearly as of A. 
prostrata. 
