Ruellia.| ACANTHACE# (Clarke). 13 
279! Boschveld, at Klippan, Rehmann, 5248! Vaalbosch Fontein, 4300 ft., 
Schlechter, 42382! Bechuanaland; Bakwena Territory, 3500 ft., Holub ! 
Eastern Re@ion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 363! and without precise locality, 
Sutherland! Gerrard, 1682! 
Also in Tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands, and India; a common weed 
among grass. : 
Ruellia pilosa of Linn, f., and of Thunb. Prod. p. 104, is an Antirrhinum ; 
the name is taken up by T. Anders. (in Journ, Linn, Soc. vii. 25) for Burke’s 
plant of Ruellia ovata below, Whether Ruellia pilosa, Lindau in Engl. & Prantl, 
Pflanzenf. iv. 3B 309, refers to a plant or to T. Andergon’s name is not known. 
2. R. Zeyheri (T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 25); a small 
undershrub; branches with very short internodes; leaves 1—% in. 
long, elliptic, obtuse, some (especially of the lower) nearly orbicular ; 
bracteoles 4 in. long, about as long as the calyx; otherwise as 
R. patula, Jacq. Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B, 
310. Dipteracanthus Zeyheri, Sonder in Linnea, xxiii. 90. Dip- 
teracanthus sp., Drége in Linnea, xx. 200. 
Souty Arrica: without precise locality, Masson ! 
Coast Reeion: Swellendam Div.; Buffeljagts River, 1000-2000 ft., Zeyher, 
3600 ; Riversdale Div. ; between Great Vals River and Zoetemelks River, Burchell, 
6589! near Zoetemelks River, Burchell, 6737! Mossel Bay Div.; between Little 
Brak River and Hartenbosch, Burchell, 6212! 
EHasterRN Recion: Natal; Mooi River Valley, 2000-8000 ft., Sutherland ! 
Very near R. patula, Jacq. Suborbicular leaves occur on each of the collec- 
tions referred to R. Zeyheri. Sonder says the capsule was 4-seeded ; the ovary is 
8-ovuled. 
3. R. Baurii (C. B. Clarke); innovations with many white long 
several-celled hairs; leaves up to 2-3 by 14 in., obtusely triangular 
at the tip, narrowed into a petiole ;4;-1 in. long; bracteoles 3 by 
ql5 in., narrow-oblong ; calyx + in. long or rather more, divided nearly 
to the base into 5 equal linear teeth; corolla, capsule and seeds as 
of R. patula. 
HasterN Reaion: Tembuland; hilly spots near Bazeia, 2000 ft., Bawr, 309 ! 
Griqualand East; Vaal Bank, near Kokstad, Haygarth in Wood Herb., 4177! 
Natal; Umzinyati Valley, Wood, 1375! | 
The branches collected are only 4-6 in. long, and the plant appears to resemble 
R. suffruticosa, Roxb. The flowers are noted as ‘‘ white” both by Wood and 
Haygarth. 
4. R. Woodii (C. B. Clarke); innovations with many white long 
several-celled hairs ; leaves up to 13 by 1 in., elliptic or ovate, tip sub- 
obtuse, base narrowed or rounded ; petiole + in. long ; bracteoles 2 in. 
long, oblong ; calyx 4—} in. long, divided rather more than half-way 
down; teeth linear-lanceolate unequal; corolla purple (Wood) other- 
wise as R. Baurit. 
EastERN Reaion: Griqualand Bast; Clydesdale, 2500 ft., Tyson, 1308! 
Natal; Colenso, 3300 ft., Wood, 4053! Weenen Country, 3000-5000 ft., Suther- 
land ! 
The stems seen are less than 4 in, long, and this may be a variety only of 
R. Baurii. The difference in the colour of the flowers is of small account in this 
group. When the calyx-segments are connate near the base in this genus, the 
connection is excessively thin and often ruptures. 
