424 CIX. ACANTHACEE, (C. B. Clarke) |^ [Hemigraphis. 
Ruellia Pavala, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 47. R. latebrosa, Roth Nov. Sp. 307; 
Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 83, not of Roxb. R. erecta, Ham.; Wall. 
Cat. 2395. R. fasciculata, Wall. Cat. 2394, part of A sheet only. Ruellia 
elegans, Bot. Mag. t. 3389; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 186. 
Throughout the DECCAN PENINSULA, alt. 0—4000 ft., from S. Behar (J. D. H.) to 
Coorg (Wight) ; common. 
Stems 1-2 ft., branching, weak, hairs soft patent white. Leaves 2} by 1-1; in., 
acuminate at both ends, sparsely hairy, obscurely (or not) lineolate ; petiole 1-1} in. ; 
leaves on the secondary flowering branches much smaller. Bracts ovate or elliptic, 
scarcely longer than the calyx, or of the outermost flowers petioled, and greatly 
exceeding the calyx. Sepals 1-X in., subequal, !inear-lanceolate, whitened, hairy not 
obviously lineolate. Corolla $-3 in. nearly straight; tube pale or yellowish, 
gradually narrowed upwards, limb blue. Shorter filaments glabrous; anthers nar- 
rowly oblong, cells triangular acute (not awned). Capsule i in. rarely j in. 
minutely patently hairy, 6-seeded.— This hardly differs from H. elegans, Nees, but 
by the smaller capsule with 6 (not 8) seeds. T. Anderson considered them one. 
__ VAR. rupestris; more pubescent, often viscid aromatic, heads denser. Ruellia 
diffusa, Wall. Cat. 2383, letters C, D. R. satpoorensis, Wawra in Oestr. Bot. Zeit. 
1881, 281, and in Zt. Pr. Cob. Bot. i. 90, t. 8 B.—Deccan Peninsula, Chota Nagpore, 
Rajpootana. N.W. Himalaya, alt. 2-5000 ft.; Kumaon, Strachey d Winterbottom ; 
Sewaliks, Stewart.—Even commoner than the type, more rigid, growing in drier places. 
It was distributed as Ruellia rupestris to Wallich and to Roth (see Roth Nov. Sp. 
307). The authentic sheet named by Heyne in Herb. Rottler consists partly of this, 
partly of Lepidagathis fasciculata. 
VAR. Beddomei; much less hairy, leaves small ovate serrate or crenate glabrate.— 
Bellary ; Beddome. 
6. H. ebracteolata, Clarke; hispid with scattered white hairs, 
leaves small petioled ovate serrate, bracteoles 0, capsule 3 in. 6-seeded. 
rupestris, 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 462, partly. Ruellia ebracteo- 
lata, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 342. R. latebrosa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
BomBAY GHATS; Dalzell, Stocks. 
Leaves 14 by 1 in. (mostly smaller), obtuse or very shortly acuminated, base 
obtuse or almost rounded, cuneately decurrent on the petiole, coarsely toothed, hairs 
stiff (almost bristly) especially on the nerves beneath; raphides plentiful but obscure. 
Otherwise altogether as H. latebrosa, Nees, of which Dalzell finally considered ita 
form.— H. rupestris, T. Anders., is made up of Ruellia rupestris and of R. ebracteolata, 
Dalz.; but Dalzell's R. ebracteolata is much remoter from R. rupestris than is the 
latter from Hemigraphis latebrosa, Nees. 
7. H. flaccida, Clarke; stems long softly patently hairy, leaves 
petioled ovate or elliptic subentire or obsoletely crenate, heads small few- 
d., bracteoles 0. Ruellia flaccida, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 91. 
Prov; Kurz. 
_Longer filaments bearded upwards, shorter naked. Bracts not fimbriate nor flowers 
solitary (as Kurz describes). Capsule not seen.—As Kurz admitted H. latebrosa to 
be of the genus Hemigraphis, he erred in placing this species in Ruellia; for it 1s 
closely allied to H. latebrosa. The white hairs on the stems are } in. long, very 
copious, nearly similar to those of H. latebrosa. If this is well separable from H. 
latebrosa, it must be by the very entire leaves; in H. datebrosa the larger leaves (on 
the principal stem) are always prominently toothed. 
..8. H. elegans, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi, 722, of T. Anders. partly ; 
diffuse, patently softly white-hairy, leaves petioled b or elliptic crenate- 
serrate, bracteoles 0, capsule 4 in. 8-10-seeded. Ruellia diffusa, Wal. 
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