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7. Callosus, N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii, p 85.— 

 Shrubby, 6 feet high ; stem verrucosa ; leaves elliptic-cuspidate, 

 running down into a long petiole, with minute callous teeth on the 

 margin, scabrous and ciliated ; spikes axillary, compound, shorter 

 than the leaf; bracts orbicular, ventricose, lower moie remote, 

 sterile ; branches as thick as a goose-quill, 4-sided, glabrous, often 

 rough with warts and grey points; leaves 7 to 10 inches long; flowers, 

 deep-blue; seeds quite smooth. The Ghauts; flowers in Augtist. 



8. Neesiana, U. Wight Ic. t. IS'iS. — Suffruticose ; ramuli sub- 

 terete, glabrous; leaves unequal, elliptic-ovate; acuminate-acute, 

 and subunequal at the base, coarsely crenate- serrated ; stillato- 

 hirsute, densely lineolate above, sparingly pubescent beneath ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, often trifid, numerous and subpanicled towards the 

 end of the branches, bibracteolate about the middle ; spikes short, 

 ovate-capituiate ; bracts foliaceous, acuminate, retuse at the point, 

 clothed with viscid pubescence; calyx and shorter bracteoles 

 densely pilose ; corolla sparingly pubescent without, bristly hirsute 

 within, isalsette, and hills throughout the Concans ; common. 



17. BARLERIA, Linn. 



1. Terminalis, N. ab E. in DC. Prod, ii, p 225. — Stem stri- 

 gose ; leaves oval-oblong, running down with a wing into a long 

 petiole ; flowers spicate ; spikes destitute of bracts, crowded at the 

 apex of the branches ; bracteoles lanceolate, nearly as long as the 

 calyx; calyx pubescent, ciliated; the larger segments subequal; 

 oval-acute, entire ; flower deep-blue, 2 inches long. The Ghauts ; 

 flowers in JXovember and December, 'i'his is No. 1184 of Graham's 

 Catalogue. 



2. CouETALLiCA, N. ab E. loc. cit. p 226. — Stem fr-uticose; 

 leaves oblong, glabrous, shining,, attenuated at both ends ; spikes 

 axillary and terminal, short, hairy, and glandular; bracts and brac- 

 teoles linear subulate; flowers I4 inch long, blue and yellow. On 

 Chorla Ghaut. 



3. DiCHOTOMA, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p39. — Suffruticose, adpress- 

 ed, strigose ; stem with opposite branches ; leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 attenuated at both ends, petioled ; ■ spikes axillary and terminal ; 

 flowers white, secund ; bracts linear-lanceolate, pectinate, ciliated ; 

 larger fcalycine segments ovate-subulate, serrate. Near the village 

 of Penn. Though certainly a native of India, it has never been 

 found truly wild. It is a favourite plant of the Brahmins, and is 

 often found planted near temples. 



4. Cristata, Linn. sp. PI, p 887. — Herbaceous, all overstrigose, 

 with adpressed hairs ; leaves elliptic, attenuated at both ends, 

 petioled ; peduncles axillary, very short, few-flowered ; bracts linear 



