Tas. 4767. 
GOLDFUSSIA GLomerRaAta; VAR. speciosa. 
Clustered Goldfussia ; showy-flowered var. 
Nat. Ord. AcANTHACEEZ.—DIpDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partitus, subeequalis. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo 
5-fido obtuso equali. Stamina inclusa, didynama, hexmiliora seepe brevissima, 
reflexa. Anthere nutantes; loculi in connectivo uncinato glanduloso obliqui, 
ovati, membranacei. Stigma simplex, subulatum, altero latere crenatum, irrita- 
bile. Capsula 6-angularis, 2-valvis, a dissepimento facile solubilis, loculis infe- 
rius 2-spermis. Semina discoidea, retinaculis subtensa.—Frutices Indie orien- 
talis, foliis serratis penninervibus, curvinervibus, nervis omnibus apicem petentibus, 
nec vero attingentibus. Flores pauci in capitulo, bibracteolati, bracteis deciduis, ra- 
rius spicatis ; spica post delapsas bracteas magis elongata. Capitula pedunculata, 
pedunculo simplici vel diviso. DC. 
Gotprussta glomerata ; caule fruticuloso hirsuto, foliis ineequalibus, altero ovato 
cuspidato inaqualiter dentato-crenato multiplinervi, altero multo mimore 
ovato-subrotundo, basi obtusis valde ineequalibus spicisque axillaribus oppo- 
sitis solitariis globosis brevissime pedunculatis hirsutis, bracteis lanceolatis 
integerrimis, interioribus capitulum equantibus. Nees. 
a. floribus pallide lilacinis. 
Goprussta glomerata. Nees in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. v. 3. p. 88. Hook. Bot. 
Mag. t. 3881. Nees in De Cand. Prodr. v. 11. p. 173. 
Rue11a glomerata. Wall. Cat. n. 2361 dis. 
8. floribus purpureis speciosis, (Tas. Nostr. 4767.) 
We received this plant from the Botanic Garden at Mauritius, 
under the name of Ruellia glomerata (now Goldfussia), which 
species is a native of Silhet, according to Wallich, and is 
figured at Tab. 83881 of this Magazine, with pale greyish-lilac 
flowers, as they appeared at the Botanic Garden of Edinburgh 
in 1841. Our present plant, nevertheless, we believe to be the 
same species, but possessing the advantage of really fine, showy 
flowers, of a full, if not bright purple, and there is a rich tinge, 
too, upon the foliage, occasioned by the copious ferruginous~ 
hairs. It is treated with us as a stove-plant, and flowers in No- 
vember. : 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1854. 
