﻿PLATE DXLII. 



RUELLTA INFUNDIBULIFORMIS. 



Funnel-jlowered Ruellia. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNL4. Four Chives. One Pointa 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CH 

 Corolla monopetala, limb 

 iali. Stamina biconjugat; 



alement 5-parted. Blossom one 

 border 5-lobed, unequal. Chives b 

 Shaft thread-shaped. Summit tw 

 Capsule with the partitions toothed, elast 

 and splitting. Seeds few. 



IvU, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



positis, alternis, lanceolutis, 

 tatis, lucidis : floribus in spi- 

 ts, confertis. Corolla infun- 

 laciniis limbi quinquehdis, 



illia with opposite alternate leaves, lance- 

 shaped, waved, ribbed, and shining. Flowers 

 grow in terminal spikes, crowded together. 

 Blossom funnel-shaped: segments of the bor- 

 der five-cleft and notched, spreading, wrink- 

 led, of a scarlet colour, and \ ellow at the base. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal. 



l is the Justicia infundibuliformis of 

 e class Tetrandria. We have scei 

 i East Indies, and was introduced 



t propagates (reel) by cuttings. 



i years ago. As yet, 



