Hemigraphis. | CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 423 
Symb. iii. 84, t. 67; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 46; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 145, 
excl. Var. B. R. latebrosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 46? ; Wall. Cat. 2382, not of 
Roth nor of Dalz. nor of Wight. R. sarmentosa, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. 
Rar. iii. 83. 
BENGAL; very common. UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN; Moradabad, Thomson. 
Hirsute (not harshly) with white hairs. Stems 6-18 in., creeping in grass. Leaves 
3-1 in., obtuse; petiole 0-}, in. Heads 2-6-fid. ; axillary solitary flowers not rarely 
added; bracts à in., elliptic. Sepals linear, or in fruit subspathulate. Corolla }in., 
subequal, pale lavender-blue, fugacious, glabrous with 2 hairy lines in the palate; 
ventricose portion nearly as long as the cylindric. Longer filaments laxly hairy below. 
Style sparsely hairy. Capsule j in., 12-seeded.—It is doubtful whether Roxburgh 
described this species under two names, or whether one of these applied to H. venosa 
or some other species, Kurz (Journ. As. Soc. 1871, ii. 74) proposed (unhappily) to 
unite this with Ruellia .Blumeana. 
3. H. venosa, Clarke; scabrid-pubescent, leaves petioled ovate crenate, 
bracteoles as long as the calyx. Ruellia venosa, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 
R. crispa, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 83, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 146, 
not of Linn. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Rottler, Wight. 
Stems 6-12 in., branched, rooting, sparingly pubescent. Leaves 2 by 1 in., acu- 
minate at both ends, crisp, lineolate; petiole 3 in. Heads many-fid., axillary and 
terminal; bracts 1 in., obovate; bracteoles 4 in., lanceolate, densely lineolate, white- 
hirsute upwards. Sepals à in., 5, subequal, lanceolate, below glabrous scarious, tips 
hispid with white hairs. Corolla 2 in. tube for i in. cylindric, for } in. ventricose 
or almost hemispheric; mouth subequal, Anthers subequal, of the longer filaments 
subexsert. Ovary glabrous, tip glandular-pubescent ; ovules 6-8, on retinacula. Cap- 
sule not seen. —Much resembling Cardanthera triflora, but the corolla is smaller, not 
(or obscurely) bilabiate. "T. Anderson placed this with his Stenosiphonium zeylani- 
cum, which has 4 ovules and a differently shaped corolla, and is Strobilanthes exsertus 
described below. 
4. K. confinis, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 463; thinly softly 
white-hairy, leaves petioled elliptic narrowed to both ends obsoletely crenate, 
bracteoles hardly half as long as the calyx. Ruellia confinis, Wees in DC. 
Prodr. xi, 148. 
MrnGvr and Maracca; Griffith, Maingay, Cuming.—DisTRIB. Java, Borneo 
(not Philippines). . . 
Stems 2 ft., sparsely hairy. Leaves 3} by 1} in., obtuse or obtusely acuminate, 
raphides plentiful but obscure ; petiole ! in. Spikes terminal, dense, often elongate 
(especially in fruit) 2-3 in., oblong, or subglobose when young; bracts j-j in., ovate, 
subacute, imbricate, sub-4-seriate, hairy often viscidly 3 bracteoles 1-2 in. linear or 
narrow, Sepals }-} in., narrowly lanceolate sublinear, one slightly larger. Corolla 
jin, with few white hairs within; lower cylindric portion about as long as the sud- 
denly ventricose. Filaments glabrous or nearly so; anthers 2-celled, long. Ovary 
and style glabrous. Capsule about } in., usually 8-seeded.— Kurz (Journ. As. Soe. 
1871, pt. ii. 74) reduces this to Ruellia Blumeana, Nees, which differs much, by the 
spikes short not quadrifarious, the filaments bearded, &c. 
Sect. 9. Corolla narrowly tubular-funnel-shaped, limb blue. Longer 
filaments densely bearded in their upper half by long obtuse white papillose 
airs. 
5. H. latebrosa, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 723; diffuse, hairy, leaveg 
petioled ovate crenate or serrate, bracteoles 0, capsule less than j in. 6- 
seeded. Wight Ic. t. 1504. H. elegans, T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
463, not of Nees. H. Pavala, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, pt. ii. 78. 
