318 VERBENACEiE. 



RUNGIA. F.B.I. 109 XLVI. 



Herbs often small and creeping with entire leaves 

 and one-sided spikes of two rows of bracts of which 

 however one row only has flowers : distinguished by the 

 broad white margin to the bracts. Corolla two-lipped : 

 upper lip inside ; lower outside in bud. Stamens two, 

 anthers equal. Seeds four to the capsule. 



Species 20 nearly all in India, 2 in Africa. 



Rungia laeta Clarke; F.B.L iv 546, XLVI 3. Distin- 

 guished among all our plants by the broad white margins 

 to the bracts. 



Stem terete, bent at the nodes. Leaves acute at both 

 ends ovate elliptic, 2 to 4 by I J4 to 2 inches, narrowed to 

 the 54 to M inch stalk. Racemes axillary, 5^ to 2 inches, 

 with one or a few pairs of empty smaller bracts at the 

 base. Flowering bracts ovate-acute, /^ to ^ by ^ 

 inch, thin with broad pinkish margin. Corolla lips 

 divergent. Anthers 1/12 inch, under the end of the 

 upper lip. Fruit J^ to ^ inch, obovate, pubescent ; valves 

 very elastic. Seeds two in a cell, dark brown, papillose. 



Pulneys : in the Kodaikanal shola. Fyson 448. Bourne 

 123, 1140, 1399, 2326. 



The species was founded by Clarke on a small piece 6 inches long 

 without fruit. 



VERBENACE^. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or in threes. 

 Flowers nearly regular. Five-lobed or two-lipped. 

 Stamens four only. Ovary superior two-carpelled 

 containing more than four seeds, whose micropyle (and 

 radicle) points downwards. Inflorescence cymose or 

 racemose. Fruit fleshy or dry, with two or four hard 

 stones enclosing the seeds. 



