36 DiDYNAMiA ANGiosPERiMiA. Barleiia. 



four-sided. *S'////e stiaiglit, longth of the staniens. Stigma 

 large, with a most luicoinmon perforalion, which I com- 

 pare to an inverted crescent, with a liandle affixed to the 

 centre of its concave side. Capsule globuhir, 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 have 

 met with, and richly deserves a conspicuous place in the 

 shrubbery. 



BARLERIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1051. 



Calyx of two dissimilar pairs of leaflets. Corol some- 

 what funnel-shaped. Two of the stamina minute. Capsule 

 two-celled, two-valved, bursting with elasticity contrary to 

 the partition. 



1. B. prionites. Willd. iii. 376. 



Shrubby; (horns axillary, four-cleft. Xeaues broad-lanceo- 

 late, spinous, pointed, smooth, entire. 



Kooroontnka, the Sanscrit name. 



Beng. Kant«-jatee. 



Coletta veetla. Rheed. Mai. ix. t. 41. 



Hystrix frutex. Rwiiph. Amh. vii. t. 13. 



Melampyro, &c. Pluck. Aim. t. 1 19./. 5. 



Teling. Mooloo govinda. 



Is one of the most common, and at the same time elegant, 

 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 four, straight, 

 slender, sharp. Leaves opposite, decussate, short- petiol- 

 ed, oblong, waved a little, mucronate, smooth. Floicers 



