506 PLANTS VARI.E HORTI KEWENSIS. 



Justicia arborea. Mill. diet. ed. 8. 

 Ruellia crista ta. Andrews sreposit. 506. 

 Nat. of the West Indies. \ . 



BLECHUM. Broivnprodr. 478, in obs. Blechi species. 

 Jussieu in annates du mus. 9, p. 269. 



Cat. 5-part. sequalis. Cor. infundibuliformis. Caps. 

 subbilocularis, bivalvis : dissepimenti contrarii segmentis 

 demum liberis. Semina plura, retinaculis subtensa. 



1. B. Brownei, foliis ovato-ellipticis subclentatis, spicis 

 tetragonis, bracteis ovatis pubescentibns. 



Blechum Brownei. Jussieu in annates du mus. 9, 

 p. 270. 



Ruellia Blechum. Witlden. sp. pi, 3, p. 362. 



Prunella elatior, flore albo. Sloan, jam. 1, p. 173, 

 t. 109,/. 1. 



Nat. of the West Indies. % . 



iv. 61] 



BONTIA. Brown prodr. 517, in obs. 



Cat. 5-part. Cor. ringens :■ labio superiore emarginato ; 

 inferiore trifido. Stigma bilobum. Drupa putamine bilo- 

 culari : loculis bipartitis 4-spermis. 



1. Bontia daphnoides. Witlden. sp.pl. 3, p. 394. 

 Bontia laureohe facie. Bill elt/i. 57, t. 49,/. 57. 

 Nat. of the West Indies. ^ . 



iv.6 2 ] VOLKAMERIA. Gen.pl. 1056. 



Cal. 5-fldus. Cor. tubo cylindrico ; limbo 5-part. laciniis 

 eequalibus subsecundis. Stam. exserta adscendentia. Bacca 

 dipyrena : ossiculis bilocularibus. 



1. Volkameria aculeata. 



Volkameria aculeata. Witlden. sp.pl. 3, p. 383. 



