14 acaAntTiiacea (Clarke), [-Ruellia. 
- 5. R. ovata (Thunb. Prodr. 104) ; innovations ciliate-pubescent ; 
stems woody at the base; branches 6-20 in. long, often divided, 
procumbent or straggling; leaves j—1 in. long, ovate, tip (in the 
upper leaves) triangular often subacute, base (in the lower leaves) trun- 
cate or cordate; petiole 0—4, in. long; flowers pale mauve or white ; 
bracteoles 3 in. long, spathulate-oblong ; calyx nearly + in. long; teeth 
linear or linear-lanceolate, 2 nearly free to the base, 3 connate less 
than } their length ; corolla, capsule and seeds nearly as of 
R. patula, Jacq. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 480; T, Anders. in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 25 ; Lindau in Engl. § Prantl, Pflanzenf. iv. 3B, 
309. BR. cordata, Thunb. Prod. 104, and Fl. Oap. ed. Schult. 480 ; 
Nees in Linnea, xv. 356. R. ciliaris § R. pubescens, Pers. Syn. 
ii. 176. H. pilosa, Linn. f. Suppl. 290(%); Thunb. Prodr. 104; 
T. Anders. in Journ. Linn, Soc, vii. 25, 114.  Dipteracanthus 
pilosus. § D. cordifolius, Nees in Linnea, xv. 353, 354; Drege in 
Linnea, xx. 200. Fabria rigida, EB. Mey. in Drege, Zwei Pflanzen- 
geogr. Documente, 134,185. F. cordifolia § F. pilosu, Nees in DC. 
Prod. xi, 114, 
Coast RxrcGion: Alexandria Div.; Enon, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! Albany 
Div.; Glenfilling, Drége ; between the source of Kasuga River and Sidbury, 
Burchell, 4162! Komgha Div.; near Komgha, 2000 ft., Flanagan, 1313! 
Katanari Ree@ion: Orange River Colony; Cooper, 3029! Transvaal; Pretoria, 
at Apies Poort, Rehmann, 4104! Macalisberg, 6000-7000 {t., Zeyher, 1414! 
Burke! near Lydenberg, Wilms, 1210! Kaap River Valley, near Barberton, 
2000 ft., Galpin, 498! 1199! 
KasTeERN KEGIon: Tembuland, near streams at Bazeia, 2000 ft., Bawr, 448! 
Griqualand East; near Clydesdale, 2500 ft., Tyson, 1292! Natal; Inanda, 
Wood, 397! Malvern, 5000-6000 ft., Wood, 4929! and without precise locality, 
Gerrard, 1267! 
In Galpin, 1199, the upper leaves are % by 4 in., narrowed into the petiole, the 
lower stem-leaves are 1 by 14 in., depressed-orbicular with cordate base ; those 
between are intermediate. A similar tendency in the leaves is visible in much 
of the material. 
6. R. malacophylla (C. B. Clarke) ; whole plant densely and softly 
hairy ; lower leaves 1 by 2 in, elliptic, narrowed at the base ; 
petiole { in. long; bracteoles, calyx, and corolla as of R. ovata ; 
ovary densely hairy except at the base ; style densely hairy, 
EasTERN ReGion: Natal; without precise locality, Gerrard, 427 |! 
7. R. stenophylla (C. B. Clarke); young parts soft with long 
white hairs; leaves 11-14 by 1-1 in., linear-oblong ; petioles O-2 in. 
long; calyx 4 in. long or rather more, obscurely 2-lipped ; segments 
narrow, acute, 3 connate at the base; corolla 11— 
2 1} in. long, pale 
mauve (Galpin); stamens 4; anthers short-oblong not spurred at 
the base ; pollen globose, reticulate ; ovary glabrous ; style with 1 
linear-oblong branch the other suppressed ; capsule 2 
e in. long or 
rather more, clavate. 
KaLauaki Region: Transvaal; Barberton, 2800 ft., Galpin, 640! 
