486 cix. ACANTHACEA (C. B. Clarke.) [Barlena. 



Vae. elata j leaves larger lower often a foot long, racemes stout helicoid often 

 collected towards the ends of the branches, braeteoles often l-lj in., linear-lanceolate, 

 corolla 3-3J in. B. elata, Dalz. in Sook. Keio Joum. iii. 227 ;• Dais. S^ Giba. Bomh. 

 M. 189. B. coerulea. Wall. Cat. 2509, sheet 0, partly.— Malabar, alt. 2-5000 ft., 

 from the Bombay Ghauts to the Pulneys and Anaraallays, frequent ; Gardner, &c. — 

 Shrubby, 6 ft. high (Dalzell). In Wight's Nilgherry examples, the coroUa-tube is 

 If in., the upper f whereof is considerably inflated ; the lobes are 1| by | in., oborate, 

 obtuse ; the racemes form dense sub-leufless short terminal panicles. 



11. B. vestita, T. Anders, in Thwaites Enum. 230, and in Jcmrn. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 492 ; leaves elliptic or somewhat obovate acuminate at both 

 ends fulvous-shaggy on both surfaces, racemes lax, braeteoles liuear-lau- 

 ceolate, outer sepals elliptic elongate-acuminate, corolla 3 in. Bedd. Ic. PI. 

 Ind. Or. t. 263. B. pentandra, Var. j3, Nees in DC. Prodr. li. 233. 



Ckyion, alt. 5000 ft. ; Walker, Thwaites. 



Herbaceous; stems stout, hirsute. leaves 7 by 3 in.; nerves 12-15 pair, con- 

 spicuous; petiole ^-g- in. Macemes on peduncles 3 in., i.e. the leaves at their base 

 J in., linear-lanceolate, scarcely larger than the other bracts ; lower flowers 1 in. or 

 more apart. Calyx and corolla exactly as of B. involucrata, of which Nees considered 

 it a var. 



** Sracteoles 2, opposite, close to the calyx or above the bract at the base 

 of the pedicel, narrow, much smaller than the 2 outer sepals. 



12. B. pilosa, Wall. Cat. 2502 ; softly hairy, leaves ovate acuminate, 

 flowers axillary solitary, outer sepals ovate or orbicular scarious dentate, 

 corolla 1| in. blue. Heyne in Herb. Settler ; Nees in Wall. PI. As. Bar. 

 iii. 93, and in DC. Prodr. xi. 234 ; T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 491 ; 

 Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 256. 



S. Deocan PENiifSTTiA, alt. 1000-1500 ft. ; CourtaUum, Bottler, Wight ; Coim- 

 batore, Beddome. 



A small, ramous shrub. Leaves 4 by 2 in., often much smaller on the lateral 

 flower-bearing branchlets, sometimes obscurely denticulate ; petiole 2 in. Pedicels 

 \ in. ; braeteoles J-J in., linear, subdenticulate, hairy, above the base of the pedicel. 

 Sepals hairy, ultimately glabrate, nervosej 2 outer ^-J in. diam., subspinosely 

 toothed. Corolla glabrous ; tube nearly 1 in. ; lobes J-J in., broadly eUiptic. 

 Capsule i in., 4-seeded; seeds shaggy, the hair finally rubbing off except near the 

 hilum. 



13. B. Iiawii, T. Anders, in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 492 ; leaves elKptie 

 acuminate at both ends lineolate above fulvous-strigose on the nerves 

 beneath, racemes short capitate, bracts and braeteoles small linear, outer 

 sepals 1 in. elliptic acute entire, corolla 3-3^ in. minutely pilose without. 

 B. Beddomei, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 258.— Barleria sp. n. 33, Serb. Ind. 

 Or. B.f. Sr T. 



W. Deooan PBrriNSULA, in the Ghauts ; Bababoodun Hills, Law (T. Anderson). 



An erect shrub ; branches strigose upwards. Leaves 6 by 2i in. ; petiole i-^ in. 

 Racemes fulvous-strigose ; bracts ^ in., linear- spathulate ; braeteoles nearly as long, 

 linear, acute. Sepals nervose, strigose without ; 2 outer 4-1 in. broad, one of these 

 shortly 2-toothed. Corolla white (Dalzell), beautifully veined when dry, noted 

 blue in Wight's Herbarium; tube elongate funnel-shaped, lobes 1 in., obovate. 

 Capsule nearly 1 in., oblong or slightly obovate, 4-seeded j fruiting-sepals somewhat 

 enlarged. 



14. B. Arnottiana, Nees in DC. Prodr. xi. 232 ; leaves elliptic acu- 

 minate at both ends hairy, pedicels axillary solitary, braeteoles lanceolate, 



