'41-5 



(4) S. SuBSERicEUM. (Nees.) 



Tdent. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 84,— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 105. 



Syn. Ruellia cordifolia, Vahl. 



Spec. Ghar. Shrub : leaves ovate, toothed, younger ones be- 

 low white tomentose : bracts rhombeo- ovate, long-cuspidate, equal- 

 ling the calyx : young branches covered with white down. 



Hills neir Chingleput. Tranquebar. 



GENUS XX. DTSCHOEISTE. 



Oldynamia AngloApermia. Sex.- St/tir 



Deriv. Frbm the Greeks meaning difficult to separate ; probai 

 bly alludiilg to its near alliance to other genera. 



Gen. (MiE. Cayx tubulsli', scarcely 5-cleft to the middle, equal : 

 iDoroU^ fuimel-shaped,. limb oblique, 5-cleft : stamenS fti'ur, didy- 

 hamons : anthers 2-celT6d, cells parallel, equal, muoronate at the 

 "base, seldom mUticous : Capsule obloAg, slightly depriissed, stiff, 

 4!-seeded alniost ftom the base, without seeds upwards : partition 

 adnate : seeds ovate, obtuse. — Small depressed shrubs, with small 

 leaves : flowers axillary, middle-sized, blue, terminal, solitary, 

 sessile on a very short brarichlet, furnished at the base with two 

 braoteoles resembliiig leaves, sui-rounded with bracts and narrow 

 l)rkcteoles. 



(1) t>. titoftAtts. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E; in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 81.— Decj 

 jprod. XI. p. 106. 



Syn. Ruellia litoralis, Linn. Suppl. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 447. — Burm. flor. Ind. t. 4. fig. 3. 



Spec Char. Stem fruticose, diffuse : leaves cuneifdrm, retusej 

 dentate towards the apex, glabrous. 



In dry rocky places in the Peninsula. 



(2) b. DEPRESSA. (Nees.) 



ident. N. ab. E. 1. c. III. p. 8l.— Dec. pi-od. XI. p. 106. 

 Spec. Char.. Stem creeping : leaves obovate-orbiculate, obtusrf 

 or retusci quite entire, mucronatCj glabrous : flowers erect. 



Tanjore. 



