Ruellia. didynamia angiospermia. 45 



Filamenlx unitod by pairs near the base. Stigma entire, 

 broad, glandular. Capsule club-shaped, Avilli many compress- 

 ed imbricated seeds in each cell. 



7. R. cernua. Roxh. 



Shrubby, erect, polished. Leaves opposite, drooping,pe- 

 tioled, ovate lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers axillary, sub- 

 sessile. Bractes petioled. Capsule clavate, many-seeded. 



Moretiana. Rumph. Amh. iv. t, 23. J', 1. 



Reared in the Botanic garden at Calcutta from seed sent 

 by Dr. Buchanan from Mysore, where the plant is indigen- 

 ous. Flowering time in Bengal the rainy season. 



Root perennial. Stems in a cultivated state several, sub- 

 ligneous, erect, round, smooth, swelled immediately above the 

 joints. Branches opposite, alternately smaller, sub-erect, 

 smooth, obscurely four-sided, the whole plant about three feet 

 high. Leaves opposite, petioled, drooping, alternately smaller, 

 ovate, lanceolate, slightly repand, long, taper, recurved, point- 

 ed, smooth on both sides; size very various, the larger often 

 from two to four inches long. Floicers axillary, from one to 

 three, sub-sessile, small, pale pink, their insertions surrounded 

 with some opposite pairs of small floral leaves and lance- 

 olate petioled bractes. Calyx five-cleft. Corol campanulate, 

 lower lip larger and more deeply coloured, the other four 

 equal. Stigma clavate, curved. Capsule clavate, many- 

 seeded. 



8. R. patnla. Willd. iii. 364. 



Perennial. Leaves ovate, scollopped, dowaiy ; peduncles 

 axillary, three-flowered. Filaments united by pairs, from the 

 middle downwards. Capsules clavate, many-seeded. It de- 

 lights in rubbish, shady corners, &c. in the vicinity of Nega- 

 patara. Flowers during the cold season. 



Root woody, perennial. Stems many, sometimes resting 

 on the ground, rooting, and sometimes nearly erect, very ra- 

 nlous, woody, and round jointed. The younger parts downy, 



