420 



radicans. 



flammea. 



strepens. 



kylrida 



ciliosa. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. BignOtlls. 



Icon. Bot.mag.864. Jacq. hort.schnsnlr. ZQS. 

 la shady woods, on the banks of rivers and lakes : Vir- 

 ginia to Florida. \2 . July, Aug. v. v. Flowers 

 scarlet. 

 3. B. foliis pinnatis, foliolis ovatis dentatis acuminatis, co- 

 rymbo terminali, tnbo corollx calyce triple longiore, 

 caule radicante. — IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 301. 

 Tecoma radicans, Juss. 

 ex.. B floribus luteo-coccineis. 



Icon. Schmidt arb. t. 42. 

 /S. B. floribus coccineis. 



Icon. Schmidt arb. t. 43 ^44. Bot. mag. 485. Catesl 



car 1. t. 65. 

 On the banks of rivers : Pensylvania to Florida. Tj . 

 July, Aug. V. V. This highly ornamental creeper 

 ascends the tallest trees and highest rocks, and with 

 its large scarlet flowers produces one of the most 

 pleasing eftects in ornamental. gardening. 



504. RUELLIA. Gen. pi. 1050. 



1. R. erecta, hirsuta 3 foliis petiolatis lanceolato-oVatis in- 



tegerrimis, pedunculis 1 — 3-floris, calycis laciniis lan- 



ceolatis hispidis tubo corollas duplo brevioribus. — 



IVilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 363. 

 Icon. Schkuhr handb. IJJ. Dill. ellh. t. 24g.f. 321. 

 On dry hills, in shady woods : Virginia to Carolina, ll . 



June, July. v. v. Flowers large, pale blue, as are all 



the following. 



2. R. assurgens, dense pubescens ; foliis subsessilibus ob- 



ovato-oblongis, floribus solitariis, bracteis longitudine 



calycis, calycis laciniis filiformibus longitudine tubi 



corollae. — Mich. fi. amer. 1. p. 23. 

 R. biflora. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 368 ? 

 In .sandy pine-woods : Georgia. 11. June, July. v.s. 



Flowers yellowish-blue. 



3. R. erecta, ramosissima, pilis albidis hir.^uta ; foliis sub- 



sessilibus oblongis utrinque subacutis dense hirsutis, 

 bracteis calyce brevioribus, calycis laciniis linearibus 

 tubo corollae vix brevioribus. 

 In sandy fields near Savannah, Georgia. 1/ . July. v. s. 

 in Herb. Enslen. 



4. R. erecta, ramosa ; foliis subsessilibus ovato-oblongis 



niargine nervis venisque pilis albis longe ciliatis, brae- 



