on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part II. 289 
must be described, yet he did not know by what name it was 
called. Such was nearly the dilemma in which at one time he 
told me he was placed. 
In its habit this plant has no resemblance to any Barleria that 
I know; but it strongly resembles the Acanthus ilicifolius, one of 
the genus Schulli. Its flower, however, differs much from both, 
as will be seen from the following note. 
Bahel Schulli. 
Habitat in totius Indiæ aquosis vulgatissima. 
Caulis erectus, rigidus. Folia linearia, sessilia. Flores in singu- 
lis verticillis plures; singuli foliolo lanceolato bracteati ; 
universi bracteis spiniformibus 6 vel 8 cincti. Calyx teres 
quadrifidus, laciniis lateralibus parvis, summa majore, ima 
bifida. Corolla tubulosa, bilabiata. Limbus bipartitus; labio 
superiore apice bilobo, inferiore trilobo. Stamina didynama. 
Filamenta duo dimidio breviora. Antheræ subæquales. 
Rheede mentions a Bahel Schulli with a white flower, which I 
consider as a mere variety, the change from blue to white not 
being unusual even among uncultivated plants. 
Nir ScHuLLi, p. 89. fig. 46. 
The specific name implies water, and is probably meant to 
distinguish it from the following species, although the two other 
species of Schulli also grow in water. Commeline is exceedingly 
unlucky in comparing it to a Teucrium. : 
Plukenet imagined that he had received from Coromandel a 
plant resembling the Nir Schulli, which he called Gratiole affinis 
Indie orientalis digitalis emula (Alm. 264. errore typographi 254.); 
but I cannot say that the figure which he gives (Phyt. t. 49. f. 3.) 
seems to me at all like the Nir Schulli: and it must be con- 
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