484 CIX. ACANTHACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) , [Barleria. 
A small, very prickly undershrub; branches hairy. Leaves j-$ in.; petiole 
hardly any. Bracteoles 1-3 in., simple spines; pedicel (above the bracteoles) 5-14 in., 
sometimes 0 (B. rotundifolia, Heyne in Herb. Rottler). Sepals pubescent, ciliate ; 
2 outer in flower 4 by 4 in. often lanceolate, in fruit sometimes $ in., oblong, obtuse, 
scarious, nervose, glabrate; 2 inner small. Corolla 1 in., purple blueish rose or 
white. Capsule 3 in., 4-seeded.— Separable from the following by the much narrower 
entire outer sepals. The variation in the length of the pedicel is remarkable, but 
there appears to be only one species here. 
5. B. mysorensis, Roth Nov. Sp. 313; leaves broadly elliptic obtuse 
mucronate hairy, flowers axillary sessile, 2 outer sepals large ovate sub- 
spinose denticulate softly hairy. Heyne in Herb. Hottler. B. buxifolia, 
all. Cat. 2504, sheets A and B partly, not of Linn. B. spina-ceylanica, 
Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 242; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 490. B. 
bispinosa, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 94, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 241, 
not of Vahl. Dicranacanthus spina-ceylanica, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 
Kjob. 1854, 136. 
& S. Deccan PENINSULA with CEYLON, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; Rottler, Wight, Thwaites, 
c. 
A very prickly small shrub; branches hairy. Leaves }-1 in., hairy beneath, 
deciduously scabrid pubescent above; petiole hardly any. Bracteoles simple spines. 
Outer sepals 3-1 by ĝin. broadest very near the base; in fruit scarious, nerved. 
Corolla 1} in., purple. Capsule 3 in., 4-seeded.—Nees reduced B. mysorensis, 
Heyne, to B. noctiflora, but both Heyne's examples and Roth’s description show 1t 
to have been this. 
6. B. noctiflora, Linn. f. Suppl. 290; leaves oblong or narrowly 
obovate mucronate pubescent afterwards glabrate, flowers axillary solitary, 
2 outer sepals large ovate acute spinous-dentate sparsely pubescent, corolla- 
tube elongate narrowly cylindric. Heyne in Herb. Rottler; Wall. Cat. 
2496; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 93, and in DC. Prodr. x. 240, 
excl. syn. Roth; 7. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. A90 (by typog. error 
B.noctifolia). B. cristata, Lamk. Dict. i. 380, not of Linn. Barleria- 
canthus noctiflora, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, 136. 
NILGHEREY Mrs., alt. 7500 ft.; Ootacamund, Wight. CEYLON; Rottler. 3 
„A small, very prickly undershrub ; branches pubescent upwards. Leaves 4 by 
& im. obtuse or acute, grey pubescent at first; petiole hardly any. Bracteoles 
1-1 in., with simple spines or denticulate near the base. Sepals soon scarious, 
glabrate, nervose; 2 outer 3 by }-} in. Corolla-tube 1} by 4 in., pubescent without; 
lobes j in., round-ovate. Capsule $ in., 4-seeded. 
7. B. acanthoides, Va}? Symb. i. 47; leaves obovate or elliptic 
obtuse mucronate pubescent, flowers solitary or in dense l-sided spikes, 
2 outer sepals ovate subentire pubescent, corolla-tube very long sublinear. 
Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 240; T. Anders. in Journ, Linn. Sor. ix. 490 (excl 
syn. B. candida); Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv.594. Barleriacanthus acanthoides, 
Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, 136. 
Af SciNDE; Stocks. PuN3AB; Kirana Hill, Edgeworth.—Di8TRIB. Arabia, N.E. 
rica. 
A small, hoary, prickly undershrub; prickles often pinnatifid near the base. 
Leaves lj by 4 in., base attenuated; petiole 0-4 in. Bracteoles linear or linear- 
lanceolate, spine-tipped, rigid, often dentieulate. Sepals soon scarious, glabrate, 
nervose; 2 outer j by À in, acnte, mucronate, scarcely denticulate. Corolla 
white; tube 24 by $-2 in. puberulous without; lobes] ìn., ovate. Capsule $ in- 
4-seeded, 
