412 cix. ACAXTHACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Ruellia. 



T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 282. 

 R. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 2397. R. repens, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 

 Dipteracanthus prostratus, Nees in Watt. PI. As. Bar. iii. 81, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 124. 



DECCAN PENINSULA, extending North to BEHAE ; J. Z>. H. 



Stems 6-18 in., much branched, nodes short, glabrous downwards. Leaves f in., 

 subobtnse, lineolate by raphides and minutely sparsely pilose ; petiole ^ in. Flowers 

 few together or often solitary; bracteoles |f in., often altogether like the leaves. 

 Sepals \ in., linear, ciliate. Corolla pubescent, venti-icose portion of the tube twice 

 the cylindric portion. Capsule f in., pubescent, seed-bearing f its length. Seeds 

 16-20, | in. diam. 



VAB. dejecta; diffuse sometimes rambling among bushes with very long nodes, 

 leaves larger often 3 in. frequently acute. Ruellia ringens, Roxb. Ft. Ind. iii. 44 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 2403. R. repens, Wall. Cat. 2384, chiefly. R. deccanensis, Qrah. Cat. 

 PI. Bomb. 162. Dipteracanthus dejectus, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 82, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xi. 125 ; Dalz. % Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 185, excl. syn. D. prostratus, Griff. 

 jS^otuL. iv. 135. Throughout ludia, from the N. Punjab and Assam to Ceylon, very 

 common (not seen from the Malay Peninsula)-. Distrib. E. Africa. This variety 

 passes into R. pro strata type by insensible gradations. 



2. R. repens, Linn. Mant. 89 (not of Burm. nor of Heyne] ; stem 

 nearly glabrous, leaves ovate acuminate or lanceolate mature nearly glabrous, 

 bracteoles spathulate elliptic or petioled ovate foliaceous, corolla f in. 

 Blume Bijd. 794 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460. Dipteracanthus 

 lanceolatus, Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 82, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 124. 



MALAY PENINSULA; Moulmein, Parish ; Mergui and Malacca, Griffith; Singa- 

 pore, Lobb. DISTRIB. Throughout Malaya to the Philippines. Siam. 



Usually more glabrous with narrower leaves than R. prostrata, but can only be 

 clearly separated by the smaller flowers ; the capsule rarely exceeds in. 



3. R. patula, Jacq. Misc. Sot. ii. 358, and Ic. PL Rar. i. t. 119 ; 

 hoary pubescent, leaves ovate, bracteoles spathulate elliptic or petioled ovate 

 foliaceous, corolla 1-1^ in. Lamk. 111. t. 550 (smaller than nat. size] ; Wall. 

 Cat. 2385 ; Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 45; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460. 

 E. erecta, Roth Nov. Sp. 308. Dipteracanthus patulus, Nees in Wall. 

 PL As. Rar. iii. 82, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 126 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1505 ; Oerst. in 

 Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, t. 4> fig. 19-21. D. erectus, Nees in Wall. PL 

 As. Rar. iii. 82> and Cat. 7186. Petalidium patulum, Dalz. ~ & Gibs. Bomb. 

 FL 185. 



DECCAX PENINSULA, extending to Scinde, Rajpootana and Bundelkund (Edge- 

 worth). CEYLON, frequent. DISTEIBV Arabia, Abyssinia, Ava. 



Resembling R. prostrata, but densely closely pubescent. Corolla pubescent, 

 very pale grey purple, the cylindric portion of the tube as long as the ventricose 

 part. 



4. R. long-ifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460; hairy, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, bracts linear-spathulate, calyx-lobes lanceolate 

 scarcely longer than the tube> corolla | in. Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 519. 

 Dipteracanthus longifolius, Stocks in Itook. Kew Journ. iv. 177. 



SCINDE ; Stocks, Dalzell. DISTEIB. Beloochistan. 



Woody at the base, with many ascending stems 12 in. high ; whole plant with 

 glandular viscous white or hoary pubescence. Leaves 2 by in. ; petiole con- 

 tinuous with the attenuate leaf-base. Flowers mostly solitary ; bracteoles f in. 

 Calyx % in. Corolla pubescent, blue. Capsule | in., pubescent, nearly as of R. 

 prostrata. 



