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KoNKAN : Yingorla, IVoud row ; Mai-magao, Wuodrow ; Matberan, H. M. Bir.hvood, 

 Coo]ce\ Deccan : Fitzgeiald Grlult, beluw Mahablesliwar, Cooke \, H. M. Birdwoud. 

 S. M. CouNTUY : Belgauin, Bitchie ! — Distuib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Vau. 2^ohfsi((cIii/a, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. D. B. I. 1. c. Leaves 

 very large, fulvous-hirsute above, somewhat glaucescent beneath ; spikes 

 densely agglomerated, yellow-hirsute. Barleria 2_)olijstachya (sp.), Nees, 

 in DC. Prodr. v. 11, p. 226. 



KoNKAN : Storks ! 



12. Barleria courtallica, Necs, in DC. Prodr. v. 11 (1847) p. 226. 

 A shrub 3—1 ft. high ; stems and branches glabrous. Leaves 5-7 by 

 1^-2| in. (in one specimen collected by Ritchie in the S. Konkan the 

 leaves are 10 in. long), elliptic-lanceolate, long-acuminate, glabrous, 

 shining, lineolate on both sides, base acutely tapering into the petiole ; 

 main nerves 6-9 pairs, slender ; petioles ^-Ig in. long. Flowers sub- 

 secund, in dense axillary and terminal glandular-hairy narrow spikes 

 1-4 in. long; bracts and bracteoles ^-^ in. long, linear-lanceolate, glan- 

 dular-hairy. Calyx glandular-hairv outside ; outer sepals subequal, f-1 

 by \-^ in., ovate-lanceolati', bluntly long-acun)inate, 7-9-nerved from 

 the base, densely glandular-hairy outside, appressedly silky-hairy inside, 

 one of the pair very slightly 2-toothed at the apex ; inner sepals g-f 

 by -^ in., linear-subulate, usually spreading outwards and not enclosed 

 within the larger sppals, ciliate. Corolla 1^-2 in. long witli a blue limb 

 and yellow tube, glabrous outside ; tube hairy inside at the insertion of 

 the filaments ; lobes | in. long, obovate-oblong, rounded. Ovary pubes- 

 cent at the apex ; style pubescent at the very base. Capsules f-l in. 

 long, oblong, pointed, pubescent at the tip, 4-seecled. Seeds \ in. in 

 diam., broadly ellipsoid, compressed, silky-hairy. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 489; 

 Dal/.. & Gibs. p. 188 ; Wight, Icon. 1. 1529; Talb'. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 266 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 356.— Flowers : Feb. 



Konkan: Sfocksl, Law I; Baitsi (S. Konkan), Blfchie, 1941: S. M. Country: 

 Cliorla Ghat, Dahell\ Kanaka: Taihot ; Arbail Ghat (N. Kanara), Woodrow.— 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



13. Barleria sepalosa, C. B. Clarhe, in Hool\ f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 



(1884) p. 487. Shrubby ; branches densely villous. Upper leaves (the 

 only ones on the specimens) 3 by 1^ in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 mucroiudate, hairy above with short bulbous-based hairs, shortly fulvous- 

 hairy beneath ; base subacute ; main nerves 6-8 pairs, strong beneath, 

 with close and prominent reticulate venation between; petioles | in. 

 long, densely fulvous-hairy. Flowers solitary, or in 2-3-flovvered 

 axillary cymes ; pedicels very short, almost ; bracteoles |-g by-^-^ in., 

 lanceolate, acute, hairy, ciliate. Calyx (in fruit) very large ; outer 

 sepals (in fruit) yellow^-villous, somewliat scarious, one very sligh:ly 

 longer than the other, Ig-lf by |-g in., ovate-elliptic, acute, apiculate, 

 with rounded base and numerous prominent nerves and reticulate veins, 

 the shorter of the outer pair of segments sometimes (not always) 2- 

 toothed at the apex ; inner pair of sepals ^ by -^^ in., linear, acute, 

 densely hairy. Corolla not seen. Capsules | in. long, oblong, narrowed 

 at both ends, glabrous. Seeds ^ in. long, as broad as long, broadly 

 ellipsoid, flattened, obtuse, densely silky hairy. Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Xat. v. 12 (1S09) p. 356. 



