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BARLERIA* lupulina. 





Hop -flowered Barleria. 







DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Acanthacex Juss. (Introduction to tlie natural system of 

 Botany, p. 233.) 



BARLERIA.— Supra, vol. 3. /of. 191. 



B. lupulina ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis, spinis simplicibus divari- 

 catis, spicis ovatis, bracteis ovatis concavis ventricosis imbricatis. 



Dicliptera spinosa. Hort. 



Frutex 2-pedalis, ramosissimus, ramis glabris, sub'tetragonis, purpureo- 

 viridibus. Folia angustb lanceolata, integra v. denticidata, mucronulata, 

 glabra, costd suprd sanguined venis inconspicuis . Spinee intra-axillares, 



gemince, divaricate, rigidce, cinerecs, pungentes. (Obs. spina nihil aliud 

 — x — ^„. ai»- — _• !-•-.*.•-. _l~_a;*.^. . ^»»»»s» „ riant r] U(S in omni 



Spicae ter- 



folia 



Itera folio 



minales, ovatce, v. oblongee, lupulina, e bracteis constantes ovatis, concavis, 

 pallide viridibus, nunc fusco-purpureo marginatis, levissimt pubescentibus, 

 dense imbricatis. Calyx tetraphyllus , pubescens ; bracteis subulatis, squami- 

 formibus ; sepalis duobus proximis ovato-oblongis, concavis (anticis et poshcts), 

 duobus intimis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis ; omnibus atomis quibusdam 

 pellucidis solidis conspersis. Corolla lutea, unciam longa, tubo recto, cyhn- 

 draceo, pubescente, limbo glabro, valde ineequali, laciniis quatuor oblongis 

 subcequalibiis, quintd (labio inferiore) d vicinis profundus divisd, breviore. 

 Stamina 4 ; quorum duo lacinix quintce corolla contermina exserta, recta, 

 antheris oblongis, bilocularibus , glabris, duo superiora nana, antheris sub- 

 rotundis, filamentis ciliatis ; rudimentum st. 5! nullum. Ovarium ovatum, 

 disco annulari membranaceo circumdatum, 2-loculare, locults dtspermis. 

 Stigma simplex, subconicum, truncatum. 



A native of the Mauritius, whence it was sent to Europe 

 some years since by C. Telfair, Esq. It is a very hand- 

 some stove plant, almost always in flower, and particularly 



Named 



tation, born in 1606, and died in 1673. His work was edited by Antoine 



de Jussieu. 



