156 



Strobilanthes xanthostictus, C. B. Clarke apiid Hosseus, Engjer Bot. 

 Jahrb., xli. p. 68 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 444. 



Banks of Meh Ping, Wann Bao (ex Clarke, I.e.). 



Grutzlaffia pedunculata, Graib, a G. aprica, Hance, capitulis baud 

 sessilibus facile distinguenda. 



Suffrutex ad \"2 m. altus (ex Kerr) ; caules teretes, stricti, pilis 

 brevibus sparsis scabriduli. Folia breviter petiolata, lanceolata vel 

 ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta, basi obtusa, 3"5-7 cm. longa, l-2'4 cm. 

 lata, subcoriacea, margine integro recurvo, supra scabrida, subtus 

 albo-lanata, nervis lateralibus obliquis utrinque 7 supra conspicuis 

 subtus prominulis nervis transversis obscuris. Capitula pauciflora, 

 peduaculis (ramulis axillaribus) 2-6 cm. longis sufFulta ; bracteae 

 conspicuae, calycem paulo excedentes, lanceolatae, acutae, ciliatae. 

 Calyx 1"3 cm. longus, fere ad medium lobatus, lobis inaequalibus 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis 1 mm. latis ciliatis. Corollae purpureae 

 pars infima aequalis 2 cm. longa, 1 mm. diametro, pars expansa 

 2 cm. longa, 1*3 cm. diametro. Filamenta 1*2 cm. longa, basi 

 pubescentia. Stylus breviter pubescens. — Craih, Kew Bull. 1911, 

 p. 436. 



Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Sootep, 360-450 m., Kerr, 1430. 



Barleria cristata, Linn. — F.B.I., iv. p. 488 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 105 ; Hosseus, Engler Bot. Jahrb., 

 xli. p. 69 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 440. 



Bangkok, Zimmermann, 19 ; Siamese Frontier, 360 m., Candler i 

 Wang Djao, Hosseus, 80 ; Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-900 m., 

 Kerr, 815. 



Distr. S.E. Asia — often cultivated. 



Barleria lupulina, Lindl. — F.B.I., iv. p. 482, in nota. 

 Bangkok, Larvson. 

 Cultivated in S.E. Asia. 



Siamese name, Salate phang poru (ex Lawson). 

 Used by the natives as a remedy for snake bites {Keio Bull. 1909, 

 pp. 156 et 343). 



Barleria Prionitis, Linn. — F.B.I., iv. p. 482 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 436 ; Hosseus, Engler Bot. Jahrb., xli. 

 p. 69. 



Sriracha, sea-shore, Kerr, 2041 ; Bangkok, Zimmermann, 92. 



Distr. Tropical Asia and Africa. 



Barleria siamensis, Craib, ob caules pilis deflexis strigosos, folia 

 supra pilis paucis conspicuis distantibus rigidis instructa subtus costa 

 nervisque praecipue molliter pubescentia distincta. 



Suffrutex sarmentosus, usque ad 1*2 m. altus (ex Kerr) ; caules 

 pilis deflexis densius strigosi. Folia elliptica, elliptico-oblauceolata 

 vel oblanceolata, apice longe acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, 

 19-22 cm. longa, 5'5-7*5 cm. lata, chartacea, supra pilis paucis 

 distantibus conspicuis rigidis instructa, subtus costa nervisque 

 praecipue molliter pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7 supra 

 conspicuis subtus prominulis ; petioli 1-1*5 cm. longi, pubescentes. 

 Calycis segmenta 4 ; segmentum posticum ovatum, acutuin, 3'5 cm. 

 longum, 2 cm. latum, anticum ovato-lanceolatimi, apice emarginatum, 

 3'1 cm. longum, 1*5 cm. latum, utrumque membranaceum, margine 

 irregulariter dentato-ciliatum, nervis distinctis ; segmenta lateralia 



