32 ALT. BOT. 



fol. petiol. ainplis ovatobl. acum. reticulatis, spi- 

 cis obl. axil. and term. pedunc. bract. imbrlca- 

 tls ovat. acum. reticul. cor. iobis obtusis — South 

 America,sent me again as Just. formosa, altho' 

 quite unlike 242, leaves 4 to. G inches long 2 or 

 3 wide, corollas red almost covered by the larg<3 

 bracts. t 

 2.52, Elytraria vlrgala Mx. — Florida. t 



253, Adeloda hrachiata Raf. Just. do P. &r, 

 ram.brachiatis4cost.4suIc. fol. petiol. ovat. acu- 

 integris basi obt. fl. panic. sessilib. cal. ext. 

 bracteoso 2valv. ineq. obov. acutis — this and 

 next belong to my G,Adeloda fl, Tel. 972, with 

 many sp. once blended in Just. bivalvis,the dtou- 

 ble calix external bivalveand corolla with 2 en- 

 tire lips, are very peculiar, Florida. 



254, Adeloda verticillata Raf. ramis erectis 

 bisulcatis, fol. petiol. ovatobl. acutis repaudis, 

 basi acutis, fi. axill. vertic. pedunc. cal. ext. 

 bracteoso 2valv. ineq. obov. obt. repandis. — Ar- 

 kanzas and Texas, very distinct from. last, bi- 

 pedal, leaves very thin 2 or 3 inches long, The 

 internal calix in both appears short subula^e, 

 often multifid or pectinate, corolla incarnate, 

 lobes unequal obov. obt. stigma obt, anthers ex- 

 ert bilobe, 2locuIar, but one cell abortive, fila- 

 ments subul, flat. 



255, RuELLiA strepens L. O — Pens.ad Louis. 

 subgenus Hemelosia. 



256, Rucl, tubijlora Lec. — Florida. 



257, RueL ciliosa Pursh &c — Florida, Car. 

 Alab. 



258, Hygrophila ohlongifolia Raf. Ruellia 

 do O.— This G. wasformed by R. Brovvn upon 

 uncqual corolla, sec fl. Tel. 993 



259, Hygroph, jnlosa Raf. pilosa hispida 

 caulib. simpl. 4gonJs, fol. subpet. lanc. vcl obl. 



