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An cverfn'een, very bushy slinib. Leiivos harsh, glabrous, shortly petioloil. 

 Flowers yellow, in deuse spikes, bracts green, capsules 6-8-seeilcd. 



* * Capsules 2-i-see<led. Corolla purple or Hue. 



S. SiMoxsii, T. Ami. Tree forests of Kambalu Toungin the Pegu 



Kange and of Upper Tenasserim. 



An evergreen shrub up to \2 feet high. Spikes head-like, on longer or shorter 

 peduncles, occasionally sessile. Jtracts conspicuous, irregularly imbricate. i\o leafy 

 involucre. All parts glaudular-puberulous. 



S. LAMioiiiEs, T. And. Tree forests of ilartaban from 2000 to 4000 feet. 



An evergreen shrub, branches slightly 4-cornered, almost terete, glandular- 

 pubcrulous. Flower heads dense, at or near the base surrounded by floral leaves, 

 which form a conspicuous involucre. Leaves glabrous above. Flower buds yellowish 

 villous, liracts leafy. 



S. FLMiiuiATA, jV.£. Tree forests of the Pegu Kange and of Upper Tenasserim. 



An evergreen, glabrous shrub 4-8 feet high. Spikes glabrous, lax. Bracts long, 

 lanceolate, minutely appressed, bristly, not glandular, filaments villous. 



S. Xkesii, Kz. Tree forests East of Toung-ngoo, along streams. 



A large shrub, 6-12 feet high. Spikes and the long lanceolate bracts glandular- 

 pubescent. Corolla and filaments glabrous. 



S. FffiTinissniA, Kz. Martaban. 



S. PTKROCAFLIS, Kz. I'egU. 



S. KARExsirii, Kz. Martaban. 



S. snii-FLACCiDA, Kz. Tenasserim. 



S. DAsrsPEiiiiA, Kz. Pegu. 



For descriptions of these 5 last species refer to J.A.S.B. ii. 1873, p. 93. 



HEMiGiiApnis, A'cfs ran EsscnJieck. 



Bracts large, imbricate, covering the calyx. Curolla straight, tomentose within. 

 Stamens included. Caj»>ule 6- to IG-suoded. 



H. (Ruellia) GiuFFiTHiAifA, Nccs. ilcrgui (G.). 



H. (Ruellia) unAmuFAiUA, Wall. Taong-doung(W.). Tenasserim (P.). 



H. (Ruellia) eleraxs, Ruxb. Rangoon (S.). Promo Hills (\V.). 



H. glaxdulosus, T. And. Katchall. Car Jsicobar (K.). 



H. BuKiiAxicus, Kz. Ava. Prome (K.). 



EURUELtIE.li. 

 Corolla infundibuliforin. Capsule basally sterile. Seeds produced above the middle. 

 ■\ Uract 1, larffe. Bracteoles 2, shorter. 

 * Capsule subterete. 



PuATLorsis, irHldenow. 



P. PVRViFLORA, Willd. Prome Ilills and Taong-douug (Wall.). 



Alheilema renifurme, Wall. 



f f Jlracts minute or none. 

 Ruellia, Linnaus. 



Corolla straight or curved. Anthers muticous. Capsule with a swollen apex, 

 6ubglobo.se, many-seeded. 



- R. ciLiATA, Hornem. Prome Hills (W.). 



R. ruosTUATA, Poir. Oil wells, Ava (W.). Meaday (S.). 



Ruellia rinqens, Roxb. 



R. FLACciDA, Kz. Pegu. 



