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nata,subsessilIa,5-8-pollicana, pollices 2 ad 5 lata, membranacea, atro-viridia, gkuccdinc parcissima opaca, utrinque, praesertim ad 

 pagmam aversam, juxta costam nervosque obliquos hirsuta, reticulata. Petiolus brevissimus, vix i-uncialis. Flores magni coerulei 

 secund,, digesti in spicas axiUares, oppositas, erectas vel recurvatas, hvevh pedunculatas, 2-3-pollicares, vald^ hirsutas Bkacte^' 

 oblongs, attenuato-acut«., poUicares, subunguiculatse, levith- undulatse, inferiorem spica. partem occupantes, subdecussantes Calyx 

 4-phyllus ; fohola 2 exteriora partim inaequalia, lato-ovata, acuta, basi rotundata adnata, multinervla, sesquipollicaria, intvls Isevia et nitida 

 margme crenulato-ciliata ; horum interius paull6 minus, apice nunc 2-dcntatum ; hUeriora 2 linearia, acuminata, cum exterioribus alter- 

 nantia, iisdemque dimidi5 brevioria, 1-nervia, membranaceo-marginulata. Corolla infimdibuliformis, calyce exteriore dupl6 longior 

 ccerulea; tubus gracilis, pallidus ; llmhi bilabiati labium superius adscendens, subrevolutum, 4-lobum, lobis ovatis, obtusis, exterioribus 

 pariim majoribus, labio inferiori, integro similibus. Stamina 4 fertilia, didynama, ^/amew^/* puberulis, antheris bilocularibus ; 2 longiora 

 exserta; 2 brevia; prseterea quintum *<m7e, brevissimum, puberulum. Stigma lineare, carnosum. Capsula sessilis, calycis foliolis 

 exterioribus inclusa, clavata, compressa, acuta, fusca, nitida, 4-sperma. Semina magna, plana, orbiculata, adpressfe sericeo-villosa, reti- 

 naculis longissimis sustenta. 



This beautiful species approaches very nearly to Barleria stngosa WiUd., which is, I believe, Barleria coemlea of 

 Roxburgh's manuscript Flora Indica ; but it seems to differ in being far more hairy on all its green parts, and in the 

 leaves being narrower. The accompanying representation exhibits the plant, which was reared in the Botanic Garden 

 at Calcutta, from seeds gathered at Meaong on the Irawaddi, below Prome, on low, shady ground. The Tavoy spe- 

 cimens resemble this plant; but those I gathered at Prome and on Taong Dong, near Ava, have broader leaves, and 

 ought perhaps to be referred to the species mentioned above. They are all very ornamental plants, on account of 

 their large, lilac flowers, which are produced in great abundance during the cold season. 



Plate LXXXII. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx opened. 3. Corolla opened. 



RUELLIA Neesiana. Tab. 83. 



SuFFRUTicosA ; caulc subsimplici ; foliis oblongis, acuminatis, integerrimis, basi acutis, subtus pubescentibus, su- 

 premis ovato-cordatis, sessilibus, amplexicaulibus ; floribus terminalibus, paucis, racemoso-paniculatis, glanduloso- 

 pubescentibus, tubo gracili, longissimo ; staminibus brevissimis, antherarum loculis ineequalibus ; capsula ungui- 

 culata. 



Hab. in montibus Sillet vicinis, florens mense Octobris, fructificans Decembri. In hortum Calcuttensem introducta 

 anno 1825. 



Caulis sufFruticosus, 3-pedalis, simplex, vel parce ramosus, superne ramiqiie obtuse quadrangulares, 4-sulcati, sulcis duobus oppositis 

 pilosis, cseteriim glabri. Folia pauca, opposita, patentia, iw/eriora petiolata, oblonga, acuminata, integerrima, basi acuta, 6 — lO-poUicaria, 

 superiora sessilia, ovato-cordata, subamplexicaulia ; supra atroviridia, glabra, subtiis ad nervos prominentes, obliquos pubescentia, subco- 

 riacea. Petiolus ^-poUicaris, supra plano-sulcatus. Flores magni, speciosissimi, pauci, dilute rosei, digesti in racemum terminalem, nudum, 

 elongatione caulis pliis min^sve elevatum, nunc basi compositum, subpaniculatum. Pedunculi teretes, calycesque pilis copiosis, capitellato- 

 glandulosis vestiti, subviscosi. PEofcELLi brevissimi, basi suffulti bracteolii lineari, villosH. Calyx oblongus, lineas 3 enietiens, profundi 

 5-partitus ; lacinice lineares, erectse, obtusiusculae, eequales. Corolla tubus longissimus, gracilis, 2-pollicaris, pubescens, apice dilatatus 

 in faucem amplam, ovatam, inttis pallidam, punctatam, pubescentem ; limbus patens, bilabiatus, 5-fidus ; lobi ovati, obtusi, inferiores 2 

 vix minores. Stamina 4 brevissima, didynama, ad fundum faucis occulta. Filamenta crassa, carnosa, subulata, pilosula, parJim incurva, 

 per tubum lineolis elevatis decurrentia. Anthers magnae, violaceae, glanduloso-pubescentes, loculis vertice obtusis, basi acutis, insequa- 

 libus altero nemp^ breviore. Stylus capillaceus. Stigma villosum, subinfundibuliforme. Capsula clavata, longfe unguiculata, acuta, 

 4-sperma, ferfe li-pollicaris ; sanina orbiculata, retinaculis longis sustenta. 



I have seen a variety of this most charming species, also a native of the mountains bordering on Sillet, resembling 

 it in every respect, except in stature and in the size of its flowers, which are one-third smaller. 



Plate LXXXIII. Fig. 1. Calyx opened. 2. Corolla opened. 3. 4. Two pairs of stamens. 5. Capsule. 6. A detached valve. 



