444 



(14) B. CDSPIDATA. (Herb. Madr.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 239.— N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. 

 Bar. III. p. 93. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 451. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, l^racts and bracteoles spinous, fascic^d : 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, spinously-mucronate, sprink- 

 led with a few adpressed hairs : flowers axillary, subsolitary : seg- 

 ments of the calyx entire, spinously acuminate. 



Dindigul and Madura hills. Metapollium. Flowering in March. 



(15) B. BuxiFOLiA. (Linn-) 



Ident. Linn. Sp. PI. p. 887.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 241- — N. ah. 

 E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 94. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 870. — Rheede Mai. II. t. 47. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby : hairs spreading, bracteoles axillary, 

 paired, spinous, opposite, divaricated, alternately one-flowered and 

 sterile : leaves elliptic, acute at the base, spinously-mucronate : 

 segments of the calyx shorter than the spines, the inferior one^ 

 obtuse, emarginate : flowers white or rose-coloured. 



Courtallum hills. Metapollium. Coimbatoce.. 



(16) B. terminalis. {Nees.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 225. — Dab. Bomb. flor. p. 188. 



SpEfj. Char. Stem strigose : leaves oval-oblong, running dowq 

 with a wing into a long petiole : flowers spicate : spikes destitute 

 of bracts, crowded at the apex of the branches : bracteoles bracte- 

 ate, nearly as long as the calyx : calyx pubescent, ciliated, thei 

 larger segments subequal, oval-acute, entire : flowers deep blue. 



Western Ghauts, flowering in November and December. 



(17) B. nitida. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 91.— Dec. prod, 

 XI. p. 224.' 



Engrav. 'Vy^ight's Icon. t. 454. 



Spec. Char. Stem fruticose, strigose : leaves ovate or elliptic, 

 petioled, the younger ones clothed with scattered bristles : flowers 

 spicate, bracteas ovate-elliptic, acute, denticulate, ciliate, shining ; 

 the larger segments of the calyx unequal, rhombeo-ovate, some- 

 what acute, ciliate and strigose. 



