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RUELLIA antsopny ta. 
Unequal-leaved Ruellia. 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.—Narz. Op. ACANTHACEE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Cal. 5-partitus (nunc profunde 5-fidus), equalis. Corolla in- 
fundibuliformis, limbo 5-fido, parum inzquali, patenti. Stamina 4, an» 
therifera, inclusa: Anthere loculis parallelis muticis. Ovarii loculi po- 
lyspermi. Capsula teretiuscula subsessilis, dissepimento adnato. Se- 
mina retinaculis subtensa. 
Herbe oppositifolie, caulescentes, seepe pilose. Flores azillares vel terminales. 
—Br. 
— anisophylla ; glabra, foliis breviter petiolatis distichis oblongis 
acuminatis serratis, singulo opposito alternatim abortivo. Flo- 
hii capitatis, caule acutangulo. 
Ruellia anisophylla, Wauutcn, MSS. 
Perennial, with a zig-zag, branched, green, acutely quadrangular, glabrous 
stem, about a foot high in our plant. Leaves 3-4 inches long, very shortly 
petiolate, distichous, oblong, acute at the base, very much attenuated at 
the extremity, serrated at the margin, glabrous, above dark green, with 
prominent veins, below paler, the veins sunk in the substance of the leaf: 
one of each S sco = sg fe seen is —- = = seems to be 
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Fertile flower-stalks from the axil of the fully developed leaf, snd leaning 
to the underside, much shorter than the leaves, quadrangular, with one 
or two (when two, the lower one sessile) small heads of flowers, of 
which 2 or 3 are expanded at atime. Calyx small, deeply 5-fid, pu- 
bescent, the segments narrow: each is subtended by 3 bractez, two la~ 
teral, and one, the larger one, in front; these are lanceolate. Corolla 
large, handsome, pubescent externally, and veined, narrow, and yellow 
at the base, above enlargéd, pale bluish-purple, showy, the mouth 
spreading, 5-lobed, lobes somewhat irregular, crenate at the margin. 
the eotedla for almost their whole length, pabciemnk at the ase: the ex- 
tremity curved and swollen, bearing a 2-lobed anther; each lobe acute, 
somewhat spreading, opening transversely, yellowish-white. Pistil : 
Germen oblong, small. Style long, slender, filiform, slightly thickened 
upwards. Stigma acute 
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