( 4053 ) 



Petalidium barlerioides. Barleria-like 

 Petalidium. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Acanthacejs. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx aequalis, profunde 5-partitus, bracteolis duabus 

 valvatuin inclusus. Corolla infundibuliformis, limbo sub- 

 aequali quinquefido. Stamina didynama inclusa; anthera 

 oblongs?, sagittatae, locellisparallelis aequalibus basi arista- 

 tis. Stigma bifidum, laciniis filiformibus. Capsula basi 

 brevi spatio compressa asperma, hinc in medio tetrasperma. 

 Dissepimentum completum, adnatum, persistens. Semina 

 retinaculis uncinatis subulatis suffulta, ovata, acuta, com- 

 pressa,, immarginata.— Inflorescentia : flores pedunculati, 

 axillares, solitarii vel in ramulo brevi fasciculum axillarem 

 exhibentes, bracteolis magnis valvatim contiguis, Barleriam 

 mentientibus. Nees. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Petalidium * barlerioides. 



Petalidium barlerioides. Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. v. 3. 



p. 82. 

 Ruellia barleriorides. Roth, Nov. PL Sp. p. 310. n. 10. 



Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2. p. 821. n. 21. Wall. Cat. n. 



23S9. a. 8. 

 Ruellta bracteata. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3. p. 47. 



This plant inhabits the mountain regions of India, 

 according to Dr. Roxburgh. It was found at Sheikpore 



and 



* So named, I presume, from wer^s*, on account of the very conspicu- 

 ous corolla, 



