486 cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) \Barlena. 



VAR. elata ; leaves larger lower often a foot long, racemes stout helicoid often 

 collected towards the ends of the branches, bracteoles often 1-1J in., linear-lanceolate, 

 corolla 3-3^ in. , B. elata, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 227 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. 

 FL 189. B. coerulea, Wall. Cat. 2509, sheet &, partly. Malabar, alt. 2-5000 ft., 

 from the Bombay Ghauts to the Pulneys and Anana allays, frequent; Gardner, &c. 

 Shrubby, 6 ft. high (Dalzell). In Wight's Nilgherry examples, the corolla-tube is 

 If in., the upper f whereof is considerably inflated; the lobes are If by f in.,obovate, 

 obtuse ; the racemes form dense sub-leafless short terminal panicles. 



1L B. vestita, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 230, and in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 492 ; leaves elliptic or somewhat obovate acuminate at both 

 ends fulvous-shaggy on both surfaces, racemes lax, bracteoles linear-lan- 

 ceolate, outer sepals elliptic elongate-acuminate, corolla 3 in. Bedd. Ic. PL 

 Ind. Or. t. 263. B. pentandra, Var. /3, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 233. 



CEYLON, alt. 5000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites. 



Herbaceous; stems stout, hirsute. Leaves 7 by 3 in.; nerves 12-15 pair, con- 

 spicuous; petiole ^ ^ in. Racemes on peduncles 3 in., i.e. the leaves at their base 

 a in., linear-lanceolate, scarcely larger than the other bracts; lower flowers 1 in. or 

 more apart. Calyx and corolla exactly as of jB. involucrata, of which Nees considered 

 it a var. 



** Bracteoles 2, opposite, close to the calyx or above the bract at the base 

 of the pedicel, narrow, much smaller than the 2 outer sepals. 



12. B. pilosa. Wall. Cat. 2502 ; softly hairy, leaves ovate acuminate, 

 flowers axillary solitary, outer sepals ovate or orbicular scarious dentate, 

 corolla 1| in. blue. Heyne in Herb. Rottler; Nees in Wall. PL As. Bar. 

 iii. 93, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 234 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 491 ; 

 Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 256. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA, alt. 1000-1500 ft. ; Courtallum, Bottler, Wight ; Coim- 

 batore, Beddome. 



A small, ramous shrub. Leaves 4 by 2 in., often much smaller on the lateral 

 flower-bearing branchlets, sometimes obscurely denticulate ; petiole 2 in. Pedicels 

 \ in. ; bracteoles -^ in., linear, subdenticulate, hairy, above the base of the pedicel. 

 Sepals hairy, ultimately glabrate, nervose; 2 outer ^-\ in. diam., subspinosely 

 toothed. Corolla glabrous ; tube nearly 1 in. ; lobes |-^ in., broadly elliptic. 

 Capsule | in., 4-seeded; seeds shaggy, the hair finally rubbing off except near the 

 hilurn. 



13. B. Lawii, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 492 ; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate at both ends lineolate above fulvous-strigose on the nerves 

 beneath, racemes short capitate, bracts and bracteoles small linear, outer 

 sepals 1 in. elliptic acute entire, corolla 3-3% in. minutely pilose without. 

 B. Beddomei, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 258. Barleria sp. n. 33, Herb. Ind. 

 Or. H.f. & T. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA, in the Ghauts ; Bababoodun Hills, Law (T. Anderson). 



An erect shrub; branches strigose upwards. Leaves 6 by 2^ in.; petiole \-\ in. 

 Racemes fulvous-strigose ; bracts in., linear-spathulate ; bracteoles nearly as long, 

 linear, acute. Sepals nervose, strigose without ; 2 outer -j in. broad, one of these 

 shortly 2-toothed. Corolla white (Dalzell), beautifully veined when dry, noted 

 blue in Wight's Herbarium; tube elongate funnel-shaped, lobes 1 in., obovate. 

 Capsule nearly 1 in., oblong or slightly obovate, 4-seeded ; fruiting-sepals somewhat 

 enlarged. 



14. B. Arnottiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 232 ; leaves elliptic acu- 

 minate at both ends hairy, pedicels axillary solitary, bracteoles lanceolate, 



