476 



Spec. Char. Stem somewhat angular, covered with soft, wh;t« 

 hairs : leaves sessile, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, puberu- 

 ]ous on the upper surface, pale beneath, with prominent nerves : 

 flowers in a sessile terminal spike, 1 inch long: bracts all broad 

 ovate-cuspidate, ciliate, with a broad, white, scarious margin : flow- 

 ers of a beautiful blue: capsule ovoid, glabrous, 4-seeded. 



High hills around Joonere, flowering in August. 



(5) R.. lATioK. (Nees.) 



Ident. Pec. prod. XI. p. 472. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1548. 



Spec Char. Leaves obovate or oval, moderately attenuated at 

 both ends, somewhat obtuse: stem diffusely repent : corolla longer 

 than the bracts, upper lip acute : bracts uniform, obovate, retuse^ 

 shortly mucronate, 3-nerved, ciliate, margin membranaceous. 



Courtallum. Ootacamund. Flowering during the autumnal 

 months. 



(6) E. WiGHTiANA. (Nees.) 



Ident. N.ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 110.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 472. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1549-50. 



Spec Char. Suffruticose, erect : leaves ovate oblong, much 

 attenuated at the apex : bracts veined, the margins hyaline towards 

 the apex, most delicately ciliate, sterile ones oblong, acute, the, 

 fertile ones rhombeo-cuneiforra, obtuse : braoteoles membranaceous, 

 oval, mucronulate : spikes lax, terminal : flowers rose-colouied. 



Courtallum, flowering during the rainy months. 

 (7) R. MUKAtis. (Boyle.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 470. 



Spec Char. Stem low, woody, much branched : bracts rough, 

 mucronate, ciliated, fertile ones oval, with a membranaceous margin, 

 sterile ones lanceolate-oblong, margin naked, very narrowly mem- 

 branaceous : bracteoles emarginate, mucronate : leaves somewhat 

 round-spathulate. 



On walls at Berampore. Courtallum. Coromandel. 



(8) R. pbnduana. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in. Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 110.— Dec. prod. 

 %1. p. 473. 



