486 CIX. ACANTHACEEX, (C. B. Clarke.) [Barleria. 
Var. elata ; leaves larger lower often a foot long, racemes stout: helicoid often 
collected towards the ends of the branches, bracteoles often 1-1} in., linear-lanceolate, 
corolla 3-34 in. B. elata, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 227; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
Fi. 189. B. coerulea, Wall. Cat. 2509, sheet B, partly.—Malabar, alt. 2-5000 ft., 
from the Bombay Ghauts to the Pulneys and Anamallays, frequent; Gardner, &c.— 
Shrubby, 6 ft. high (Dalzell), In Wight’s Nilgherry examples, the corolla-tube is 
14 in., the upper 3 whereof is considerably inflated ; the lobes are 1$ by 3 in., obovate, 
obtuse ; the racemes form dense sub-leafless short terminal panicles. 
ll. B. vestita, 7. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 230, and in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 492; leaves elliptic or somewhat obovate acuminate at both 
ends fulvous-shaggy on both surfaces, racemes lax, bracteoles linear-lan- 
ceolate, outer sepals elliptic elongate-acuminate, corolla 3 in. . Bedd. Ic. Pl. 
Ind. Or. t. 263. B. pentandra, Var. B, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 233. 
CEYLON, alt. 5000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites. . 
Herbaceous; stems stout, hirsute. Leaves 7 by 3 in.; nerves 12-15 pair, con- 
spicuous ; petiole 4-4 in. Racemes on peduncles 3 in., i.e. the leaves at their base 
3 in., linear-lanceolate, scarcely larger than the other bracts; lower flowers 1 in. or 
more apart. Calyx and corolla exactly as of B. involucrata, of which Nees considered 
it a var. 
** Bracteoles 9, opposite, close to the calyx or above the bract at the base 
of the pedicel, narrow, much smaller than the 2 outer sepals. 
12. B. pilosa, Wall. Cat. 2502; softly hairy, leaves ovate acuminate, 
flowers axillary solitary, outer sepals ovate or orbicular scarious dentate, 
corolla 14 in. blue. eyne in Herb. Rottler; Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
iii. 93, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 234; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 491; 
Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 256. 
S. Deccan PENINSULA, alt, 1000-1500 ft. ; Courtallum, Rottler, Wight ; Coim- 
batore, Beddome. 1 
A small,ramous shrub. Leaves 4 by 2 in., often much smaller on the i» 
flower-bearing branchlets, sometimes obscurely denticulate; petiole 2 in. P edice i 
jiu.; bracteoles 4-4 in., linear, subdenticulate, hairy, above the base of the pedies ° 
Sepals hairy, ultimately glabrate, nervose; 2 outer }-} in. diam., subspinose y 
toothed. Corolla glabrous; tube nearly 1 in.; lobes 4-3 in., broadly elliptic. 
Capsule iin, 4-seeded ; seeds shaggy, the hair finally rubbing off except near the 
ilum. 
13. B. Lawii, 7T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 492; leaves elliptic 
acuminate at both ends lineolate above fulvous-strigose on the nerves 
beneath, racemes short capitate, bracts and bracteoles small linear, outer 
sepals 1 in. elliptic acute entire, corolla 3-34 in. minutely pilose without. 
B. Beddomei, Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 258.—Barleria sp. n. 39, Herb. Ind. 
Or. H.f- & T. 
W. DECCAN PENINSULA, in the Ghauts ; Bababoodun Hills, Law (T. Anderson). 
An erect shrub; branches strigose upwards. Leaves 6 by 24 in.; petiole 1-3 M. 
Racemes fulvous-strigose ; bracts 4 in., linear-spathulate ; bracteoles nearly as long, 
linear, acute, Sepals nervose, strigose without; 2 outer 1—j in. broad, one of thosa 
shortly 2-toothed. Corolla white (Dalzell), beautifully veined when dry, not 
blue in Wight's Herbarium; tube elongate funnel-shaped, lobes 1 in., obovate. 
Capsule nearly 1 in., oblong or slightly obovate, 4-seeded ; fruiting-sepals somewhat 
enlarged. 
_ 14. B. Arnottiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 232; leaves elliptic acu- 
minate at both ends hairy, pedicels axillary solitary, bracteoles lanceolate, 
