JSar/en'a.] cix. ACANTHACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 489 



21 . B, courtallica, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 226 ; leaves narrowly 

 obovate or elliptic attenuately acuminate at both ends glabrous, spikes 

 elongate pubescent, bracts and bracteoles small linear-lanceolate, sepals 

 elliptic acuminate very pubescent, corolla l-2 in. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 188; Wight Ic. t. 1529; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493.' B. 

 insequalis, Benth. in Flora 1849, 577. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA; from the Concan to Courtallum, Wight, &c. 



A large shrub (Wight). Spikes 1-3 in., dense; bracts { in. ; bracteoles \- in. 

 Outer sepals by \ in., nervose, subcorolloid, much more pubescent than in B. 

 nutans. Corolla blue and yellow (Dalzell), white (Ritchie). Capsule and seeds as in 

 B. nutans. Closely allied to B. nutans, differing in the broader sepals and larger 

 flowers. 



*** Bracteoles 2, lanceolate or elliptic, often nearly as long as the 

 calyx. 



22. B. conspicua, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 92, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 226 ; leaves elongate-oblong acuminate at both ends, spikes linear- 

 oblong somewhat yellow-strigose, bracteoles linear-oblong as long as the 

 calyx, corolla 1 in. T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493. Justicia 

 conspicua, Wall. Cat. 2460. 



PENANG; Wallich. 



Leaves 8 by 2 in., lineolate above, somewhat yellow-strigose on the nerves beneath ; 

 petiole | in. Spikes 4 in., terminal, erect, somewhat lax; bracts f by in., spathu- 

 late-oblong ; bracteoles f by | in. Outer sepals f- in., lanceolate, acute, yellow-hairy, 

 one bifid at the apex. Capsule f in., narrowly ellipsoid, acute at both ends, glabrate, 

 4-seeded. Seeds ultimately nearly glabrous except near the base. 



23. B. Stocks!!, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493; leaves 

 subsessile elliptic acute shining nearly glabrous, flowers solitary axillary, 

 bracteoles narrowly oblong hispid-ciliate as long as the calyx, capsule 

 2-seeded. 



BOMBAY ; Bababoodun Hills, Stocks. 



A small undershrub ; branches erect, sparsely hispid. Leaves 2\ by 1 in., base 

 rounded, glabrous or slightly hispid-ciliate ; petiole 0-| in. Bracteoles 1 by | in., 

 subobtuse. Sepals 1 in., subentire, hispid-ciliate, 2 outer lanceolate, one bifid j the 

 way down into narrow lanceolate segments. Corolla not seen. Capsule | in., 

 shortly obovoid compressed rostrate. Seeds nearly in. diam., silky, occupying the 

 middle of the capsule. T. Anderson, from the habit and leaves of this plant, 

 evidently considered it allied to B. montana. The capsule is narrowed towards tin- 

 base, or it might be arranged in the section Prionitis. It is really a very marked 

 species, almost worthy a sectioa to itself. 



24. B 



B, stri^osa, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 379; leaves large ovate acute 

 labrate above, spikes dense many-fld. 1-sided, 



bracteoles oblong or elliptic hliorter than the calyx, outer sepals ovate ciliate- 

 denticulate minutely strigose, corolla 1 i-2 in. blue. Seyne in Herb. Rottler. 

 B. cserulea, Roxb. Sort. Beng. 45, and FL Ind. iii. 39; Wall. Cat. 2, 

 Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 91, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 226; 1. Anders. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 491. B. macrophylla, Heyne in Herb. Rottler. 

 Pseudobarleria ceerulea, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, 135. 



BENGAL, in the lower hills, alt. 0-4000 ft, common ; OKISSA, CHOTA NAGPOEE, 

 SIKKIM, ASSAM. DISTRIB. Much cultivated in India and Malaya. 



Shrubby, 2-4 ft. ; branches fulvous-strigose upwards. Leaves 5 by 2 2 in. (some- 

 times twice as large), widest towards the base, lineolate above, fulvous-stngose on the 

 nerves beneath; petiole -1 in., or 0, i.e. subalate by the much decurrent leaf-base. 



