104. ACANTHACE.E. [16. Barleria. 



each cell. Capsule clavate, compressed parallel to the septum. Seeds 

 discoid, hygroscopically hairy ; placentae separating elastically from 

 the base of the capsvile. 



I. M. oppositifolius, Wendl. Syn. Phaylopsis parvifiora, Willd. 

 Herbaceous undershrub with somewhat creeping slender rootstock 



and ascending angled stems 1-3 ft. high, sometimes prostrate, divari- 

 cately branched and thickened at the nodes, Avhole plant somewhat 

 hairy. Leaves in unequal pairs, elliptic or ovate acuminate, larger 

 3-5 by 1-5", thinly hairy and lineolate, tapering into a very slender 

 petiole. Spikes -5-2", ^ery glandular-hairy bracts in unequal pairs, 

 one usually like an ordinary foliage leaf larger about I'S" and smaller 

 -5--6", the other or sometimes both distinctly bractiform broadly 

 cordate -5" broad becoming scarious in fruit ; smaller sometimes 

 only -2". Flowers 3-4 together. Larger sepal leaf-like reticulate 

 elliptic ovate -3". Corolla white -3". Capsule -2", -i-seeded. Seeds 

 •06--08" diam. 



Only in the clamper districts. Piirneah (probably; it occurs in Raj shaye along- 

 .side) ! Angul, in ravines ! Fl. Dec-Jan. Fr. Feb. -March. 



16. BARLERIA, L. 



Shrubs or herbs, sometimes spinescent, with opp. entire leaves and 

 showy sessile flowers usvially in spikes, rarely solitary. Bracts and 

 bracteoles large, small or 0. Sepals -4 in decussate pairs, outer pair 

 very much the larger, anterior sepal often 2-fid. Corolla with elon- 

 gate tube, funnel-shaped upwards ; lobes 5 subequal, imbricate m 

 bud. Stamens 2 perfect, 2 rudimentary and often a rudimentary 

 5th; anthers of perfect stamens oblong 2-celled. Disc large, often 

 cupular. Style long, shortly 2-fid or sub-entire. Ovules 2 in each 

 cell. Capsule ovoid or oblong, 2- or 4-seeded beloAv the middle. Seeds 

 compressed, ovate with silky adpressed hairs. 



I. Spinescent. Flowers yellow :— . 



Bracts linear or linear-oblong, spine-tipped I. pi'ionitis. 



Bracts sub-orbicular, closely imbricate, mucronate . . . 2. lupiilina, 



II. Unarmed. Flowers blue, rose or white:— 



A. Corolla-tube under 2" long, funnel-shaped above :— 



1. Spikes dense secund with imbricate oblong or elliptic 



bracteoles •^- strigosa. 



2. Spikes often few-fld., not secund. Bracteoles linear :— 



a. Corolla 2". Outer sepals ovate, entire . . . . ^- montana. 



b. Corolla under 2". Outer sepals spinulose-dentate :— 

 Undershrub. Proper bracts 0. Leaves subsessile . 5. cristata. 

 Shrub. Proper bracts linear. L. with petiole "l-'S" . 6. dichotoma. 



B. Corolla-tube 2-3" long, slender 7. longifiora. 



1. B. prionitis, L. Kanta-phul, S. ; Kanta-jati, Beng. ; Daskerenta, 

 Or. 



A thorny and prickly undershrub 2-5 ft. high with elliptic, often 

 spine-tipped leaves 1-5-4" long and yellow flowers, one to three 

 together in the axils and in terminal spikes with elliptic or linear- 

 oblong spine-tipped bracts 5-1" long, bracteoles converted into 

 linear-lanceolate spines (very small bristles or 0, Clarke). Sepals •4" 



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