484 cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) . [Barltria. 



A small, very prickly undershrub ; branches hairy. Leaves -| in. ; petiole 

 hardly any. Bracteoles |-| in., simple spines ; pedicel (above the bracteoles) |-1| in., 

 sometimes (S. rotundifolia, Heyne in Herb. Bottler). Sepals pubescent, ciliate ; 

 2 outer in flower 3 by ^ in. often lanceolate, in fruit sometimes in., oblong, obtuse, 

 scarious, nervose, glabrate ; 2 inner small. Corolla 1 in., purple blueish rose or 

 white. Capsule f in., 4-seeded. Separable from the following by the much narrower 

 entire outer sepals. The variation in the length of the pedicel is remarkable, but 

 there appears to be only one species here. 



5. B. mysorensis, Roth Nov. Sp. 313 ; leaves broadly elliptic obtuse 

 mucronate hairy, flowers axillary sessile, 2 outer sepals large ovate sub- 

 spinose denticulate softly hairy. Heyne in Serb. Bottler. B. buxifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 2504, sheets A and B partly, not of Linn. B. spina-ceylanica, 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 242; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 490. B. 

 bispinosa, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 94, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 241, 

 not of Vakl. Dicranacanthus spina-ceylanica, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 

 Kjob. 1854, 136. 



5. DECCAN PENINSULA with CEYLON, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; Rottler, Wight, Thwaites, 

 &c. 



A very prickly small shrub ; branches hairy. Leaves \-\ in., hairy beneath, 

 deciduously scabrid pubescent above ; petiole hardly any. ^Bracteoles simple spines. 

 Outer sepals | 1 by | in., broadest very near the base; in fruit scarious, nerved. 

 Corolla lj in., purple. Capsule f in., 4-seeded. Nees reduced ~B. mysorensis, 

 Heyne, to B. noctiflora,. but both Heyne's examples and Roth's description show it 

 to have been this. 



6. B. noctiflora, Linn. f. Suppl. 290 ; leaves oblong or narrowly 

 obovate mucronate pubescent afterwards glabrate, flowers axillary solitary, 

 2 outer sepals large ovate acute spinous-dentate sparsely pubescent, corolla- 

 tube elongate narrowly cylindric. Heyne in Herb. Bottler; Wall. Cat. 

 2496; Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 93, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 240, 

 excl. syn. Roth; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 490 (by typog. error 

 B. noctifolia). B. cristata, LamTc. Diet. i. 380, not -of Linn. " Barleria- 

 canthus noctiflora, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, 136. 



NILGHERBY MTS., alt. 7500 ft. ; Ootacamund, Wight. CEYLON; Eottler. 



A small, very prickly uudershrub ; branches pubescent upwards. Leaves f by 

 % in., obtuse or acute, grey pubescent at first ; petiole hardly any. Bracteoles 

 4~f i Q -, w ith simple spines or denticulate near the base. Sepals soon scarious, 

 glabrate, nervose; 2 outer f by 3 -i in. Corolla-tube 1 by | in., pubescent without; 

 lobes j in., round-ovate. Capsule f in., 4-seeded. 



7. B. acanthoides, Vahl Symb. i. 47 ; leaves obovate or elliptic 

 obtuse mucronate pubescent, flowers solitary or in dense 1 -sided spikes, 

 2 outer sepals ovate subentire pubescent, corolla- tube very long sublinear. 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 240 ; T. .Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 490 (excl. 

 syn. J9. Candida) ; Soiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 524. Barleriacanthus 'acanthoides, 

 Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, 136. 



SCINDE ; Stocks. PUNJAB ; Kirana Hill, Edgeworth. DISTEIB. Arabia, N.E. 

 Africa. 



A small, hoary, prickly undershrub; prickles often pinnatifid near the base. 

 Leaves 1^ by ^ in., base attenuated ; petiole 0-^ in. Bracteoles linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, spine-tipped, rigid, often denticulate. Sepals soon scarious, glubrate, 

 nervose ; 2 outer by ^ in., acute, mucrouate, scarcely denticulate. Corolla, 

 white; tube 2 by |-| in., puberulous without; lobes ^ in., ovate. Capsule f in.. 

 4-seeded. 



