( 4113 ) 

 Barleria flava. Yellow Barleria. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — AcanthacEjE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolo postice et antice (interdum 

 emarginato) latioribus. Corolla hypogyna, infundibulifor- 

 mis, tubo brevi v. elongato, limbo conico dilatato, quin- 

 quefido, lacinia postica breviore. Stam. 4, corolla? tubo 

 inserta, vix exserta, didynama; anthera biloculares, line- 

 ares ; loculis parallelis, muticis, staminum breviorum saspe 

 minores v. imperl'ectae. Ovarium biloculare, loculis biovu- 

 latis. Stylus simplex : Stigma compresso-infundibuliforme, 

 truncatum. Capsula subunguiculata, acuminato-conica, 

 bilocularis, tetrasperma v. abortu disperma, loculicide bi- 

 valvis, valvis medio septiferis. Semina ovata, testa floccosa, 

 retinaculis crassis, concavis subtensa. — Herbae v. fruticuli, 

 in Asia tropica crescentes; foliis oppositis, floribus axilla- 

 ribus v. spicatis, bracteis latis v. angustis bracteolisque scepe 

 ciliatis v. spinosis, corollis speciosis, cceruleis, albis v. lutes- 

 centibus, plus minus venosis. Endl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms . 



Barleria flava; fruticosa, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis integerrimis sub lente strigillosis, spica ovata 

 imbricata bracteis calycibusque nervosis ciliatis, sepa- 

 lis majoribus serratis antico bifido. 



Barleria flava. " Jacq. Eel." Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. I. 

 p. 828. 



Dianthera flava. Vahl, Symb. 1. p. 5. 



Justicia flava. Vahl, Enum. I. p. 139. 



Dianthera Americana; ». flava. Forsk. Ft. Mgypt. Arab. 

 p. 9. 



Barleria mitis ? Ker, in Bot. Reg. t. 191. 



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