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OSBECK'S VOYAGE 



Ruellia crifpa grew under a tree on a high 

 mountain. The calyx is double, perfiftent, 

 and vifcous ; the lower one is biphyllous, its 

 foliola linear and ciliated ; the upper one is 

 quinquefid, with fegments as in the inferior 

 one : neither of them are deciduous, but the 

 flower is fo : the corolla is infundibuliform, 

 cylindrical below, and inflated at top : the 

 faux is bearded : the llmbus is quinquefid : the 

 lacinice are almofl round, equal to each other, 

 emarginated, and fomewhat reflected : the 

 four filaments are pointed, and fet at the bot- 

 tom of the cavity in the corolla : the two longer 

 ones are woolly, and bend towards the inci- 

 fions of the llmbus : the anthem are oblong, 

 triangular, ereded : the fijlillum is longer 

 than the filaments : the gcrmen is oblong : the 

 flylus is filiform, and dentated at the top: the 

 Jligma is long, fharp-pointed, and often bent. 

 The plant is zfigrutex, and has the appear- 

 ance of our yellow cock's comb {Rblnanihus 

 crlfta galli) it is rough, and lies on the 

 ground" The root is ramofe : the Hem is 

 almoft round, knobby, naked below, woody, 

 and ramofe : the leaves are alternate, lanceo- 

 latcd, oval, petiolated, undulated, green on 

 the upper, but whitifh on the under tide. The 



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