Riiel/ia. didynamia angiospermia. 47 



from six to twelve inches long-. Lp^i'cs opposite, slioit-petiol- 

 ed, broad, oval, serrate or jioklied, hairy, about an inch long-, 

 and three quarters of an inch broad. Flotcers axillary, so- 

 litary, sessile, light blue, they are also collected in small, 

 terminal, bracted heads, of from four to six flowers each. 

 Corol ; tube twice the length of the calyx, contracted about 

 the middle. Capsule lanceolate, many-seeded. 



1 1 . R. fagelliformU. 



Herbaceous. Shoots diffuse. Radical leaves petioled, 

 oblong-, and obtuse; cauline remote, sub-sessile, and nearly 

 round. Floicers axillary, crowded, sessile. Jlnlhers twin. 

 Capsule linear, many-seeded. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



12. R. Pavala. Roxh. 



Suffrutex, very ramous, diffuse. Leaves ovate, pointed, 

 serrate. Spikflets axillary, and terminal, sub-sessile. Corol 

 w ith a regular, five-parted border. 



Telint/. Pavala. 



This plant is in general so like R. fasciculata, the flowers 

 excepted, that our description, except that of the flowers, 

 may serve for both. 



It is a native of the same places, and flowers during the 

 cold season. 



Spikelets terminal, and axillary, sub-sessile, oblong. Brac- 

 tes opposite, oblong, downy, margins slightly fringed with 

 hairs, one-flowere<l. Flowers small, bright, but deep blue. 

 Corol; tube curved, widening from the base to the top, in 

 the last it is gibbous, &c. divisio7is of the border equal ; in 

 the last it is gi inning. 



The plant has a strong disagreeable smell. 



13. R. bracteata. Roxb. 



Shrubby, straight. Leaves ovate, pointed, serrate. Floiv- 

 eis axillary, solitary or racemed. Bractes cordate, chafty. 

 Corol campauulate. Capsules two-seeded. 



