Barleria. | CIX. ACANTHACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 487 
outer sepals large ovate subobtuse, corolla 2% in. T. Anders. in Journ. 
Linn, Soc. ix. 492. 
CEYLON, alt. 6000 ft.; Gardner, Thwaites, &e. 
Herbaceous ; stems fulvous-strigose. Leaves 4 by 1} in., with scattered yellow 
hairs above, obscurely Jineolate, beneath yellow-strigose especially on the nerves; 
petiole 3-1 in. Bracteoles 1-3 in., lanceolate or elliptic spathulate or 0. Outer 
sepals 1} by żin., yellow-strigose, obtuse, one shortly bifid. Corolla blue; tube M in., 
lobes 1 in., obovate, subemarginate. Capsule 1 in., broadly oblong, 4-seeded ; sepals 
enlarged, scarious, nerved in fruit. 
Var. pentandra; leaves thinner glabrescent conspicuously lineolate above, 
bracteoles 4 in., linear-setaceous, outer sepals elliptic elongate acute nearly glabrous. 
B. pentandra, Arn.; T. Anders. in Thwaites Enum. 230 partly, excl. $yn.—Ceylon, 
Thwaites (C. P. n. 2558). 
Var. Beddomei; leaves elliptic acute at both ends bristly pubescent on both 
surfaces, flowers solitary axillary, sepals large ovate acute nervose bristly-pubescent.— 
Tenasserim ; Mooleyit slopes, Beddome.—Herbaceous; stems fulvous-pubescent: or 
substrigose. Leaves 3—4 by 14 in, not acuminate, petiole 3 in. Pedicel $ in.; 
bracteoles 1-3 in., linear, rigid, bristly-pubescent. Outer sepals nearly 1 by 4 in., one 
of them very shortly bifid at the tip. Corolla 23 in., beautifully veined when dry, 
altogether as of B. Arnottiana. Capsule 3 in., narrowly ellipsoid, rigid. Seeds 
more than 1 in. diam., obovate-truncate, compressed, rugose-silk y.— Possibly a new 
species; close to B. Arnottiana. 
15. B. sepalosa, Clarke; hairy, leaves elliptic acute, racemes 
axillary 1-3 fld., bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, outer sepals very large 
broadly elliptic acute.—Barleria sp. n. 35, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Conoan ; Gibson. "m 
Shrubby ; stems upward villous, subtomentose. Upper leaves 3} by 1} in., | ase 
shortly narrowed, covered with short yellow hairs on both surfaces, somewhat rigid, 
strongly reticulated beneath; petiole in. Bracteoles 3 by à in., rigid, acute. 
Outer sepals 13 by 3 in., one bifid, base rounded, yellow-villous, subtomentose, in fruit 
nervose, subscarious. Capsule 3-1 in. Corolla not seen. 
16. B. montana, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 92, and in DC. 
Prodr. xi, 922 ; nearly glabrous, leaves narrowly ovate acuminate at both 
ends, flowers axillary solitary and running into terminal spikes, outer sepals 
arge ovate, corolla 2 in., seeds densely silky. Dalz. Y Gibs. Bomb. FI. 
189; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 257. 
- purpurea, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 344. Ruellia? montana, Wall. Cat. 2391. 
— Barleria sp. n. 32, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. T. 
W. Deccan PENINSULA, in the Ghauts frequent; from Jubbulpore to Travancore, 
, Herbaceous, erect, 2 ft. high. Leaves 5 by 2 in., often glaucous, margins some- 
times minutely scabrous; petiole l-l in. Bracteoles linear, 4 in. orin large examples 
lin. Outer sepals 14 by 3 in. in large examples, otten hardly half so large, rounded 
: : 3 Beddome), rose 
9r Very acute, entire, glabrous or minutely scabrous. Corolla blue ( me), | 
(Dalzell) ; lobes 3 in. diam. orbicular. Capsule 1 in., 4-seeded. Seeds } in. diam. 
9r more, close covered with wavy silky yellowish hair, as in many other species. 
17. B. Gibsoni, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 339; nearly glabrous, 
leaves ovate acute, flowers axillary solitary and running into pur 
Spikes, outer sepals large ovate, corolla 2-25 in., seeds glabrous. n^ z. ¥ 
Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 189; T. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493. B. mon- 
fana, Wight & Nees partly; Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 4 T. n. 34. " 
W. Deccan PENINSULA ; Concan, Stocks; Ellora Hill, Ralph ; Belgaum, Ritchie; 
Bombay Ghauts and Brahminwara Range, Dalzell; N. Canara, Bra las been mixed 
exceedingly like B, montana, except as to the seeds, that it has 
