962 ACANTHACE.E. [Strobllauthes. 



or the upper one ne'arly 1 in. Corolla 2 in. long; the tube curved and dilated 

 at the top. Stamens 4 ; the filaments shortly united. Style entire. Cap- 

 sule about as long as the calyx. — Bipteracanthm ? calycinus, Champ, in Kew 

 Joiirn. Bot. v. 133. 



Ou Mount Parker, Chmnjnon ; also Harlancl. Not known out of the island. 



2. S. radicans, T. Anders. MSS. Stems prostrate or creeping at the 

 base (6 in. long in our specimens), nearly glabrous. Leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 crenate, about 1 in. long, slightly hairy or pubescent. Flowers in axillary or 

 terminal heads, suiTounded by herbaceous bracts. Bracteoles and sepals 

 linear, pubescent, 3 or 4 lines long. Corolla about f line long, the lobes 

 ciliate, the thi'oat with 2 hairy lines. Stamens 4. Style with a small tooth 

 below the subulate summit. — Riidlla tetrasperma, Champ, in Kew Journ. 

 Bot. iv. 132. 



Victoria Peak, Champion. Not seen in any other collection. 



3. S. apricus, T. Anders. MSS. A hard undershrub about 1 foot high, 

 with diffuse or spreading pubescent branches. Leaves ovate-elliptical, acu- 

 minate, 1-^ to 3 in. long, stiff and very rough, with short haii's above, white 

 with appressed hairs underneath ; the veins vei*y prominent. Flowers lilac, 

 in dense axillary almost sessile heads, with imbricate lanceolate-acuminate 

 bracts, 6 to 9 lines long. Sepals shorter and naiTower. Corolla nearly 1^ 

 in. long. Stamens 2, usually with rudiments of the 2 upper ones. Capsule 

 about ^ in. long. — Gutzlaffia aprica, Hancein Kew Journ. Bot. i. 143. Fhte- 

 hoplnjllain aprlciim, Benth. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 131. 



\\o\\^kox\^, Hance ; towards Tytam and Little Hongkong, Champion; on hills of the 

 south side of the island, WUford. Not known out of the island, but nearly alHed to the 

 aS. Kunthlanus, T. Anders. {Fhlehoijhi/Uum, Nees), fi"om the Indian Peninsula. 



5. BARLERIA, Linn. 



Sepals 4 ; the 2 outer larger than the others. Corolla tubular at the base ; 

 lobes 5, nearly equal and spreading, imbricate (not contorted) in the bud. Sta- 

 mens 4, or the upper pair sometimes abortive. Anther-cells linear, parallel, 

 and equal. Ovules 2 in each cell of the ovary. Style entire, with a truncate 

 stigma. Capsule acuminate. Seeds inserted near the base. Eetinacida 

 hooked. — Herbs or shrubs. Flowers axillary, or in terminal spikes or heads ; 

 the bracts and bracteoles usually herbaceous or pungent. 

 • A considerable tropical genus, both in the New and the Old World. 



1. B. cristata, Linn. ; Nees in BC. Prod. xi. 229 ; Bot. Map. t. 1615. 

 A large branching shrub, more or less pubescent. Leaves fi'om ovate-lanceo- 

 late to oblong-acuminate, 2 to 4 in. long, entire, on petioles usually short. 

 Flowers either solitary in the axils of the leaves, or in short heads or spikes 

 of 4 to 6. Bracts linear, almost pungent. Outer sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 6 to 8 lines long, almost pungent and stiffly ciliate. Corolla lilac, purple, 

 or white, \\ in. long or more. Capsule about \ in. — B. dichotoma, Roxb. ; 

 Nees, 1. c. 227, and other s^^monyms adduced bv Anderson in Thwaites's 

 Enum. PI. Ceyl. 230. 



Hongkong, Hinds. Indigenous in northern India ; but so ranch cultivated in tropical 

 Asiatic gardens, that its precise native range is not satisfactorily ascertained. 



