380 XCVI. ACAXTlIACE.i:. 



beneath, base tapering into tlie petiole ; main nerves about 5 pairs ; 

 petioles 0-| in. long, becoming shorter up\vards, usually with 3 (some- 

 times 2 or 4) divaricate acicular spines in the axils. Flowers sessile, 

 often solitary in the lower axils, becoming spicate above ; bracts 

 foliaceoLis, |- by -^— |- in., oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, bristle- 

 tipped, nearly glabrous : bracteoles i in. long, narrowly linear-subulate 

 (almost spinous), bristle-tipped. Calyx divided almost to the base; one 

 of the two outer sepals rather more than g in. long, the opposite sepal 

 rather less than | in. long, -i— -^ in. broad, both oblong-lanceolate with a 

 long macro, the 2 inner sepals -Jg in. wide and as long as the shorter of 

 the outer ones, linear-lanceolate, mucronate. Corolla l^-l-f in. long, 

 yellow, slightly pubescent outside, glabrous inside, somewhat 2-lipped ; 

 upper lip J in. long or more, deeply 4-lobed, the lobes oblong-obovate, 

 rounded; lower lip oblong-obovate, rounded, entire ; tube f-l in. long. 

 Stamens 2 fertile and 2 staminodes ; filaments of the fertile stamens 

 exserted beyond the corolla-tube, those of the staminodes very short. 

 Capsules I—I in. long, ovoid, with a long tapering solid beak, 2-seeded. 

 Seeds ^ in. in diam., compressed, clothed with silky appressed hairs. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 482 ; Grab. Cat. p. 160 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 189 ; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 452; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 318; Aitch. Pb. & Sind 

 PI. p. 112 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 266 ; Woodr, in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 356; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 400.— 

 Flowers : Oct.-Jan. Verk. KTioleta ; Pivala-Kordnta. 



Common tliroughout the Presidency. Konkan : Siocksl, Law I; Vingorla, Wood- 

 rovj ! ; Matlieran, Cooke ! ; Bombay (Malabar Hill), Graham. Deccan : widely, 

 Woodrow; Kbandala, Cooke I; Poena, Coo/ie I Gujarat: Dee&a, Stocks 1 Sind: 

 Stocks, 52 ! — DiSTKiB. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Tropical Asia, Tropical and 

 S. Africa. 



Often planted as a fence ; the juice of the leaves is used medicinally by the natires, 

 and is applied to the soles of the feet to harden them. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 I.e. 



2. Barleria cuspidata, Ileyne, ex Nees, in Wall. PI. Ai^. Bar. v. 3 

 (1832) p. 93. A low spiny branched shrub ; stems and branches terete 

 or obscurely 4-gonous, glabrous. Leaves subsessile, lg-2| by ^-| in., 

 oblong -lanceolate, acute, bristle - tipped, entire, densely lineolate, 

 glabrous, pale beneath, with long divaricate slender spines often reaching 

 1 in. long in the axils. Flowers solitary in opposite axils, scarcely 

 spicate at the ends of the branches ; bracts |-|- by xV~8 ^"* 5 bracteoles 

 or a few minute bristles. Calyx glabrous, somewhat leathery, divided 

 nearly to the base ; outer sepals lanceolate from a broad base, long- 

 acuminate, spinous-tipped, parallel-nerved inside, the longer of the two 

 sepals |- in., the opposite one f in. long ; lateral sepals linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, I in. long. Corolla yellow, 11 in. long, somewhat 2-lipped; 

 upper lip of 4 obovate acute lobes ; the lower lip rather shorter than 

 the upper, obovate, acute, entire; tube | in. long. Fertile stamens 

 ex.seited beyond the corolla-tube ; filaments flattened, those of the 

 staminodes very short. Capsules | in. long, ovoid, with a solid beak, 

 2-seeded. Seeds ^ in. in diatn., compressed, silky with appressed 

 hairs. Fl. B. 1. v. 4, p. 483; ^Yight, Icon. t. 451 ; talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 266. 



Pry diBtricta of the Presidency, Tulhut. Ko.sk as : Stocks'. — DiSTiiin. India (W. 

 Ptuiusula). 



