384 XCVI. ACANTirACE.E. 



Dalz. & Gibs. p. 1«;J ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 2GG. Barhrla in- 

 vohicraia, Woodi". in Jouni. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 35(3 ()iot of 

 Xees).— PJowers : Oct.-Nov. 



KoNKAN : Stocks'. ■ Amboli Ghat, Woodroiu. Deccan : Phiinda Glidt, IkdsdV.— 

 JJisTKiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



Tliis hanlsoMie spr'cies was grown in England in 1890 by Messrs. Veiteh 4, Sous, 

 Mho introduced it, the Gai-dener's Chronicle [v. 7 (1890) p. 448] states, from 

 Singajjore. 



10. Barleria montana, Nees, in Wall PI As. liar. v. 3 (1832) p. 92. 

 Suffruticose, erect, 2 3 ft. high ; brandies ghibroas, with distant nodes. 

 Leaves 3-G by l|-2^ in., elliptic, acuminate, glabrous or nearly so, 

 lineolate on the upper side, attenuated at the base ; main nerves 5-() 

 pairs ; petioles |-1 in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary and running 

 into terminal spikes or racemes ; pedicels very short or ; bracteoles 

 varying from ^-1 in. long, narrowly linear, acute. Calyx glabrous or 

 nearly so; outer sepals subequal, 1-^-1 1 by | in., ovate, acute, with rounded 

 base, strongly nerved and reticulately veined ; inner sepals nearly | by 

 -jJjj- in., linear-lanceolate, very acute, thick, membranous, glabrous, with 

 a strong midnerve. Corolla blue, reaching 2J in. long; tube Ig in. 

 long ; lobes obovate-oblong. Staminodes without anthers. Capsules 

 |-g in. long, oblong, acuminate, normally 4-seeded, glabrous. Seeds 

 ^ in. long and as broad, densely clothed with silky hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 4, 

 ]). 487: Grab. Cat. p. 161, n. 1182; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 189; Bedd. Icon. 

 PI. Ind. Or. p. 62, t. 257 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 266 ; AVoodr. 

 in Journ. Bumb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 356; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 1, p. 400. — Flowers : Sept.-Oct. Vern. Kolista. 



KoNKAN : Stocksl; Bombay, Law'.; Island of Karanjn, Bal^ell'.; Cross Island, 

 Graham, Dalzell cf" Gibson; W. Ghats, IVoodrow; Uran in Bombay Harbour, entrance 

 of northern valley, Hake H '. Kanaka: Tf/ZW.— Distimb. India (W. Peninsula). 



11. Barleria strigosa, IViUd. ,Si>. PI. v. 3 (1800) p. 379, tar. 

 terminalis, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 490. A shrub 

 3-4 It. high ; stems more or less sparsely strigose. Leaves 4|-6 by 

 l2-2| in., elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, lineolate on the upper side, 

 sparsely strigosely hairy above, more densely so on the nerves and veins 

 beneath with long, often bulbous-based hairs, margins ciliate, base 

 decurrent wing-hke into the petiole; main nerves 6-8 pairs ; petioles 

 |-1 in. long, often obscure from the decurrent leaf-blade. Flowers in 

 terminal strigosely hairy spikes often crowded at the tops of the branches ; 

 bracteoles |-| in. long, lanceolate, hairy on the back and with ciliate 

 margins. Calyx densely strigosely hairy ; outer sepals herbaceous, sub- 

 equal, |-1 by \ in., elliptic-lanceolate, subacute, strigose with long stout 

 hairs and with ciliate mai'gius ; inner sepals A by ^"5 in., linear, acute, 

 tliick, densely clothed with appressed white silky hairs. Corolla blue, 

 the lube paler than the limb, glabrous, reacliing 2h in. long; tube 

 infundibuliform in the upper part; lobes ^ in. long, obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse. P^ilaments of the stamens and staiuinodes hairy at the very 

 base. Capsules f in. long, oblong-ellipsoid, acute, glabrous, 4-seeded. 

 Seeds | by ^ in., ellipsoid, compressed, silky-hairy. Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 356. 5ar?ma W//jiu«/?s (sp.), Nees, in DC. 

 Prodr. V. ]1 (1847) p. 225; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 188. B. ccervha, Grab. 

 C'af. p. 161. — Flowers ; Nov. -Dec. 



