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KoNKAN : DaUell cf Gibson \ W. GhAts, Woodrow; B )mbay (in gardens), Grahzm. 

 Deccax: hills, Woodrow; Kolapni-, abunrlant, CookeX S. M. Country: Woolrow. 

 Kanara : Talbot. — Distrib. Throughout India, often grown in gardens. 



Vau. dichotoma, Prain, Beng. PI. (190,3) p. 812. A variety with white 

 flowers, a favorite plant of the Br.ihtiiins, oftea phmted near teniplea 

 and also grown in gardens, but not unmistakably wild in the Presidency. 

 Barhrla dichotoma (sp.), E-oxb. Fl. Ind. v. 3, p. 39; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 188. 



8. Barleria Lawii, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Sac. v. 9 (1867) 

 p. 492. An erect shrub ; branches terete, appressedly hairy. Leaves 

 4-5| by 1-^-2 in., elliptic, acuminate, glabrous or slightly hairy and 

 lineolate above, hairy on the nerves beneath, base tapering; nervea 

 about G pairs; petioles ^-^ in. long. Plowers solitary, axilhiry, or in 

 short raceme-like cymes often forming a terminal panicle; bracteoles 

 |-| in. long, linear-lanceolate, hairy. Calyx divided almost to the base; 

 outer sepals hairy on both surfaces, | in. broad, the longer of the pair 

 1|- in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, the opposite sepal 1^ in. long, 

 shortly and acutely 2-toothed at the apex, all strongly nerved and re- 

 ticulately veined ; inner sepals g-| by y^- in., lanceolate, acute, hairy, 

 with membranous ciliate margins. Corolla white, parallel-nerved, the 

 nerves showing very strongly in dried flowers, slightly hairy outside, 

 3-3g in. long (reaching 4 in. long in one Matheran specimen); tuba 

 2-2|^ in. long, about i in. broad below, narrowly iuFundibuliform in the 

 upper part, enlarging to |-| in. in diam. below the limb ; lobes obovate- 

 oblong. Capsules |-1 by -^-g in., obovoid, compressed, pointed, narrowed 

 at the base, glabrous. 8eeds -^-^ in. long and uearl}^ as broad, obtuse, 

 silky hairy. "" Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 486 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2. p. 266 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 356. Barleria Beddomci, 

 T. Anders, ex Bedd. Icon. PI. Ind. Or. p. 62, t. 258.— Flowers : Oct. 



Dalzell without locality in Herb. Kew. Konkan : Stoc7cs\; Matheran, Cooke'. 

 Df.ccan : Sinhagad hill near Poena, Woodroiol, Beddome. Kanaka: North Kiinara 

 forests, Talhut. — Dlstrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



9. Barleria involucrata, Nees, in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 3 (1832) 

 p, 92, VAU. elata, 0. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 486. A 



shrub 6 ft. high; stems branched, terete, appressedly hairy, swollen at 

 the nodes. Leaves 4-9 by l|-3 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, more 

 or less pubescent, base tapering into the petiole; main nerves 8-10 

 pairs; petioles |-2| in. long. Flowers in unilateral raceme-like cymes 

 often forming a large terminal panicle ; pedicels short; bracteoles 1-1 j 

 in. long, linear- lanceolate. Calyx appressedly hairy, divided almost to 

 the base ; outer sepals lanceolate, acuminate, g in. wide, many-nerved, 

 the longer of the two 1| in. (or more), the shorter reaching 1| in. long; 

 inner sepals nearly 1 in. long, narrowly linear-lanceolate, very acute, 

 pubescent on the back and with membranous margins. Corolla of a 

 tine blue with a reddish-purple tube (Dalzell), 3-3| in. long; tuba 

 reaching 2 in. long, cylindric below, dilated in the upper part ; lobes 

 obovate, obtuse. Ovary pubescent at the apex. Capsules 1 by ^ in.^ 

 narrowed at both ends, pubescent at the apex. Seeds more than | in., 

 long, nearly as broad as long, broadly ellipsoid, obtuse, silky-hairy. 

 Barleria data (s]).), Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 227; 



