be also referred the Ruellia lilacina,* Bot. Mag. 't.4147. The 
present one is perhaps the handsomest of the genus, from the 
large racemes of deep lilac flowers ; Nees calls them blue, but he 
judges, perhaps, from the colour in dried specimens. 
Descr. Somewhat shrubby, branched ; branches zigzag, slightly 
downy as well as the leaves. Leaves opposite, ovato-cordate, 
soft, somewhat waved, pale beneath. Pezioles shorter than the 
leaves, connate at the base. Racemes axillary, six- to ten-flowered. 
Flowers nearly sessile.. Calyx of five, deep, lanceolato-subulate, 
erect segments, slightly hairy ; at its base are small appressed 
bracteas. Corolla with the tube, long, infundibuliform, pale 
green, sprinkled with purple, bent at the contraction; limb 
_ deep lilac, spotted with darker dots, of five spreading, rounded, 
waved, unequal segments. Stamens four, didynamous, united 
at the base of the filaments, included. Ovary oblong, hairy, 
inserted in a cup-shaped disc ; style inserted obliquely at the 
top of the germen, hairy at the base. Stigma two-lobed. 
_* Dr. Lindley has, by some strange error, quoted this under his Ruellia lila- 
cina (Bot. Reg. 1846. t. 13), and criticised the figure: whereas it is quite clear 
that the Ruellia lilacina of Dr. Lindley, is our Eranthemum montanum, Bot. Mag. 
(1843), t. 4031, and has nothing to do with the original 2. lilacina, Hook. 
Fig. 1. Portion of corolla to show the stamens. 2. Calyx and Pistil. 3. Ovary 
and cup-shaped dise :—magnified. 
