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R U E L L I A FULGIDA.
Bright-ßowered Ruellia.
C L A S S IV. ORDER L
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNU. Four Chives. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 5-part!tus. Corolla monopetala, limbo
5-lobo, insequali. Stamina biconjugata.
Stj'lus filiformis. Stigma bifidum. Capsula
dissepimentis dentatis, elasticis, dehiscentibuä.
Semina panca.
EMPALEMENT 5-parted, Blossom one petal;
border 5-lobedj miequal. Chives by pairs.
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit two-cleft.
Capsule witli t i e partitions tootliedj elastlcj
and splitting. Seeds few.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
RUELLIA foliis petiolatis, ovato-acuminatis, undulatis,
pilosis, crenatis : pedunculis axillaribus,
cum multis floribus tubaeformibus.
RUELLIA with petiolated leaves ovately pointed,
waved, hairy, and scolloped. Footstalks
axillary, with many long trumpet-shaped
flowers.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
4. The capsule.
5. The same split open.
6. A ripe seed.
THIS new and beautiful species of Ruellia was introduced by Lord Seaforth from the West Indies, and
flowered in Mr. Lambert's stove at Boyton, in June 1807, for the first time in England j and continued,
as he informs us, to flower during the greatest part of the summer, ripening its seeds in abundance,
and being easily propagated by cuttings.
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