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(1) H. ELEGANS. {Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 722. 



Syn. Ruellia elegans, Sims — R. diffusa, N. ah. E. in Wall. 

 PL As. Rar. III. p. 83. — R. Crossaridra, Steud. 



Engrav. Ro^b. Cor. I. t. 67. — Pot. Mag. t. 3389. 



Spec. Char. Leayes oblong or oval-oblong, petioled, serrated, 

 hirsute: stem tetragotial, procumbent, branched, hfrsiUe : branches 

 diverging, geniculate : spikes axillary, short-peduncled, capituli- 

 form : braqts lanceolate, leafy, longer than (;he calyx : flowers blue, 

 with a yellow tube, the t\yo lower segments marked with 3 purple 

 lines, three upper ones reddish at the base. 



Hurdwar. Chunar. 



(2) H. LJ^TEBROSA. (Boxh.) 



Ident. Ro3^b. flor. Ind. III. p. 46. — Dec. pyod. XI. p. 723. 



Syn: Ruellia latebrosa. Roth. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1504. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, coarsely serrated : bracts ovate-lant 

 ceolate, equalling the calyx. 



Delhi. Hurdwar. 



GENUS XXV. RUELLIA. 



Dldynaniia Angloapepinia. Sex: Systi 



Deriv. In honor of Jqhn Ruelle of Soiasons, Botanist and 

 Physician to Francis Isf. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-parted at the base, segments either ni\- 

 equal, the upper one b,eing deeper, or nearly equal and linear 

 somewhat dilated at the apex, or equal and acuminate : corolla 

 funnel-shaped, tube passing gradually into a narrow-oampanu- 

 jate 5-cleft limb, segments equal, obtuse : stamens four, didyna- 

 mous, inserted at the base qf the throat : anthers oblong, 2-cel]- 

 ed, cells parallel, contiguous, equal, muticpus or niucronulate at 

 iihe base : stigma snbulate, spiral, spongy at the back, channel- 

 led, increased at the bases bj a sn^all tooth : capsule narrow, 4-i 

 angled, 3-celled to the base, from the base to beyond the piiddle 

 6-8-1 6-seeded : diss^Jjiment complete, adnate ; seeds furnished 

 with middle-sized retinacula. — Herbs and undershrubs, pubescent 

 and hirsute : spikes usually contracted into the shape of capituli, 

 leafy-bracteate and therefore little conspicuous, or when the in. 

 florescence is more perfect, dichotomous and truly cymose : bracn 

 teoles none or narrow : flowers middle-sized. 



