422 



capitate, subtended by subovate hirsute bracts : flowers middle- 

 sized, blue : capsule 8-seeded, shorter than the calyx. 



4-bout Surat, common. Coromandel. Masulipatam. Central 

 India. Flowering in the cold season. 



(5) R. PUNCTATA. (Nees.J 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 147. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1563. 



Spec. Char. Leaves oval, attenuated at both ends, entire or 

 sub-repand, glanduloso-punctate, and like the four-sided herbace- 

 ous stem, hirsute : capitula terminal, bracteate, pubescent, foljac^v 

 ous, acute : bracteoles linear-oblong, closely ciliate. 



Courtallum. 



GENUS XXVI. ASTSTASIA, 

 Didynanila Aiisioaperniia. Sex: Syat: 



Gen. Chae. Calyx 5-pajted, equal : corolla somewhat ftmneK 

 sbaped, limb 5-lobed, equal, the upper lobe slightly concave : 

 Btamens 4, didynamous, within the tube, approaching by pairs : 

 anthers 2-celled, cells parallel, appendicnlate at the base : stigma 

 capitulate, 2-lobed, or 2-toothed : capsule contracted at the base, 

 rough, often 4-angled, 2-oelled, 4-seeded ; seed attached to pro- 

 cesses, discoidly lobed, with a prominent angle at the base. — 

 Suffruticose or herbaceous, diflfuse or climbing plants : racemes 

 spike-like, 1-sided, axillary or terminal : bracts small, equal : 

 flowers primrose-blue or lilac, or variously tinged with yellow, 

 sometimes handsome. 



(1) A. PtuMBAGiNEA. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. Pi. As. Rar. III. p. 89. — Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 164. 



Spec Char. Stem obtusely 4-cornered : leaves trapezoid, 

 repand, acute, rough above : spikes terminal, ternate : lower flow- 

 ers opposite, upper ones secund : segments of the narrow corolla 

 entire. 



Gathered from the Governor's garden in Madras. 



(2) A. Neesiana. (^Wall.) 



Ident. Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 89. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 164, 

 Syn. Ruellia Neesiana, Wall. PL As. Rar. I. p. 83. 



