294. Dr. Francis HaurrTON's Commentary 
Barleria buxifolia. Hort. Beng. 45. Hort. Kew. iii. 59? 
Barleria cristata 8. Enc. Meth. i. 380. Ill. Gen. t. 549. f. 2. 
Capparis forma, frutex spinosus malabaricus. Pluk. Alm. 80. 
Cara Schulli. Hort. Mal. ii. 91. t. 47. 
Habitat in Malyalæ sterilibus saxosis. 
Frutex diffusus, ramosissimus. Rami pilosi, tetragoni, laterum 
duobus convexis, duobus concavis. Folia opposita, sub- 
sessilia, obovata, spina brevissima mucronata, integerrima, 
supra scabra, subtus ad marginem presertim pilosa, venosa, 
internodiis longiora, stipulis nuda. Flores axillares, alterni, 
erecti, folio triplo longiores, nunc sessiles, tunc pedicellati, 
ad imam spinis duabus semiteretibus validis pilosis divari- 
catis indivisis bracteati, cærulei. Calycis quadripartiti la- 
ciniz duæ exteriores plano-parallelæ, subæquales, elliptic, 
venosz, spinoso-dentatæ ; interiores lanceolate, parvæ, in- 
tegerrimæ. Corolle tubus teres, incurvus, calyce duplo 
"longior: limbus patens, quinquepartitus laciniis: obtusis, 
oblongis, subaequalibus. Filamenta e tubi medio quinque 
subulata, quorum tria minima (unde Rheedii oculos effuge- 
rint) antheris sterilibus, inclusis; duo limbo paulo breviora , 
antheris fertilibus oblongis incumbentibus bifidis. Germen 
superum. Stylus filiformis longitudine staminum fertilium. 
Stigma acutum, aduncum. | fe 
In campis Cheræ sterilibus planta vix specie diversa flores habet 
albos, calycis foliola exteriora subcordata, csetera omnia 
simillima. | 
M. Lamarck objects to this being the Cara Schulli on account 
of the short spines at the end of the leaves, which are not repre- 
sented in some of the leaves figured by Rheede, and are not men- 
tioned in the description ; but they are so small as not to have at- 
tracted the notice of the botanists of former days ; and they are 
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