320 AcanthaceCB. \Barleria. 



' Small undcrshrub, with numerous pubescent branches, 

 1. I in., oblong or narrowly obovate, obtuse or acute, mucro- 

 nate, pubescent but becoming glabrous, nearly sessile ; fl. 

 axillary, solitary, bractlets \-\ in., spinous, branched ; outer 

 sep. I in., ovate, acute, spinous-dentate, becoming mem- 

 branous, veined, nearly glabrous ; cor.-tube \\ in., narrow, 

 pubescent outside, lobes ovate, rounded; capsule § in.; 

 seeds 4.' 



Ceylon, 1796 (Rottler). The specimens are in Hb. Kew. 

 Differs from B. mysorensis but slightly; the above description is from 

 Fl. B. Ind. 



4. B. involucrata, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 92 (1832). 



B. pentandra., Nees, 1. c. 232 ; Thw. Enum. 230 (part). And. 1. c. 492, 

 C P. 310. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 485. Wight, 111. t. 164 (a small-flowered form). 



Shrubby, stems scrambling and semi-scandent, much- 

 branched, stout, quadrangular or cylindrical, sparingly hispid, 

 succulently swollen above the nodes ; 1. large 5-8 in., oval, 

 attenuate and decurrent on petiole at base, caudate-acuminate, 

 acute, entire, more or less hairy on both sides, lineolate above, 

 petiole obscure, fl. very large, on short stout ped., solitary or 

 in threes on a short peduncle in opp. axils, bracts and 

 bractlets ^-i in., linear, acute, spreading ; outer lip i]-i|- in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, subacute, bristly hairy, parallel- 

 veined, whitish, inner pair about half as long, much narrower ; 

 cor.-tube about i^ in., limb 22-3 in. diam., lobes nearly equal, 

 rounded or acute ; stam. exserted, anth. large, pale blue ; 

 capsule I J in., ovoid, compressed, pointed ; seeds 4. 



In bushy places, montane zone 3000-7000 ft.; rather rare. Ambaga- 

 muwa; Hewaheta; N. Eliya; Horton Plains. Fl. Sept.-Feb. ; clear 

 brilliant purple-blue, with tube darker. 



Also (var. data) in Malabar. 



The beautiful flowers are not coloured as in Wight, III. The whole 

 plant dries blackish. The length of the bracts and bractcoles, the width 

 of Sep., and the size of cor. vary greatly. Anderson in Thw. Enum. con- 

 founded this with B. pcfiiandra, Arn. 



5. B. vestita, A?id. i?t TJnv. Efu/vi. 230 (i860). 

 JUirlcria pcittandra., var. /^, Nees, 1. c. 233. C. P. 2004. 

 Fl. 15. Ind. iv. 486. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 263. 



Herbaceous, stem 6-8 ft., stout, nearly cylindrical, swollen 

 above the nodes, shaggy with long spreading \-ellow hair; 1. 

 large, 5-10 in., oblong-oval, sessile or nearly .so, tapering at 

 base, narrowly caudate-acuminate, acute ; entire, coarsely 

 hairy or shaggy on both sides ; fl. very large, nimicrous, on 

 short ped., in lax, shaggy axillary and terminal dichotomous 



