Barleria.] cix. aoanthaob^. (C. B. Clarke.) 485 



ff Unarmed. 



8. B. longrlflora, Linn. f. Swppl. 239 ; pubescent, leaves petioled 

 ovate, flowers in. short dense few-fld. spites or solitary, braateoles very long 

 linear laxly patent, corolla-tube very long linear pubescent without. Vahl 

 Symh. i. 46, t. 16 ; Qtaertn. Fruct. i. 253, t. 54 ; Wall. Cat. 2501 ; Uoxh. Fl. 

 Ind, iii. 40; Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 93, and in DC. Frod/r. xi. 235. 

 B. longifolia, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 491, by typog. error not 

 of Linn. Barleriosiphon Jongiflorus, Oerst. in Vidensk. Meddel. Kjoh. 

 1854, 136. 



'S. Deccan Pbninsttla ; Sottler, &e. j Tinnevelly, Beddome. 



A shrub, 3-4 ft. Leaves 1| by 1 in., subacute, base rounded, entire ; petiole 

 i-J in. Spikes mostly 1-4-fld. ; bracteoles J-1 by ,'j in., softly pubescent. Sepals 

 pubescent, afterwards scarious, glabrate, nei-vose ; 2 outer J-1 by J in., ovate, entire. 

 Corolla-tube 2-3 by i in. j lobes j-J in., ovate. Capsule J in., 4-seeded. 



9. B. tomentosaj Both Nov. Sp. 314 ; leaves elliptic or ovate acumi- 

 nate at both ends yellow-hirsute above, bracteoles linear or linear-spathulate, 

 sepals oblong acute young scarious coloured, corolla 2-2J iu. glabrous. 

 Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 92, and in DC. Prod/r. ix. 233 ; T. Anders, 

 in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 451. B. panioulata. Wall. Cat. 2407 ; Nees in Wall. 

 PI. As. Bar. iii. 92, and in DC. Prod/r. xi. 233. 



S. Dbccan Pekinsuia ; Sottler, &c. 



A low shrub ; branches hirsute. Leaves 2^ by 1 in., yellow-hirsute on the nerves 

 beneath, more or less so on the surface ; petiole | in. J&acemes mostly 1-3-fld. ; 

 bracteoles 4-| in. Calyx scarious, purple-veined before the flower expands ; 2 outer 

 segments ^ in., broadly oblong, entire, 2 inner ^ in. ; elongated in fruit. Corolla 

 rose (Beddome) ; tube 2 in., linear-cylindric, upper \ in., funnel-shaped ; lobes f in., 

 elliptic. Capsule ^ in., 4-seeded, occasionally the 2 lower seeds suppressed. 



Vab. acuminata ; leaves densely pubescent subtomentose rounded or subcordate 

 at the base, petiole 1 in. B. acuminata, Wight Ic. t. 450 ; Nees in Wall. PI. As. 

 Sar. iii. 93, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 234. B. tomentosa. Wall. Cat. 2503. B. 

 racemosa, Meyne in Herb. Sottler. — S. Deccan Peninsula; Nilgherries, Anamallays, 

 Madura, &c., Sottler, Wight, &c. — Easily distinguished from S. tomentosa, but 

 differs only in the shape of the leaves and indumentum ; the corolla is somewhat 

 smaller. 



10. B. Involucrataj Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. iii. 92, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 232 ; leaves elliptic narrow at both ends yellow-strigose on the 

 nerves beneath, racemes few-fld. axillary, bracteoles lanceolate or linear 

 much shorter than the sepals, sepals 1 in. elongate elliptic, corolla 2 in. 

 blue. Wight III. t. 164; T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 492. B. 

 peutandra, Arn. ; Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 232 ; T. Anders, in Thwaites 

 Emim. 230, partly. B. Macraei, Am. ms. 



- CexIiON, in the hills ; Macrae, Gardner, &c. Malabab (var. elata). 

 Herbaceous, strigose. Leaves 4^ by 1} in., sparsely yellow strigillose above; 

 petiole i in. Racemes yellow-strigose ; bracteoles i by J in. (in Nees' type), \ by ^^ in. 

 (in Arnott's B. pentandra). Sepals subacute. Corolla-tube IJ in. ; lobes 1^ in., 

 obovate-elliptio. Capsule nearly 1 in., 4-seeded. — Nees has confounded the Ceylon 

 and Nilgiri varieties of this species ; his description of B. inooluorata is founded 

 on Wight's n. 1958 from Ceylon, and he says the bracteoles are 4 lines long ; he then 

 places under this the Malabar specimens, which do not suit the description, and which 

 all belong to his B. terminalis (see B. strigosa, var.). The Ceylon specimens are very 

 uniform, drying black, and having the racemes mainly axillary. The bracteoles are 

 in well-developed specimens much longer than in the poor pieces Nees and Arnott 

 had, but still much shorter than in B. elata. Wight's n. 1958 has the bracteoles 

 unusually broad and obtuse. 



