36 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Barleria. p| 
four-sided. Sty/e straight, length of the stamens. Stigma 
large, with. a most uncommon perforation, which 1 com- 
pare to an inverted crescent, with a handle .aftixed to the 
centre of its concave side, Capsu/e globular, breaked, two- 
celled, two-valved, opening from the apex. Seed when all. 
come to maturity, two in each cell, roundish, compressed with 
a notched margin, tubercled and convex on the outside, « con-. 
cave and smooth on the inner. 
-'It-is one of the most elegant, showy, twining plants I a 
met with, and richly deserves » a conspicuous place in the 
shanbbery: 
a v ee the stamina minute. “com * 
© ld, ~two-valved, buouing with elasticity conte to 
l. B. ssnaiesi Willd. iii. 376. 
_ Shrubby ; thorns axillary, four-cleft. Leaves brtad-lowmene 
late, spinous, pointed, smooth, entire, 
Kooroontuka, the Sanscrit name, 
Beng. Kanta-jatee, 
Coletta veetla, Rheed, Mal, ix, t. 41, 
_ Hystrix fratex. Rumph. Amb, vii. t, 13. 
_ Melampyro, &e. Pluck, Alm, t. 119. f.5. 
_ Teling. Mooloo govinda. 
Is one of the Most common, and at the same time secant 
small, shrubby plants in India; every soil and situation suits: 
it equally well, and it is in flower all the year round. | 
Stem short, erect. Branches . numerous, Opposite, erect, — 
round, smooth ; the whole plant two or three feet high. Thorns. 
or rather prickles. axillary, generally about fen melas 
" slender, ‘sharp. Leaves opposite, decus sate, short-petiol 
ed, oblong, waved a little, mucronate smooth, . : 
