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Ruellia.] CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) 413 
5. R. cernua, Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 45; leaves oblong or elliptic acumi- 
nate hairy, bracteoles petioled elliptic acute leaf-like, sepals 4 in., corolla 
l-l} in. T, Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460. -> 
CHOTA NAGPORE ; Parasnath, alt, 2000-4500 ft., Thomson, Anderson, Clarke. 
Rootstock woody; annual stems 6-24 in., hairy upwards. Leaves 34 by 1-11 in., 
much acuminate, with scattered short white hairs on both surfaces ; petiole 4 in. 
Flowers 1-3 together, axillary and terminal; bracteoles 1 in. Sepals exceeding 
4 in, linear, hairy. Corolla pubescent, white with rose or pink-purple marks, 
tubular portion equalling the ventricose. Stamens of the genus. Capsule 3 in., as 
of R. prostrata.—The plant here described is the Parasnath one, which is a typical 
Ruellia sect. Dipteracanthus, and which Anderson identifies confidently with Rox- 
burgh's R. cernua, of which nothing is known but that the seeds came from Mysore, 
and Roxburgh’s description and picture. In his description Roxburgh says the flowers 
were small, and his picture shows them 2 in. long, so that it must be a striking variety 
of the Parasnath plant. 
6. R. suffruticosa, Rovh. FI. Ind. iii. 53; leaves elliptic hairy not 
acuminate, bracteoles petioled elliptic leaf-like, sepals j in., corolla 1} in. 
white. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 461. R. repens, Wall. Cat. 
2384, letter F only. Dipteracanthus Sibua, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 
81, and in DC. Prod». xi. 121. 
BENGAL; Dinajpur, Hamilton ; throughout CHoTA NAGPORE, alt. 1-2000 ft., 
Clarke. UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN; Moradabad, Thomson. 
Rootstock woody ; annual stems sometimes 1-3 in. only (especially after the fires), 
sometimes 1-2 ft. Leaves 4 by 14 in., obtuse in the typical form, or acute hardly 
acuminate in Thomson's specimens. Bracteoles 3 in., hardly acute. Sepals linear, 
puberulous or glabrate. Capsule $—1 in.—Very closely allied to R. cernua. 
7. R. Beddomei, Clarke; leaves elliptic acute hairy on both 
surfaces, bracteoles subpetioled ovate acute leaf-like, sepals } in., corolla 3 in. 
- cernua, Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460, partly, not of Roxb, 
CENTRAL INDIA ; Jubbulpore, Beddome. . 
. This seems nearer R. suffruticosa than R. cernua, of which T. Anderson reckoned 
it a form; but it differs from both in the very large corolla, the lobes of which are 
l by 3 in., roundly elliptic. 
8. R. ciliata, Hornem. Hort. Hafn. ii. 585; pubescent, leaves ovate 
shortly obtusely acuminate, bracteoles scarcely so long as the calyx-tube, 
corolla 15 in. T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 120. Dipteracanthus 
ciliatus, Wall. Cat. 7151; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii, 81, and in DC. 
s oe xi. 120. Larysacanthus ciliatus, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjobenh. 
, 123. 
Burma; Prome, Wallich. . 
Stems 2 ft., shortly pubescent upwards. Leaves 3} by 2 in., base shortly cuneate, 
obscurely sinuate-crenulate; petiole 3-1 in. Bracteoles 4-3 in., oblong or spathulate- 
elliptic, Calyx-tube 1 in.; teeth } in., linear, pubescent, Corolla nearly glabrous, 
cylindric tubular much shorter than the ventricose part. Filaments hairy at the 
base. Ovules about 12, Capsule not seen. 
9. R. macrosiphon, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pl. ii. 92; hairy, 
leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, bracteoles linear-lanceolate foliaceous, 
calyx-segments 24 in. linear-subulate, corolla 2 in. Ruellia sp., T. Anders. 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 461. 
Prov; Beddome. . . " 
erennial, 2-3 in., woolly with crisped white hairs, Leaves 2 in., entire, narrowe 
at both ends; petiole obscure. Flowers sessile, solitary ; bracteoles j by 1; in., linear- 
