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RvELLIA ELEGANS. NEAT BLUE-FLOWERED 
RvELLIA. 
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Class and Order. | 
Dipynamia ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord —Acanrnacesz. ) 
Generic Character. i 
Calyx 5-partitus equalis. Corolla infundibuliformis, 
limbo 5-fido subequali patente. Anthere 2-loculares. 
Capsula polysperma, dissepimento adnato. | 
Specific Name and Character, 
Rvuenusa * elegans; herbacea, pubescenti - hirsuta, foliis 
ovato-acuminatis grosse serratis longe petiolatis, flori- 
bus in ramis terminalibus subsolitariis pauci-bracteatis, 
calycibus ciliatis. 
This very pretty species of Rurtxi is cultivated in the 
Stove of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, having been raised 
from seeds sent from the East Indies. Its bright blue 
blossoms continue during great part of the summer, and 
render it an acceptable plant to our collections. It is pro- 
bably described in Professor NEEs von Esxnsecx’s elabo- 
rate memoir, entitled ““ Acanthacee Indie Orientalis,” and 
Siven in Dr. Waxticn’s “ Plante Asiatic Rariores;” but 
without the fruit, I am unable satisfactorily to refer it to 
its proper Genus among the numerous ones there character- 
ized. I wish it therefore to be considered a Ruexuia of 
Roxguren and most other authors. 
Descr. The root is probably annual. The stem erect, 
slender, hairy with patent hairs, erect, branched; the 
branches 
— noon 
* Named after Jonn RvE tte, a French Botanical writer, who lived in 
the sixteenth century.  -* 
