161 
A shrubby unarmed plant; leaves sessile, broad lanceolate. Flowers axil- 
lary; of a blue colour with a dash of purple;—appear in the rains; the calyx is 4 
leaved; 2 of the leaves much larger than the others, and fringed with bristles. 
{n gardens Bombay; a very beautiful shrub when in flower, but of ra- 
ther a scraggy appearance at ether times. 
1182. B. q 
Herbaceous, erect growing plant, 2 er 3 feet high; flowers bright blue 
with loug tubes; 2 of the segmeuts of the calyx much larger than the others, 
but not ciliated like the last species.—Grows in great abundance ou Cross 
Island; flowering in September. It dees net appear to be described. 
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“> 1183. B. Lonererora? Rox, Flora. Ind..3. p. 40. Vahl’s Symbols. 1. 
t. 16. Ruellia grandiflora. Persoon’sSynop. 2. p. 173. SGD BULGE ON 
Forskol, 
A shrubby, unarmed plant; with axillary and es ranittal flowers; pure white 
with long tubes; they appear in November and December; grows about Kan-~ 
dalla;—a very ornamental shrub. 
There is an unarmed species, on Kandalla Ghaut, with yellow flowers 
(Ruellia flava? Rox.) which appear in November and December. It seems 
closely allied to 5. cerulea. Perhaps the B. longiflora here referred to, 
is identical with Roxburgh’s Bb. dichotoma. 
1184. B. CoeruLea? Rox. Flora, Ind. 3. p. 39. B. strigesa. Willd. Spec. 
Uv. PD. 319 
Wahitee,—An unarmed shrub; leaves subsessile, oblong; stems erect, round, 
jointed, and swelled abeve the joints; Flowers in short axillary and termi- 
nal spikes; large, of a beautiful blue; appear in Novemberand December;— 
Kandalla Ghaut, and in garden hedges about Kandalla village. This isa 
shrub worthy of cultivation, on account of its showy flowers, 
1185. B. Loneirouia. Willd. 3. p. 375. Ruellia longifolia. Rox. Flora. - 
Ind. 3.p. 50. Asteracantha longifolia. Nees in Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3. p. 90. 
Bahel schulli. Rheed. Mal. 2. ¢.45. Hamilton in Linn. Trans, 14. p. 288° 
Gegantaca. Asiat. Res. 5. p. 291. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 133. f. 3. Ainslie Mat. Ind- 
2. p. 236. 
A very commen herbaceous plant, springing up in moist places; itis easily 
recognized by its verticilled leaves; with six spines at each verticil; flowers 
of a bright blue colour. 
The seeds are prescribed by Hukeems under the name Tal-mugami, (Dr. 
Gibson.) 
1186, B.—— ? 
A suffruticose, armed plant, about the size of B. cristuta; flowers very small, 
compared with those of the other species, appear in January and February; 
ef a dingy white, or freckled.—In hedges ou Malabar hill. 
674. RUELLIA. 1, Didynamia Angiospermia. 
In honor of Ruelle,a French Botanist, and Physician to Francis Ist. 
Gaert. Fruct. 1. ¢. 54. Lam. Ill. ¢. 550. 
1187. R. INFUNDIBULIFORMIS.“Rox, Flora. 3. p. 41. Justicia infundibuli- 
formis. Willd, t. p. 99. Uarrachia speciosa, Sprengel’s syst. 2. p- 826. Cros- 
sandra undulaefelia. Salisb. Manja Kurini. Rheed. Mal. 9. ¢. 62, Bot. Mag. ¢ 
2186. Bot. Reg. t: 69. 
Abboolee.—A shrubby plant, with large, brightlorange-coloured flowers; — 
common in flower pots about Temples, and in almost every garden, 
1188. R. Zeytantca. Rox, Flora. Ind, 3. p. 42. Vali Upa Dali. Rheed. 
Mal. 9. t. 45, 
A suffruticose, scandent plant, with whitish, or pale blue flowers, in termi- 
nal racemes; they appear in the rains. In hedges Bombay;—c ommon at 
Kandalla. 
