An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Ruellia ciliosa Pursh. Hairy or Long^-tube Ruellia. Fig. 3890. Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 420. 1814. Hirsute or pubescent, at least above; stemascending, rather stout, i°-2*° high. Leaveshairy, ciliate, oblong, oval, or ovate, sessile ornearly so, obtuse or subacute at the apex, nar-rowed at the base, i¥-3 long; flowers clus-tered or solitary in the axils, sometim
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . 2. Ruellia ciliosa Pursh. Hairy or Long^-tube Ruellia. Fig. 3890. Ruellia ciliosa Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 420. 1814. Hirsute or pubescent, at least above; stemascending, rather stout, i°-2*° high. Leaveshairy, ciliate, oblong, oval, or ovate, sessile ornearly so, obtuse or subacute at the apex, nar-rowed at the base, i¥-3 long; flowers clus-tered or solitary in the axils, sometimes cleis-togamous; calyx-segments filiform, hirsute,io-i2 long, about V wide; corolla blue,ii-2 long, the tube equalling or longer thanthe obconic throat and nearly regular limband about twice as long as the calyx; capsuleshorter than the calyx. In dry soil, southern New Jersey and Pennsyl-vania to Florida, west to Michigan, Kansas andLouisiana. June-Sept. 16. ACANTHACEAE. Vol. III. 3. Ruellia parviflora (Xees) Hairy Ruellia. Fig. 3891. Dipteracanthus ciliosus parviflorus Xees, Linnaea 16: 294. cilosa ambigua A, Gray, Syn. Fl. 2: 326. ciliosa parviflora Britton, in Britton & Brown, 111. Fl. Ed. i, 3: 203. parviflora Britton, Man. 854. 1901. Sparingly finely pubescent, but green; stemerect, 6-i8 tall, simple or sometimes spar-ingly branched. Leaves minutely pubescent,ciliolate. oblong to oblong-lanceolate, or some-times oval. ii-4 long, obtuse or acutish, un-dulate, rather acuminately narrowed at thebase, manifestly petioled; flowers solitary orclustered in the axils, the pedicels very short;calyx-segments linear-filiform, bristly, 8-l2long; corolla blue, ii-2 long, the tube some-what longer than the throat and somewhat ex-ceeding the calyx, the limb i-ii broad; cap-sule oblong above the stipe-like base, barely8 long. In sandy soil, Maryland to Indiana, Florida andTexas. May-Aug. Ruellia pedun
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