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BARLERIA* lupulina. 

 Hop -flowered Barleria. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Acanthace* Juss. {Introduction to the natural system of 

 Botany, p. 233.) 



BARLERIA.— Suprd, vol. Z.fol. 191. 



B. lupulina ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis, spinis simplicibus divari- 



catis, spicis ovatis, bracteis ovatis concavis ventricosis imbricatis. 

 Dicliptera spinosa. Hort. 



Frutex 2-pedalis, ramosissimus, ramis glabris, subtetragonis, purpureo- 

 viridibus. Folia angustb lanceolata, integra v. denticulata, mucronulata, 

 glabra, costd supra sanguined venis inconspicuis. Spinee intra-axillares, 

 gemince, divaricates, rigidce, cinerece, pungentes. (Obs. spince nihil aliud 

 sunt qua m folia primordialia gemmce abortivce ; gemmce adsunt dace in omni 

 axilld, quarum altera folio proxima abortat, altera evolvitur.) Spicse ter- 

 minates, ovatce, v. oblongce, lupulince, e bracteis constantes ovatis, concavis, 

 pallide viridibus, nunc fusco-purpureo marginatis, levissime pubescentibus, 

 dense imbricatis. Calyx tetraphyllus, pubescens ; bracteis subulatis, squami- 

 formibus ; sepalis duobus proximis ovato-oblongis, concavis (anticis et posticis), 

 duobus intimis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis ; omnibus atomis quibusdam 

 pellucidis solidis conspersis. Corolla lutea, unciam longa, tubo recto, cylin- 

 draceo, pubescente, limbo glabro, valde incequali, laciniis quatuor oblongis 

 subcequalibus, quintd (labio inferiore) a vicinis profundius divisd, breviore. 

 Stamina 4 ; quorum duo lacinice quintce corollce contermina exserta, recta, 

 antheris oblongis, bilocularibus , glabris, duo superiora nana, antheris sub- 

 rotundis, flamentis ciliatis ; rudimentum st. 5) nullum. Ovarium ovatum, 

 disco annulari membranaceo circumdatum, 2-loculare, loculis dispermis. 

 Stigma simplex, subconicum, truncatum. 



A native of the Mauritius, whence it was sent to Europe 

 some years since by C. Telfair, Esq. It is a very hand- 

 some stove plant, almost always in flower, and particularly 



* Named after James Barrelier, a French Botanist of considerable repu- 

 tation, born in 1606, and died in 1673. His work was edited by Antoine 

 de Jussieu. 



