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PIDINAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
plo longiore ; caule as - the calyx ; stem 
radicante. radicant. 
Sp. pi. 3. p. 301. Walt. p. 169. Mich. 2. p. 25. Pursh 2. p. 420* 
A luxuriant ornamental vine, climbing over buildings and the loftiest 
trees, throwing out radicles all along the stem by which it attaches itself 
firmly to walls, fences or the bark of trees. Leaflets somewhat ribbed, 
smooth on the upper surface, pubescent underneath, particularly along the 
veins. Floivers in corymb like racemes, onrpedunoLes about half an inch 
long. Corolla tubular, a little ventricose underneath, of a blood red co- 
lour, the inside tinged with yellow, the tube twice as long as the calyx, 
border 5-cleft, the segments nearly round and equal. Stamens nearly as 
Jong as the corolla, inserted in the tube, within which is perceptible the 
rudiment of a fifth filament. Anthers divaricate at base. Style as long 
as the stamens. Stigma compressed, flat. Silique very long, terete. 
Seeds winged. 
Grows very common, preferring damp, rich soils. 
Flowers June — September. 
RUELLIA. 
Calyx 5-partitus. 
Corolla subcampanu- 
lata, -limbo 5-fido. 
Stamina conjugata. 
Capsula utrinque at- 
tenuata, dentibus elas- 
tice dehiscens. Se- 
mina pauca. 
1. Strepens. 
R. erecta, hirsuta; 
loliis petiolatis,lanceo- 
lato-ovatis, integerri- 
mis ; pedunculis 1 — 3 
floris; calycis laciniis 
lineari-lanceolatis, a- 
Gen. Pl. 1050. 
Calyx 5 -parted. 
Corolla somewhat 
campanulate, with the 
border 5-cleft. Sta- 
mens conjugate. 
Capsule tapering at 
each end, toothed, o~ 
pening elastically. 
Seeds few. 
Erect, hirsute ; 
leaves on petioles, 
lanceolate-ovate, en- 
tire ; peduncles 1 — 3 
flowered; segments 
of the calyx linear 
