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very beautiful appearance among the bushes in that festive 

 season of the year; and hence the civilized natives call it 

 Christmas Pride, Being a weakly plant, it seldom rises 

 above a foot or two if alone ; but when supported, runs fre- 

 quently three or four feet, and bears a great number of 

 bright blue flowers. Native of Jamaica, on dry hills and 

 hedges in the southern parts. See the first species. 



10. Ruellia Intrusa. Leaves petioled, ovate, hairy; flowers 

 in spikes, directed all one way ; stem herbaceous ; corolla 

 violet-coloured, pubescent on the outside. Native place not 

 ascertained. 



11. Ruellia Tuberosa; Tuberous-rooted Ruellia. Leaves 

 ovate, crenate ; peduncles one-flowered. The roots are com- 

 posed of many swelling tubers, which run deep into the 

 ground. The flowers are produced on the side and at the 

 end of the stalk; those on the side have two flowers at each 

 peduncle, which come out opposite at each joint, but those 

 at the top sustain three : they are of a fine blue colour, but 

 seldom last in beauty through the day. This plant is very 

 common in most parts of Jamaica, where it is called Menow- 

 weed, Spirit-weed, and Snap-dragon; the last name makes it 

 probable that it has sometimes been confounded with the 

 eighth species. It seldom exceeds twelve or sixteen inches in 

 height. The roots (which when fresh have a little pungency, 

 and are quite insipid when dry) are frequently used by the 

 negroes in fevers. See the first species. 



12. Ruellia Tentaculata. Leaves obovate; whorls sur- 

 rounded with unarmed two-forked spines. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



13. Ruellia Ciliaris. Leaves toothed, ciliate; flowers 

 opposite. Native of the East Indies, and Cochin-china. 



14. Ruellia Biflora; Two-flowered Ruellia. Flowers twin, 

 subsessile. This is an herbaceous perennial, flowering in 

 July. Native of Carolina. 



15. Ruellia Crispa; Curl-leaved Ruellia. Leaves subcre- 

 nate, lanceolate, ovate; heads ovate; leafy, hispid; stem 

 creeping. This plant is a sufFrutex, and has the appearance 

 of Rhinanthus Crista Galli, or Yellow Cock's Comb. Native 

 of both Indies, and of China. See the first and fourth species. 



16. Ruellia Fasciculata ; Ar/yregate-flowered Ruellia. 

 Leaves petioled, oblong, toothed ; petioles winged; flowers 

 aggregate, terminating, and lateral; stems herbaceous, filiform, 

 weak, decumbent, angular, with decurrent lines, alternately 

 branched, jointed; the joints rough-haired. Found in woody 

 places near the hot-baths of Trincomalee, in Ceylon. 



17. Ruellia Mollissima; Soft Ruellia. Leaves petioled, 

 broad lanceolate, quite entire, very soft ; flowers in bundles. 

 Native of Madagascar. 



18. Ruellia Undulata; Wave-leaved Ruellia. Leaves peti- 

 oled, oblong, waved; heads axillary, sessile; stem erect; 

 flowers clustered in alternate heads. Found by Kcenig in 

 the East Indies. 



19. Ruellia Involucrata; Involucred Ruellia. Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire, smooth ; heads terminating, involucred, 

 hairy ; stem upright, obscurely four-cornered by four decur- 

 rent lines, two of the sides wider and more convex, with 

 short branches, some alternate, others opposite; flowers im- 

 bricate, in a shortly peduncled head, the size of a hazel-nut; 

 calicine segments five, unequal, linear, acute. Native of the 

 East Indies. See the first species. 



20. Ruellia Repanda ; Repand-lcaved Ruellia. Leaves 

 lanceolate, bluntly toothed, petioled ; stem creeping. Native 



21. Ruellia Ringens; Ringent-flowered Ruellia. Leaves 

 oblong, quite entire; flowers solitary, s.essile ; stem procum- 

 bent. Native of the East Indies, Ceylon, and China. 



