Ruellia blechum L.

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STEVEN R. HILL Plants of the Bahamas
NO. C 126 Blechum brownsi Juss.
Called 'Swamp weed or Swamp Bash1» A red soil perennial wMch grows about 1*0 cm tall, in areas near the water table. No local use* Once very common, now restricted to certain sections of the island. From the middle of a banana grove on prop, of Mr. Arthur Cartwright, Clements, Long Island.
DET :SRK February, 1973
C0LL:Fr. Walter Cerbin, January 2*>, 1973<<<OCR