Bar/cri,!.] Acmifhaccce. 321 



cymes, peduncles 2-2^- in., bracts linear, opp., hairy, bractlets 

 o ; outer sep. i-ii in., oblong- or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 acute, densely hairy, inner pair shorter and narrower ; cor.- 

 tube \\-2 in., limb 2I-3 in. diam., 2 upper lobes nearly as 

 long as tube, narrowly oblong, erect, rest oval, spreading, 

 stam. exserted, anth. yellow ; capsule not seen. 



Moist region up to 4000 ft.; rare. Maskeliya ; Ambagamuwa ; 

 Hewesse; Ramboda. Fl. Sept.-Dec; white or pale bluish-violet, with 

 no darker colouring, the large outer sepals white, with green or purphsh 

 bases and tips. 



Endemic. 



6. B. Arnottiana, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 232 (1847). 

 Thw. Enum. 230. And. 1. c. 492. C. P. 682. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 486. 



Herbaceous, stems branched, cylindrical, coarsely ad- 

 pressed-hairy ; 1. 2-^—4 in., oval, acute at base, shortly acu- 

 minate, acute, entire, slightly and roughly hairy above and 

 much lineolate, densely and softly adpressed-hairy beneath, 

 petiole short, hairy ; fl. large, usually solitary, on very short 

 ped., bractlets small, oblong-oval, acute ; outer sep, over i in., 

 ovate, acute, hairy, inner pair about half as long, linear, very 

 acute; cor.-tube rather over i in.; limb about 2 in. diam,, 

 lobes large, oval, obtuse, lower much shorter than rest, re- 

 curved ; anth. dark blue ; capsule i in., pointed ; seeds 4, 

 much flattened. 



Var. /3, g'labra, Trim. B. pentandra, Arn. in DC. Prod. xi. 232 

 (chiefly). Thw. Enum. 230 (part). C. P. 2558. [Plate LXXI.J 



Stem and 1. nearly or quite glabrous, 1. more tapering to 

 both ends ; bractlets linear-setaceous ; outer sep. \\ in., 

 finely pubescent. 



Upper montane zone ; rather common. About N. Eliya, Horton 

 Plains, &c. Var. /3 in the low country at Haragama. Fl, Sept.-Feb.; 

 bright light blue with a paler tube. ^ 



Also (var. Beddomei) in Burma. 



Var. /3 is probably the true B . petitandra of Arnott, but the name i^' 

 better abandoned, having been applied to more than one species. >!-? 



B. cristata, L. (non Lam.), is very commonly cultivated in gardens,' 

 but is not a native here. Moon (Cat. 46) gives Jaffna as a locality, and 

 it is C. P. 2899. 



7. B. nutans, Nees in DC. Prod. xi. 227 (1847). 



Thw. Enum. 230. C. P. 201 1. txt -D 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 488. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind, Or. t. 264. v' :i> 



Semi-shrubby, stem much branched, sub-quadrangular, 

 glabrous ; 1. 4-6 in., oval, much tapering to base and decurrent 

 on petiole, very acuminate, acute, glabrous, petiole obscure ; 



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