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RvuELLIA CILIATIFLORA. FRINGE-FLOWERED 
RUELLIA. 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—AcanTHAce®. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus, equalis. Corolla infundibuliformis, 
limbo 5-fido ms tae patente. Anthere 2-loculares. Cap- — 
sula polysperma, dissepimento adnato. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Ruewua ciliatiflora ; herbacea, foliis petiolatis ovatis ine- 
qualiter serratis pubescenti-hirsutis, panicula termi- 
nali aphylla, calycis inaequalis pubescenti-glandulosi 
laciniis subulatis, corolla tubo angulato curvato limbo 
obliquo undulato lobis subrotundis dentato-ciliatis. 
The seeds of this very handsome Ruetxia were sent to 
the Glasgow Botanic Garden by Mr. 'T'wrepte from Buenos 
Ayres; but whether it is a species of that neighbourhood, 
or brought by that Collector from some country in the 
interior, as I rather suspect, is not stated. It bloomed with 
us in the stove, and is certainly a very desirable plant for 
cultivation. It flowers in September. 
Descr. Our plant scarcely exceeded a foot and a half 
in height: the stem herbaceous, pubescenti- scabrous. 
Leaves opposite, oyate, petiolate, the margin unequally 
serrated, more or less hairy, especially the lower ones, which 
are also much the largest. Panicle terminal, leafless ; the 
branches short, simple or divided, bearing at the extremity, 
in a sort of small head, from two to four or six flowers, large 
and handsome, purplish-blue, only one in each capitulum 
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