490 CIX. ACANTHACER, (C. B. Clarke.) [Barleria 
Spikes 1-8 in., very dense, often glomerate, always secund, the sepals densely imbri- 
cated, the bracteoles appearing patent or reflexed on one side; bracteoles i p» 
lanceolate or subovate. Outer sepals 1 in., sometimes more, nervose. Coro 
funnel-shaped in the upper half of the tube; lobes 3 in., ovate. Capsule $ in, 
4-seeded ; seeds silky. 
VaR. ` polystachya; leaves very large fulvous-hirsute above somewhat glancescen 
beneath, spikes densely agglomerated yellow-hirsute. B. polystachya, Nees in Dv. 
Prodr. xi. 226.—Concan ; Stocks. . 
Van. terminalis; leaves thinly fulvous-hirsute above, spikes substrobilate p w 
very obscurely l-sided, outer sepals more softly hairy often obtuse. B. tr 
Nees in DC. Prodr. xi, 225; Dalz & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 188.—Concan ; Jacqu in T 
&c. Belgaum; Ritchie, —This may be a distinct species, as Dalzell considers ; ' 
Anderson does not deem it worth notice as a var. 
25. B. polytricha, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 72, t. 82, and Cat. THB; 
leaves large oblong attenuate at both ends hirsute above, spikes “the 
many-fid. 1-sided, bracteoles oblong or elliptic somewhat shorter D an ine 
calyx, outer sepals ovate ciliate-denticulate hirsute, corolla 13-2 1n. d " 
Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 91, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 225; T. Anders 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 491. B. cærulea, Wall. Cat. 2509, letter K On A 
B. hirsuta, Wall. Cat. 7142; Nees ll. c. Pseudobarleria polytricha, Vers’ 
in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, 135. 
CHITTAGONG, PEGU and TENassERIM ; Wallich, &c., frequent, —D1s TRB Ave 
Leaves 6 by 13 in., base gradually cuneately attenuated, hairs long on the uppe 
surface ; otherwise altogether as B. strigosa. etiole. 
Var. polystachya has the leaves suddenly narrowed to the subalate P vely) 
B. hirsuta is a young state, having the heads substrobiliform, not (or very obscu y 
l-sided ; probably always more or less 1-sided in fruit. 
26. E. nitida, Nees in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 91, and in DC. Prodr. » 
224 ; leaves ovate or elliptic shortly acuminate at both ends lineolate early 
glabrous above, spikes dense 1-sided, bracteoles elliptic or subovate hi ing 
as long as the calyx, outer sepals ovate strongly ciliate-denticulate s 1S ry 
sparsely hispidulous not strigose, corolla lj in. blue. Wight Ic. t. 9509, 
. Anders. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 491. B. csrulea, Wall. Cat. , 
letter H only. B. bracteata, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. EM 
Hills of S. Deccan PENINSULA; Rottler; Courtallum, Wight; Nüghirie* 
Foulkes ; Tinnevelly Hills, Beddome. . trigose 
Leaves 14-2 in. Outer sepals shining, with scattered yellow hairs, but no nd o a 
pubescence on the nerves without ; otherwise as B. strigosa, from which T. An Nees 
admits it to be specifically distinct. "The Simla plant referred to this species by 
: . K Ó . im 
is B. strigosa, with (as usual in the N.W. Himalaya) smaller leaves than in the Sikki 
Terai form. 
XXII. NEURACANTHUS, Nees. 
flowering stems erect, annual. Leaves entire. T Lowery 
t cate; spikes axillary or terminal, elongate strobi SO or 
dense capitate; bracts ovate, membranous or coriaceous; bracteoles th 
minute. Calyx 2-partite; posterior segment 3-toothed, anterior 2-to0 ub- 
or 2-partite. Corolla tubular, upper half wide-funnel-shaped ; limb h r8 
entire or obscurely lobed, plicate. Stamens 4, didynamous ; anterior ant ich 
2-lobed, posterior L-lobed (second lobe rudimentary); lobes ovoid, diste 
sometimes hairy. Style at the apex 2-branched, 1 branch linear-lanceo aod 
the other obsolete; ovary 4-ovulate. Capsule oblong, glabrous, art 5 
Seeds much compressed, ovate, densely inelastically silky.—Species 6, the 
following and a tropical African one. 
Perennials ; 
small, blue, spi 
