ffygrophila.] cix. acanthaoe^. (C. B. Clarke.) 407 



Macf. ii. 311, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 81 j JDah. St Oihs. Bomb. Fl. 184; 

 Wight Ic. 1. 1493. 



W. Decoan Pekinsuia, from Malwa {Mdgeworth) Uy Mysore; frequent in the 

 Concan. 



Sootstock woody ; stems 4-16 in., procumbent or creeping. Leaves i-1 in., from 

 lanceolate to orbicular, entire, minutely strigose and with long lax white hairs, lineo- 

 late with raphides, nearly glabrate or minutely closely tomentose beneath ; petiole 

 0-^ in., but in some basal leaves ^-1 in. Spikes dense, white-strigose ; bracts J in., 

 elliptic; bracteoles | in., oblong. Sepals \'m.,\\ne?a. Corolla f-J in. j tube ven- 

 tricose upwards, limb long, deeply 2-lipped. Style hairy. , Capsule J in., 8-10- 

 seeded. — The figure of Wight (Ic. t. 1493) shows the 4 anthers subequal, but this is 

 not the case in bis example from which he notes his Icon was taken. The synonym, 

 jRuellia polgsperma, Roth, has been always supposed to have been Sygrophila pohj- 

 sperma, T. Anders. ; but as Roth says his plant had didynamous stamens and ovate 

 heads, his description must belong here, whatever his plant was. — The leaves of S. 

 Serpyllum vary very, much in form and indumentum. 



Vab. KooTceriana ; leaves orbicular obtuse cauline often distinctly petioled. — 

 Physiohilus sp. nn. 2, 3, Berb. Ind. Or. S. f. S[ T. — Concan ; Stocks. Bombay, 

 Laiw. A larger plant ; cauline leaves often 1 in. dian)., petiole ^-J in., with minute 

 white bristly hairs, but none of the long white hairs characteristic of S. Serpyllum 

 type. 



3. K. Stocksil; T. Anders, ms. ; cauline leaves petioled spatkulate- 

 elliptio, spikes ovate or sHoytly oblong, anthers of tlie posterior stamens ^ 

 tlie length, of the anterior. — Physichilns n. 4, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



Concan ; Stocks. 



Branches 18 in., stout ; internodes 2-3 in. Cauline leaves 2J by 1 in. ; petiole 

 I in. Corolla i in. Anthers of the posterior stamens minute, but (at least some- 

 times) they appear to contain a few pollen-grains. — Reduced to a Var. of H. Serpyl- 

 lum by T. Anders, (m Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 456), but subsequently marked by him as 

 a species. 



** Whorls axillary, distinct. 



4. K. sallcifolia, Nees i-n Wall. PI. As. Sar. iii. 81, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 92 ; erect, leaves lanceolate glabrous, bracteoles lanceolate acute, 

 calyx in flower divided half-way dovfn lobes linear hispid-oiliate, capsule a 

 Uttle longer than the calyx. Wight Ic. t. 1490 ; Dalz. l( Oils. Bomb. Fl. 

 184. Ruellia salicifolia, Ffls^Z iSymJ. iii. 84; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 60; Wall. 

 Cat. 2873. E. longifolia, Both Nov. Sp. 306. 



Throughout India and Ceylon, very common. 



Stems 1-3 ft., nearly glabrous. Leaves 2J by J-| in., narrowed at both ends, 

 lineolate by raphides ; petiole 0-^ in. ; bract ^J in., ovate or elliptic j bracteoles 

 § as long as the calyx. Calyx J-J in., divided to the base in fruit. Corolla J-f in., 

 pale purple. Stamens 4, fertile ; anthers sUbequal. Capsule J-| in., 20-28-seeded. 

 — The whole of the species of this section are included under the present by T. Anders, 

 (in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 456), which then has a geographic area extending through 

 S.E. Asia, Malaya, Trop. Australia, Trop. America ; but if this view be taken, the 

 name of the species should be .ff. angastifoliajBr. {Prodr. 479; Nees im. DC. Prodr. xi. 



Vae. assurgens ; stem decumbent or geniculate rooting with erect branches, 

 leaves obovate-oblong or elliptic subacute. H. assurgens, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 90, 

 excl. syn. and var. $. H. radicans, ifees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 81, and in DC. 

 I. c. 92. Ruellia radicans, Wall. Cat. 2410.— E. Bengal, frequent ; Wallich, &c. 

 Malacca; JfatMjro^ (Malaya). 



Vae. dimidiata ; leaves obovate or elliptic glabrous densely lineolate especially on 

 the upper surface> base attenuate. H. dimidiata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rerr, iii. 81 j 



