RudliaJ] cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 413 



5. R. cernua, Roxk. Fl Ind. iii. 45; leaves oblong or elliptic acumi- 

 nate hairy, bracteoles petioled elliptic acute leaf-like, sepals $ in., corolla 

 1-1 in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460. 



CHOTA NAGPORE ; Parasnath, alt. 2000-4500 ft., Thomson, Anderson, Clarke. 



RootstocJc woody; annual stems 6-24 in., hairy upwards. Leaves 3 by l-l|in., 

 much acuminate, with scattered short white hairs on both surfaces ; petiole f in. 

 Flowers 1-3 together, axillary and terminal ; bracteoles 1 in. Sepals exceeding 

 J in., linear, hairy. Corolla pubescent, white with rose or pink-purple marks, 

 tubular portion equalling the ventricose. Stamens of the genus. Capsule in., as 

 of R. prostrata. The plant here described is the Parasnath one, which is a typical 

 Ruellia sect. Dipteracauthus, and which Anderson identifies confidently with Rox- 

 burgh's R. cernua, of which nothing is known but that the seeds came from Mysore, 

 and Roxburgh's description and picture. In his description Roxburgh says the flowers 

 were small, and his picture shows them in. long, so that it must be a striking variety 

 of the Parasnath plant. 



6. R. suffruticosa, Roxb. FL Ind. iii. 53 ; leaves elliptic hairy not 

 acuminate, bracteoles petioled elliptic leaf-like, sepals in., corolla 1 in. 

 white. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 461. R. repens, Wall. Cat. 

 2384, letter F only. Dipteracanthus Sibua, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rtir. iii. 

 81, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 121. 



BENGAL; Dinajpur, Hamilton; throughout CHOTA NAGPORE, alt. 1-2000 ft., 

 Clarice. UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN; Moradabad, Thomson. 



RootstocJc woody ; annual stems sometimes 1-3 in. only (especially after the fires), 

 sometimes 1-2 ft. Leaves 4 by 1J in., obtuse in the typical form, or acute hardly 

 acuminate in Thomson's specimens. Bracteoles f in., hardly acute. Sepals linear, 

 puberulous or glabrate. Capsule f-1 in. Very closely allied to R. cernua. 



7. R. Beddomei, Clarice ; leaves elliptic acute hairy on both 

 surfaces, bracteoles subpetioled ovate acute leaf -like, sepals in., corolla 3 in. 

 R. cernua, Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 460, partly, not of Roxb. 



CENTRAL INDIA ; Jubbulpore, Beddome. 



This seems nearer R. suffruticosa than R. cernua, of which T. Anderson reckoned 

 it a form ; but it differs from both in the very large corolla, the lobes of which are 

 1 by | in., roundly elliptic. 



8. R. ciliata, Hornem. Hort. Hafn. ii, 585 ; pubescent, leaves ovate 

 shortly obtusely acuminate, bracteoles scarcely so long as the calyx-tube, 

 corolla li in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 120, Dipteracanthus 

 ciliatus, Wall. Cat. 7151 ; Nees in Wall. PL As. Ear. iii. 81, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 120. Larysacanthus ciliatus, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjobenh. 

 1854, 123. 



BURMA; Prome, Wallich. 



Stems 2 ft, shortly pubescent upwards. Leaves 3J by 2 in., base shortly cuncate, 

 obscurely sinuate-crenulate ; petiole \-\ in. Bracteoles -^ in., oblong or spathulate- 

 elliptic. Calyx-tube % in. ; teeth in., linear, pubescent. Corolla nearly glabrous, 

 cylindric tubular much shorter than the ventricose part. Filaments hairy at the 

 base. Ovules about 12. Capsule not seen. 



9. R. macrosiphon, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pi. ii. 92 ; hairy, 

 leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, bracteoles linear-lanceolate foliaceous, 

 calyx-segments 2 in. linear-subulate, corolla 2 in. Ruellia sp., T. Anders, 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 461. 



PEGU ; Beddome. 



Perennial, 2-3 in., woolly with crisped white hairs. Leaves 2 m., entire, narrowed 

 at both ends ; petiole obscure. Flowers sessile, solitary ; bracteoles by ^ in., linear- 



