1773 



* RUSSELIA juncea. 



Rushy llusselia. 



DIDYNAMIA A^GlOSPEmUA. 



Nat. ord. Scrophularine/E, Juss. Trib. 5. Digitale.i^., Fientham. 

 (^Introduction to the Natural System of Botany , p. 228.) 



RUSSELIA, Jacq. — Corolla tiibulosa recta limbo patente subbilabiata 

 labio superiore emarginato vel bifido inferiore tritldo laciniis omnibus suba?qualibus 

 planis. Stamina fertilia 4, basi declinata apice adscendentia, sterile nullum. 

 AnthercB sub labio superiore approximatae glabrae biloculares loculis demum diva- 

 ricatis confluentibus. Stylus simplex stigmate integro parum incrassato. Semina 



nuda. Frutices, ramis scepius pendulis glahris. Folia opposita dentata vel 



Integra. Flores nunc in racemis cymisve axillaribus dense g lamer aii nunc 

 laxe racemosi pedunculis elongatis subunijloris. CoroUae scepius coccinece» 

 Bentham MSS. 



1^. juncea ; ramis tetragonis erectis junceis, foliis minimis petiolatis ovatis sub- 



integris, pedunculis filiformibus subbifloris. 

 R. juncea. Zuccarini in litt. 



Caulis plantcB 3-pedalis erectus, a?igulatus, viridis, ramis onustus gra- 

 cillimis, tetragonis, pallide viridibus, junioribus subaphyllis, nutantibus. 

 Folia scepe minima, semper parva, ramulis dehilioribus majora, petiolata, 

 ovata, acuta, subtiliter serrulato-ciliata, aliquando dente uno alterove munita. 

 Inflorescentia prima adspectu paniculata, sed revera e ramulis racemosim 

 dispositis, gracilibus, distantibus constans^ quorum apice insident flos unus 

 duove pedicellati et cernui. Calyx parvus sepalis 5 ovatis acutis imbricanii- 

 bus. Corolla tubulosa, coccinea, unciain longa, sursum dilatata, Umbo sub- 

 (Bqualiter b-jido ; laciniis obtusis duabus superioribus jnagis approximatis. 

 Stamina 4, didynama. Antherse (^/aftz-ce oblongce, ajficulata, lobis parallclis. 

 Stigma bilobum. ; lobis oblongis planis. 



A very pretty Greenhouse or Stove plant found in 

 Mexico (probably near Oaxaca), by Count Karwinski, and 

 lately introduced to the gardens of tfiis country from 



* Named after Dr. Alexander Russcl, an English Physician, who resided for 

 some years at Aleppo, and published an account of his observations upon the 

 Xatural History of that place in the year 1756. 