22. Ruellia Antipodia. Leaves mucronate, serrate; stem 

 creeping; flowers subspiked, terminating in fives or threes. 

 This has the appearance of Veronica OfHcinalis, or of Ver- 

 bena Nodiflora, but is much smaller. Native of the East 

 Indies, China, and Cochin-china. See the first species. 



23. Ruellia Repens; Creeping Ruellia. Leaves lanceolate, 

 acnminate, quite entire ; flowers sessile ; bractes petioled, 

 longer than the calix ; stem creeping. Native of the island 

 of Tanna. 



24. Ruellia Littoralis ; Maritime Ruellia. Shrubby, 

 hoary : leaves wedge-form, serrate, retuse, smooth ; flowers 

 axillary, solitary, subsessile. Found near Madras in the 

 East Iinlies, on the coast; where it is very common after 

 the lands have been inundated in rainy seasons. 



25. Ruellia Longiflora ; Long-flowered Ruellia. Leaves 

 ovate, quite entire; flowers axillary, solitary, very long; stem 

 shrubby. Native place unknown. 



26. Ruellia Diffbrmis. Diffused, hir.sute : leaves linear; 

 tooth-sinuate, entire; flowers in whorls, axillary. Native of 

 the East Indies. 



27. Ruellia Barbata. Leaves lanceolate, quite entire; 

 flowers in whorls; calices acute; bractes oblong; stem 

 upright. Native of the East Indies. 



28. Ruellia Salicifolia. Leaves lanceolate, quite entire 

 flowers in whorls; calices awned ; bractes lanceolate; stem 

 upright. Native of the East Indies. 



29. Ruellia Balsamica. Erect, smooth: leaves petioled, 

 lanceolate, serrate; whorls sessile. Native of the East Indies ; 

 where it is very common in the rice-fields, especially when 

 the rice-harvest is over. It has a strong smell of turpentine. 



30. Ruellia Uliginosa. Diffused, hirsute : leaves sessile, 

 oblong, entire ; spikes terminating, four-cornered. This 

 small plant flowers in January and February, and is very 

 common in the rice-fields of Tranquebar. 



31. Ruellia Hirta. Rough-haired: leaves oblong, petioled, 

 serrate ; spikes terminating, imbricate ; stem creeping. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. 



32. Ruellia Pilosa. Leaves opposite, orate, entire, ciliate; 

 flowers terminating, solitary. Native of the Cape. 



33. Ruellia Depressa. Leaves opposite, petioled, obovate, 

 entire; stem closely depressed. Native of the Cape. 



34. Ruellia Cordifolia. Leaves cordate-ovate, sessile, 

 tomentose, hoary beneath; flowers subspiked; stem shrubby; 

 branches jointed Native of the East Indies. 



35. Ruellia Secunda. Leaves subcordate, ovate, quite 

 entire, villose ; racemes axillary, directed one way. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



36. Ruellia Japonica. Leaves elliptic ; flowers in spikes ; 

 bractes oblong, blunt. Native of Japan. 



37. Ruellia Guttata. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, rugged at 

 the edge, and waved ; spikes terminating, imbricate. Native 

 place unknown. 



38. Ruellia Imbricata. Leaves petioled, ovate, wave- 

 crenate, the opposite one less; spikes imbricate, directed one 

 way; stem suffruticose ; the flowers are white and nocturnal. 

 Native of Arabia Felix, the East Indies, and the Isle of 

 France. 



39. Ruellia Aristata. Leaves ovate, hoary beneath; head 

 terminating; calices and bractes nerved, awned; stem shrubby. 

 Native of Arabia. 



40. Ruellia Alopecuroidea. Leaves ovate, smooth, ob- 

 scurely repand ; spikes terminating, hairy ; stem creeping, 

 herbaceous. Found in Montserrat. 



41. Ruellia Reptans. Leaves petioled, ovate, blunt, bluntly 

 serrate ; peduncles terminating, subspiked. Native of the 

 Island of Tanna, in the South Seas. 



