Ruellia. didynamia angiospermia. 43 



equal and roundisb. Anthers twin. Capsule linear, oblong, 

 many-seeded. 



Found by Dr. Hunter, and Mr. Roxburgh in Pulo Pinang, 

 under the shade of trees, in flower in Jane. 



4. R. comosa. Roacb. 



Shrubby, ramifications crowded, very hairy. Leaves 

 ovate-oblong, serrate, cuspidate, one much larger. Spikes 

 axillary, imbricate, with decussate, ciUate, cuneiform bractes. 

 Calyx two-cleft. Coro/ obliquely campanuhite. 



A native of the Molucca Islands, from tbence introduced 

 into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, wbere in seven years 

 the plants grew into large, very ramous, liigh, spreading 

 bushes, and then blossomed for tbe tirst time during the rainy 

 season. 



Trunk scarcely any. Branches numerous, mucli divided, 

 crowded, spreading in every direction. Young shoots round, 

 hairy, and swelled at the joints. Leaves opposite, long- 

 petioled, one of the pairs much smaller, ovate, oblong, ser- 

 rate, cuspidate, very hairy, length of tbe largest about five 

 inches by two and a half, and its companion scarcely half 

 the size. Spikes axillary, solitary, short ped uncled, scarcely 

 so long as the petioles, imbricated witb decus-ate, ciliate, cu- 

 neiform, cuspidate bractes, those of the calyx opposite, similar 

 in shape, but much smaller. J^loicers large, purple. Calyx 

 deeply two-cleft, very haiiy ; the upper segment three-tooth- 

 ed ; the under one two-toothed. Corol of an oblique, narrow, 

 campanulate form, with its border divided into five, short, 

 broad, emarginate, nearly equil, somewhat crenulate seg- 

 ments. Capsule lanceolate, hairy, four-seeded. 



5. R. flava. Roxb. 



Shrubby, smooth, petioled, oblong, ventricose, tapering 

 most at the base, sub-entire. S2nkes terminal. Flowers nar- 

 row, campanulate, sub-equal. 



A very pretty, small shrub when in flower, found by the 



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