Tas. 4366. 
STROBILANTHES tacrartus. 
Milky-leaved Strobilanthes. 
Nat. Ord. AcanTHAcCE®.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Cal. subeequalis, ad basin 5-partitus, laciniis herbaceis linearibus. 
Cor. infundibuliformis, tubo in limbum campanulatum non abrupte transeunte, 
lacinie squales v. subsequales, limbo raro subbilabiato, rotundate y. emarginate. 
Stam. 4, didynama, faucium medio inserta, plerumque non prominentia. Fila- 
menta omnia in quibusdam basi membrana conjuncta, monadelpha; in una 
specie (S. decurrente) accedit rudimentum filamenti quinti. Anthere oblonge, 
mutice, loculis parallelis contiguis eequalibus in quibusdam basi divergentibus, 
connectivo latiore unde anthera sagittata. Stigma subulatum, incurvum v. invo- 
lutum, dorso spongiolosum, canaliculatum.  Capsula columnaris, tetragona, fere 
ad basin bilocularis, in medio tetrasperma. Dissepimentum tenue, sursum in- 
completum, adnatum, a valvulis quandoque solubile. Semina discoidea, angulata, 
in ambitu utrinque areolata, angulo juxta hilum magis prominulo, retinaculis 
uncinatis suffulta——Frutices e¢ Herbe Indie Orientalis. Spice magis minusve 
dense, axillares terminalesque, erecte, cernue v. nutantes.  Bractee foliacee 
v. foliaceo-membranacee, persistentes v. caduce floresque denudantes, Bracteole 
parve, quandoque nulla, Flores e majoribus teneri, cerulei v. allt. Decsne. 
SrrosrLaNntuEs Jactatus; suffruticosus, ramis obtuse tetragonis subteretibus, 
foliis ovatis acuminatis basi acutis breviter petiolatis integerrimis glabris 
medio per totam suam longitudinem albicantibus, pedunculis solitariis axil- 
laribus vel terminalibus subbifloris bibracteatis, bracteis foliaceis, corolla 
pallide purpureo-albz limbo plicato, filamentis liberis. 
RvELira grandis. Hortulan. 
Received from the Nursery of Mr. Low, of Clapton, under the 
name of Ruellia grandis, which seems to be no-where published, 
and by no means characteristic of the plant. It is in all proba- 
bility a native of the East Indies, and has the merit of enlivening 
the stove with its pretty pale purplish-white blossoms, during 
the dead months of winter. It does not appear to be a species 
taken up by the learned Nees von Esenbeck. Its flowers, indi- 
vidually, a good deal resemble those of S. Sabinianus (Bot. Mag. 
t.3517) ; but the inflorescence is totally different ; and the leaves 
are prettily variegated with white down the centre, looking as 
if milk had been accidentally spilled upon them. 
APRIL Ist, 1848, 
