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Ruellia Willdenoviana Nees in DC. Prod. 11: 207. Espirito 
Santo, 1891 (1199). 
Ruellia amoena Nees in DC. Prod. 11: 203. As syn. Espirito 
Santo, 1891 (1223). Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr— 
June, 1892 (1390). 
Ruellia ? Espirito Santo, 1891 (1295). Dr. Lindau de- 
notes this as an undescribed species of the Sect. Thysruellia, 
and will doubtless supply a description. 
RUELLIA BANGI sp. n. 
sely strigose; root vertical, stout; stem erect, widely 
. broad, ovate, varying greatly in comparative breadths, the 
i tapering acutely into the petiole, the apex acuminate and 
acute, dark green, thin, closely and rather sparsely (sub-equally 
on the two sides), short-strigose ; calyx 1 cm. long, divided nearly 
to the base, the lobes unequal, narrowly laeto. tapering to an 
acute pungent apex, ciliate; corolla 4-6 cm. long, the tube slen- 
der, curved, the lobes very broad; stamens much shorter than the 
tube. 
Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.-June, 1892 (1355). 
It is very unfortunate that my material of this interesting 
species is so scanty and poor that a good dissection cannot be 
‘made. A better description will doubtless be given by Dr. Lin- 
dau. 
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RUELLIA GRACILIS sp. n. bec Thysruellia.) 
Minutely strigose; stems 2 or 3 dm. high, erect, slender, 
nearly simple, sharply porc eds the d 
long; leaves sessile, 3-5 cm. long, 3-7 mm. broad, linear-oblong, 
tapering at both ends, obtusish, piti bright-green, erect; flow- 
ering branchlets 4 or 5 cm. long, very slender, erect, one- flowered 
or bearing several flowers sessile near the summit; calyx 7 or 8 
mm. lohg, the tube very short, oe the lobes more or 
less unequal, linear-setaceous, tapering to a very acute point, 
dilated abruptly into the body, which is four times as broad, 
strongly ventricose on the lower side, the lobes short and broad, 
erect-spreading; stamens inserted near the base of the corolla, 
reaching -to the base of the lobes, the anthers 1.5 mm. long, 
broad; fruit lance-oblong, acute, green, a little more than 1 cm. 
long. 
Between Guanai and Tipuani, Apr.—June, 1892 (1449). 
