484 CDC. ACANTHACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Barleria. 



A Email, very prickly nndershrab ; branclies hairy. Iieavea |-| in. ; petiole 

 hardly any. Sracteoles ^-f in., simple spines ; pedicel (above the bracteoles) |-l}in., 

 sometimes (S. rotundifoUa, Heyne in Herb. Bottler). Sepals pabescent, ciliate ; 

 2 oater in flower 3 by ^ in. often lanceolate, in frnit sometimes ^ in., oblong, obtase, 

 searious, nervose, glabrate ; 2 inner small. CoroUji 1 in., parple blneish rose or 

 white. Capsule | in., 4-seeded. — Separable from the following by the much narrower 

 entire outer sepals. The variation in the length of the pedicel is remarkable, but 

 there appears to be only one species here. 



5. B. mysorensiS; Soth Nov. Sp. 313 ; leaves broadly elliptic obtase 

 mncrouate hairy, flowers axillary sessile, 2 outer sepals large ovate sub- 

 spinoae denticulate softly hairy. Seyne in Herb. Sottler. B. buxifolia. 

 Wall. Cat. 2504, sheets A and B partly, not of Linn. B. spina-ceylanica, 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. si. 242 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ir. 490. B. 

 bispinosa, Nees in Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 94, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 241, 

 not of Yahl. Dicranacanthus spina-ceylanica, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. 

 Kjob. 1854, 186. 



5. DECCAif Pbhinsula with Ceylon, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; Bottler, Wight, TAwaites, 

 Sx. 



A very prickly small shrub ; branches hairy. Leaves \-\ in., hairy beneath, 

 deciduously scabrid pubescent above ; petiole hardly any. Sracteoles simple spines. 

 Outer sepoZ* |-1 by fin., broadest very near the base; in fruit searious, nerved. 

 Corolla Ij in., purple. Capsule | in., 4-seeded. — Nees reduced S. mgsoremis, 

 Heyne, to S. noctiflora, but both Heyne's examples and Roth's description show it 

 to have been this. 



6. B. noctifloraj Linn. f. Sappl. 290 ; leaves oblong or narrowly 

 obovate mncronate pubescent afterwards glabrate, flowers axillary solitary, 

 2 outer sepals large ovate acute spinous-dentate sparsely pubescent, corolla- 

 tube elongate narrowly cylindric. Heyne in Herb. Mottler; Wall. Cat. 

 2496; Nees in Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 93, and in DC. Prodr. xL 240, 

 excl. syn. Both ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 490 (by typog. error 

 B. nootifoUa). B. cristata, Lamk. Diet. i. 380, not of Linn. Barleria- 

 canthus noctiflora, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, 136. 



NiL&HEEKT Mts., alt. 7500 ft. ; Ootacamund, Wight. Cstlos; Sottler. 



A small, vei'y prickly undershrub ; branches pubescent upwards. Leaves f by 

 J in., obtuse or acute, grey pubescent at first; petiole hardly any. Bracteoles 

 i-| in.) with simple spines or denticulate near the base. Sepals soon scarions, 

 glabrate, nervose ; 2 outer | by J-J in. Corolla-tube 1^ by | in., pubescent without; 

 lobes ^ in., round-ovate. Capsule | in. , 4-seeded. 



7. B. acanthoides, VizAl Symh. i. 47 ; leaves obovate or elliptic 

 obtuse mucronate pubescent, flowers solitary or in dense 1 -sided spikes, 

 2 outer sepals ovate subentire pubescent, coroUa-tube very long sublinear. 

 Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 240 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 490 (excl. 

 syn. jB. Candida) ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 524. Barleriacanthus acanthoides, 

 Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjob. 1854, 136. 



SoiNDB J Stocks. Punjab ; Kiraua Hill, Sdgeworth.—BiaTSjB. Arabia, N.B. 

 Africa. 



A small, hoary, prickly undershrub; prickles often pinnatifid near the base. 

 Leaves 1^ by i in., base attenuated ; petiole 0-^ in. Bracteoles linear or lineai^ 

 lanceolate, spine-tipped, rigid, often denticulate. Sepals soon searious, glabrate, 

 nervose; 2 outer i by J in., acute, mucronate, scarcely denticulate. Corolla 

 white; tiibe 2i by J-^ in., puberulous without; lobes ^ in., ovate. Capsule § in.. 

 4-seeded. 



