356 XCTI. ACANTnACB.?!. 



pubescent outside ; tube narroAvly cyliudric below, infundibuHform 

 above ; lobes |-g in. long, obovate-obloiig, rounded at the apex. Fila- 

 lueuts glabrous. Ovary pubescent ; style pubescent. Capsules | in. 

 long, slightly pubescent, clavate, pointed. Seeds lG-20, orbicular, g in. 

 in diam., almost glabrous on the faces, with a dense fringe of hygro- 

 scopic hairs on the margin. Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 590. 

 Ruellia ringens, Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3, p. 44 (douhtfuUy of Linn.) ; (xrah. 

 Cat. p. 162 ; Trim. M. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 295. Ruellia deccanemis, Grab. 

 Cat. Bo. PI. (1839) p. 162. Dipteracanthus dejectus (sp.), Nees, in AVall. 

 PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) p. 82; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 185 (exclud. syn.).— 

 Flowers: Sept.-Oct. 



KoNKAN : Sfocksl, Nimmo ex Graham, Bahell cf- Gihtion. Deccan : Gibson ex 

 Graham. S. M. Country: Nesri hills 20 iniles west of Belgaum, Ritchie, 1151! — 

 DiSTRiB. Throughout ludia ; Ceylon, East Africa. 



2. Ruellia patula, Jacq. Misc. Bot. v. 2 (1781) p. 358. A small 

 usually hoary pubescent suberect shrub; stems long, straggling, much- 

 branched, terete or subquadraugular, densely softly pubescent. Leaves 

 |-1| by j-1 in., ovate or elliptic, obtuse, often apiculate, closely 

 pubescent on both sides, base rounded or sometimes shortly and abruptly 

 narrowed ; petioles 5-| in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary or 2-3 

 together, nearly sessile ; bracteoles nearly | in. long (including a flat 

 stalk y^^-Y2" in- lo"g)i foliaceous, eUiptic, obtuse, densely pubescent and 

 strongly ciliate. Calyx \ in. long, divided rather more than | the way 

 down, densely pubescent ; segments linear-lanceolate, very acute. 

 Corolla purplish-blue, 1-1 1 in. long, pubescent outside; tube in the 

 lower part narrowly cylindric, in the upper part campauulate-infundibu- 

 liform ; lobes of the limb \ in. long, broadly elliptic or suborbicular, 

 rounded at the apex. Filaments glabrous. Ovary glabrous ; style 

 pubescent. Capsules g-| in. long, clavate, glabrous. Seeds suborbicular, 

 nearly glabrous on the faces, margined with hygroscopic white hairs. 

 Fl. B. L V. 4, p. 412; Grab. Cat. p. 162; Lindau, in Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenf. v. 4, 3 B, p. 310, fig. 124 E-F; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 296 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 355. Dlpteracanthus 

 imtulus, Nees, in AVall. PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) p. 82; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1505. Fetalidium patulum, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 185. — Flowers : 

 June-Nov. Veen. Katmoi^a. 



Deccan: Wondrow; Dongsrgaon near Alimednagar, Cookel; Poona, CooJie\; Soos 

 (near Poena), jSTrwAwa ! S. M. Countuv: Gokak, Bhival; Padshapur, Rifchic, 1200! 

 Sind: Slocks\, Dalzelll, Bhola Piiranl ; Jemadar ka Landa near Karaclii, S/vcAs, 68! 

 — DisTRiB. India (W. Peninsula, Rajputaua, Eandelkaud) ; Ceylon, Arabia, Tropical 

 Afriea, Ava. 



3. Ruellia longifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 9 (1867) 

 ]). 460. An undershrub about 1 ft. high, clothed all over with glandular 

 hoary pubescence; stems numerous, ascending, terete, woolly at the 

 base. Leaves l.]-3 by g-| in. (rarely broader), linear, acute, entire; 

 petioles continuous with the attenuated leaf-blade. Flowers usually 

 solitary, axillary, very shortly pedicellate ; bracteoles | by j\y in., linear, 

 acute, hairy. Calyx ^-^ in. long, densely strigoso ; segments lanceolate- 

 subulate. Corolla I in. long, pubescent outside, dusky lilac {Stocls) ; 

 tube infundibuHform, the thronfc marked externally by longitudinal 

 furrows caused by jdaits which jtrojcct into it (Sioc/rs) ; lolies 



