46 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Rliellia. 



about two feci Ligii. Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate, a very 

 little scollopped, waved, downy, somewhat i>liitiiioiis; about 

 an in( li or one and a half long and broad. Petioles com- 

 pressed, downy, half the length of the leaves. Peduncles 

 axillary, short, generally three tlowere«l. Bractes leaf-!ike, 

 but smaller, and narrow in proportion. Flowers pretty large, 

 very pale blue. Filaments united by pairs from the middle 

 downwards. Stigma large, parJicidarly the uriflrr lip. Seeds 

 about six in each cell, imbricated, margins m oolly. 

 The plant has a weak, but pleasant, fragrant smell. 



9. R. hirta. Vahl. Sijmb. iii. p. 84. t. 67. 



Perennial, creeping, four->-ided, hairy. Leaves oblong, 

 crenate, bristly. Heads terminal, surrounded with lanceo- 

 late bractes. Capsules linear. 



A native of various parts of Indin, and found chiefly iu 

 shady places. Flowers during- the cold season. 



Root woody, perennial. Stem, often creeping, branchy, 

 four-sided, very hairy, from one to two feet long. Leaves 

 opposite, sub-sessile, oblong, crenulate, covered with stiff 

 brown hairs, about two inches long and one broad. Floral 

 leaves four-fold. F'lowers terminal, several forming one or 

 more globular heads, large, bluish purple. Bractes involu- 

 cre-like, linear, very hairy. Co/o/, divisions of the border 

 equal, obliquely oval, as in the contorted flowers. 



There is a variety of this species, with white flowers. 



10. R. latehrosa. Roxb. 



Herbaceous, creeping, round, hairy. Leaves oval, sub-ses- 

 sile, crenate. Floivers axillary, solitary, and in terminal, 

 bracted heads ; corol nearly regular. Capsule lanceolate, 

 many-seeded. 



A small creeping, herbaceous plant, growing in shady un- 

 cultivated places, nndcr bn^hes, &c. Flowers durino- the 

 cold and the beginning of the hot season. 



Root perennial, litems several, creeping, round, hairy, 



