AG -_ PIDYNAMTA ANGIOSPERMIA, Ruellia. 
about two feet high. Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate, a very 
little scollopped, waved, downy, somewhat glutinous; about 
an inch or one and a half long and broad. Petioles com- 
pressed, downy, half the length of the leaves, Peduneles 
axillary, short, generally three-flowered. ~ Bractes leaf-like, 
but smaller, and narrow in proportion. //owers pretty large, 
very pale blue. Filaments united by pairs from the middle 
downwards, Stigma large, particularly the under lip. Seeds 
about six in each cell, imbricated, margins woolly. 
The plant has a weak, but pleasant, fragrant smell. 
9. R, hirta. Vahl. Symb. iii. p. 84. t. 67. » 
Perennial, creeping, four-sided, hairy. Leaves oblong 
_ erenate, bristly. Heads terminal, surrounded. with, Liiaide: 
late bractes, Capsudeslinear, Sy paket fei, 
A native of various parts of Telia and feand chiefly it ~_" 
nat ly places, Flowers during the cold season. 
‘Root woody, perennial. Stem often creeping, branchy, 
four-sided, very hairy, from one to two feet long. Leaves 
opposite, sub-sessile, oblong, crenulate, covered with stiff 
brown hairs, about two inches long and one broad, Floral. 
leaves four-fold, lowers terminal, several forming one or 
more globular heads, large, bluish purple. Bractes inyolu- 
cre-like, linear, very hairy. _ Corol, divisions of the border 
equal, obliquely oval, as in the contorted flowers, 
There i isa = of this species, with white Mowers, _ 
10. R. Vaisbroes. Roxb. 
_ Herbaceous, creeping, round, hairy, ‘Leaves oval, sub-ses- 
sile, crenate, lowers axillary, solitary, and in terminal, 
bracted heads ; corol nearly regular, Capsule lanceolate, 
many-seeded, , | 
A small creeping, herbaceous lami. growing in shady un- 
cultivated places, under bushes, &e. . Flowers daring the 
cold and the beginning of the hot season, os 
. Root perennial, Stems several, creeping, round, hairy, 
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