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(1) R. HIRTA. {Fahl.) 



Ident. Vahl. Symb. III. p. 84. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 145. 



Syn. R. sarraentosa, N. ab. E. in Wall. PL As. Rar. Ill, 

 f. 83. 



Engrav. Vahl. 1. c. t. 67. 



Spec. Ci^ar. Perennial: leaves ovate, crenately serrated , to- 

 wards the apex, hirsutely hoary : stem creeping : spikes axillary, 

 peduncled, capitulit'orm : bracts leafy, oblong : bracteoles none : 

 capsule 1 2-seeded : flowers large, bluish-purple. 



Sukanagur. Cpromandel. Circars. Flowering in the cold 



(2) R. CRispA. (Linn.) 



Ident. Linn. Sp. p. 86. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 90. — N. ab. E. in 

 Wall. PI. As. Rar. HI. p. 83. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, creeping at the base : leaves 



pvate, acute at both ends, undulately crenated, lineolate, hispid: 



papitula axillary, opposite, bracteate, hirsute : peduncle nearly 



equalling the calyx : bracts obovate, creqated at the apex : corolla 

 short, with a campanulate throat. 



Locality not given. 



' (3) R. ASPERA. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 84.— Dec. 

 prod. XI. p. 147. 



Syn. Strobilanthes scaber, N. ab. E. I. c. 



Spec Char. Leaves oblong, obtuse, repandly crenate, sharply 

 passing into the short petiole, thick-nerved below, loosely hairy, 

 floral ones lanceolate, sessile, quite entire, pilosely scabrous : spikes 

 axillary, collected into a compound spike at the apex of the branch- 

 lets, glandulosely hirsute: bracts either linear-spathulate or linear- 

 lanceolate : segments of the calyx linear, obtuse, of the coroll% 

 roundish : tube incurved : capsule 6-seeded. 



Silhet. 



(4) R. DURA. {Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Dec. prod. X. p. 146. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. 

 p. 186. 



Spec Char. Stem quadrangular, procumbent, hispid and 

 bristly : leaves oblong-obtuse, subcrenate, attenuated into the pe- 

 Jiole, hispid : spikes axillary, subsessile and terminal, somewhalj 



