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ovato-oblonga, circiter bipollicaria, obtusa vel obtusissima, 
integra, supra rugosa, glabra, subtus incano-lanata, venis pri- 
mariis paucis elevatis. Flores... . in spicas densas terminales 
peduneulatas late bracteatas dispositi; spice 2-3 aggregate 
(seepius unica terminalis cum duabus lateralibus ex axillis foliorum 
2 superiorum), circiter 2 poll. longæ, pedunculos æquantes vel 
longiores; bracteæ rigide coriaceæ, vel fructifere fere lignosæ, 
arcte imbricate, late rotundato-ovatz vel orbiculares, usque 6 
lineas diametro, obtuse, margine albo-lanatæ; calycis segmenta 
subæqualia, tenuiter coriacea, obovato-oblonga, 6-7 lineas longa, 
obtusissima, margine lanata. Capsula glabra, oblonga, sub- 
acuta, circiter semipolliearis, loculis 2-spermis; semina (matura 
non visa) discoidea, valde compressa. 
Shan hills at 4000 feet, gregarious, covering a hill-side, and 
conspicuous in the distance from its dark leaves. 
In inflorescence this most nearly resembles ©. callosa, 
Nees, but the bracts are much thicker and the relatively small 
thick leaves are quite different. 
Blepharis boerhaaviæfolia, Pers.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 478.— 
Meiktila. 
Burma, South India, Ceylon, and tropical Africa. 
Barleria cristata, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 488.—Shan 
hills and Popah. 
Widely spread in India and Malaya, but often cultivated. 
Barleria Prionitis, Lina.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 482.—Meiktila ; 
common everywhere. 
Tropical Asia and Africa. 
Asystasia Neesiana, Nees; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 496.—Shan 
hills. 
Eastern India, Moulmein. 
Eranthemum indicum, Clarke: Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 497. — 
Lwelon; Shan hills at 3000 feet, Manders. “ The jungle was 
largely composed of this, so that we had constantly to cut our 
way through.” 
Sikkim and Eastern India. 
Cystacanthus insignis, Clarke; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 514.—Shan 
hills at 2000 feet. 
Burma. 
