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ciliosa, Pursh., " Fl. Amer. Sep." ii. 420. — North America. Hardy 



plant. Leaves oblong or oval, almost sessile ; flowers blue, 

 2 inches long ; corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx. Syn. 

 Dipteracanthus ciliosus. 



Devosiana, Hort. Makoy ex Morr (fig. " Belg. Rev. Hort." 

 (1877), 19). — Brazil. Leaves narrow lanceolate, toothed, purple 

 underneath, main veins and midrib above white-banded ; flowers 

 axillary, white, rose-tinted ; corolla-tube at first narrow cylindric, 

 then suddenly ventricose and bent at middle. 

 A pretty foliage plant. 



Dipteracanthus, Hemsl., "Biol. Cent. Amer. Bot." ii. 584. — Vera 

 Cruz, 2,000 feet elevation. Low-spreading herb. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, running into a long petiole at the base, hirsute ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary, subsessile ; bracteoles linear, obtuse ; 

 calyx segments linear, attenuated ; corolla H inch long, purple ; 

 tube curved, the lower 1 inch narrow cylindric, then expanding 

 upwards ; lobes large, 1 J inch across. 



This species has fine showy flowers if well fed when coming 

 into bud. It is very effective when several plants are grown in a 

 pan together. 



elegans — Hemigraphis latebrosa. 



formosa, Antfr., "Bot. Rep." t. 610; (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 1400).— 

 Brazil. Leaves petioled, ovate, acute, shortly hairy ; peduncles 

 axillary, three times length of leaves, somewhat branched at the 

 apex, 2-3- flowered ; flowers showy, scarlet ; bracts linear-lanceo- 

 late ; corolla- tube 1^ inch long. 



A very useful stove plant ; flowers freely ; sows itself in the 

 stove. * 



fulgida, And., "Bot. Rep." t. 527.— Colombia. Leaves petioled, 

 ovate, acute, pilose, crenate ; peduncles axillary and terminal with 

 heads of small red flowers which are narrow trumpet-shaped ; 

 calyx of five linear segments ; corolla-tube \ inch, limb of five 

 unequal lobes. 



Not a showy species. 



Herbstii, Hiern., " Kjoeb Vid. Med." 1877, 75 ; (fig. " Bot. Mag." 

 t. 5156).— Brazil. An erect plant. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 

 sinuate, serrated, purplish beneath ; flowers three to five together 

 in axillary, sessile fascicles, 3^ inches long, pale rose ; calyx 

 reddish, g inch long ; corolla-tube in the lower 2 inches narrow 

 cylindric, then abruptly bent and enlarging upwards ; limb of 

 5 short equal lobes. Syn. Dipteracanthus Herbstii. 



A pretty stove species, the flowers with their very long tubes 

 are striking ; very easily grown and flowers well. 



latebrosa = Hemigraphis latebrosa. 



Ulacina = Ruellia Schaueriana. 



longifolia, Rich, in "Act. Soc. Hist. Nat." Part 1 (1792), 110.— 

 Brazil. — Glabrous. Leaves oblong lanceolate or oblong, attenuated 

 at both ends, repand or denticulate ; peduncles axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves, bifid, many-flowered ; flowers vermilion ; lobes 



retuse. 



