Barleria.] cix. ACANTHACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 487 



outer sepals large ovate subobtuse, corolla 2 'in. T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. >Soc. ix. 492. 



CEYLON, alt. 6000 ft. ; Gardner, Thwaites, &c. 



^ Herbaceous ; stems f'ulvous-strigose. Leaves 4 by 1| in., with scattered yellow 

 hairs above, obscurely lineolate, beneath yellow-strigose especially on the nerves; 

 petiole i-1 in. Bracteoles |-f in., lanceolate or elliptic spathulate or 0. Outer 

 sepals 1| by | in., yellow-strigose, obtuse, one shortly bifid. Corolla blue ; tube 1.4 in., 

 lobes 1 in., obovate, subemarginate. Capsule I in., broadly oblong, 4-seeded ; sepals 

 enlarged, scarious, nerved in fruit. 



VAB. pentandra; leaves thinner glabrescent conspicuously lineolate above, 

 bracteoles 3 in., linear-setaceous, outer sepals elliptic elongate acute nearly glabrous. 

 B. pentandra, Arn. T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 230 partly, excl. sun. Ceylon 

 Thwaites (C. P. n. 2558). 



VAR. Beddomei; leaves elliptic acute at both ends bristly pubescent on both 

 surfaces, flowers solitary axillary, sepals large ovate acute nervose bristly -pubescent. 

 Tenasserim ; Mooleyit slopes, Beddome. Herbaceous ; stems fulvous-pubescent or 

 substrigose. Leaves 3-4 by 1 in., not acuminate, petiole ^ in. Pedicel in.; 

 bracteoles ^-J in., linear, rigid, bristly-pubescent. Outer sepals nearly 1 by in., one 

 of them very shortly bifid at the tip. Corolla 2f in., beautifully veined when dry, 

 altogether as of B. Arnottiana. Capsule | in., narrowly ellipsoid, rigid. Seeds 

 more than | in. diam., obovate-truncate, compressed, rugose-silky. Possibly a new 

 species ; close to B. Arnottiana. 



15. B. sepalosa, Clarke ; hairy, leaves elliptic acute, racemes 

 axillary 1-3 fld., bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, outer sepals very large 

 broadly elliptic acute. Barleria sp. n. 35, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. # T. 



CONCAN ; Gibson. 



Shrubby; stems upward villous, subtomentose. Upper leaves 3^ by l in., base 

 shortly narrowed, covered with short yellow hairs on both surfaces, somewhat rigid, 

 strongly reticulated beneath ; petiole in. Bracteoles f by in., rigid, acute. 

 Outer sepals If by | in., one bifid, base rounded, yellow-villous, subtomentose, in fruit 

 nervose, subscarious. Capsule f-1 in. Corolla not seen. 



16. B. montana, Nees in Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 92, and in DC. 



Prodr. xi. 232 ; nearly glabrous, leaves narrowly ovate acuminate at both 

 ends, flowers axillary solitary and running into terminal spikes, outer sepals 

 large ovate, corolla 2 in., seeds densely silky. Dalz. <fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 189 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 257. 

 B. purpurea, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 344. Ruellia ? montana, Wall. Gat. 2391. 

 Barleria sp. n. 32, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. if T. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA, in the Ghauts frequent ; from Jubbulpore to Travancore. 



Herbaceous, erect, 2 ft. high. Leaves 5 by 2 in., often glaucous, margins some- 

 times minutely scabrous ; petiole ^-1 in. Bracteoles linear, \ in. or in large examples 

 1 in. Outer sepals 1 by f in. in large examples, often hardly half so large, rounded 

 or very acute, entire, glabrous or minutely scabrous. Corolla blue (Beddome), rose 

 (Dalzell) ; lobes f in. diam., orbicular. Capsule 1 in., 4-seeded. Seeds \ in. diam. 

 or more, close covered with wavy silky yellowish hair, as in many other species. 



17. B. G-ibsoni, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 339 ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaves ovate acute, flowers axillary solitary and running into terminal 

 spikes, outer sepals large ovate, corolla 2-2 in., seeds glabrous. Dalz. ft 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 189 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493. B. mon- 

 tana, Wight 8f Nees partly; Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. 8f T. n. 34. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Concan, Stocks; Ellora Hill, Ralph ; Belgaum, Ritchie ; 

 Bombay Ghauts and Brahminwara Range, Dalzell; N. Cauara, Brandts. 



So exceedingly like B. montana, except as to the seeds, that it has been mixed 



