52 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Ruellia, 
figure above quoted, than the short aeanipeine of R, ae 
mis, suppl 289, Willd, iii. 374. 
21. B. uliginosa. Willd. iii. 371, : 
- Annual, diffuse, Leaves opposite lanceolate. Spikes ter- 
minal, four-sided. lowers opposite, with three orbicular 
bractes to each, Corols ringent. Capsules linear ; seeds nu- 
merous, 
Is very common on dry rice grounds, during the dry sea- 
son. genes deiveteres wt 
Stem annual, weak, straggling, ramous, four-sided, joint- 
ed, smooth, of a purplish colour, about a footlong. Branches 
opposite, and like the stem. Leaves opposite, remote, ses- 
sile, lanceolate, entire, smooth, size various, often coloured. 
Spikes terminal, long, for 1st ed. cus 
sated, blue, each ‘embracet "by: the cables Saicalar bractes™ 
Calya: five-cleft. Corol ringent. Anthers two-cleft at the 
base. Stigma simple. Capsule linear, oblong. Seeds nu- 
merous, small, round, of a shining brown. 
P, 
22. R. triflora, R. : 
Annual, creeping, hairy. . Leaves cordate, serrate, or pin- 
natifid, Flowers verticelled, Corols ringent. Seeds nu 
merous, 
A native of ditches, low ground, kev in Bibel ‘it Pep 
pears during the cold season. 
_ Stems creeping, with leaf and flower-bearing extremities, 
erect, hairy. Leaves opposite, the most inferior longer-petiol- 
ed, ovate-cordate, serrate, hairy, from one to two inches long: 
Flowers axillary, three-fold, one a common short peduncle, 
pretty large ‘and of a pleasing deep-rose, or purple colour. 
Bractes oblong, hairy, four or five to each fascicle of flowers. — 
Calyx hairy, five-parted ; divisions-long, narrow and acute. 
Corol ringent ; upper lip vaulted, two-parted ; the under one 
expanding, broader, three-parted. Anthers bifid. » Stigma 
