Barleria.'] cix. aoanthace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 487 



outer sepals large ovate subobtuse, corolla 2J 'in. T. Anders, in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ix. 492. 



Oetlon, alt. 6000 ft. j Gardner, Thwaites, &c. 



Herbaceous; stems fulvous-strigose. Leaves 4 by 1^ in., with scattered yellow 

 hairs above, obscurely liaeolate, beneath yellow-strigose especially on the nerves; 

 petiole J-1 in. Bracteoles J -J in., lanceolate or elliptic spathulate or 0. Outer 

 sepals 1\ by ^ in., yellow-strigose, obtuse, one shortly bifid. Corolla blue ; tube \\ in., 

 lobes 1 in., obovate, subemarginate. Capsule 1 in., broadly oblong, 4-seeded ; sepals 

 enlarged, scarious, nerved in fruit. 



Vab. pentandra; leaves thinner glabrescent conspicuously lineolate above, 

 bracteoles \ in., linear-aetaceous, outer sepals elliptic elongate acute nearly glabrous. 

 B. pentandra, Arn. ; T. Anders, in Thwaites Unum. 230 partly, exol. tyn. — Ceylon, 

 Thwaites {C. P. n. 2558). 



Vab. Seddomei; leaves elliptic acute at both ends bristly pubescent on both 

 ' surfaces, flowers solitary axillary, sepals large ovate acute nervose bristly-pubescent. — 

 Tenasserim ; Mooleyit slopes, Beddome. — Herbaceous ; stems fulvons-pubesceut or 

 substrigose. Leaves 3-4 by li in., not acuminate, petiole ^ in. Pedicel ^ in.; 

 bracteoles J-J in., linear, rigid, bristly-pubescent. Outer sepals nearly 1 by J in., one 

 of them very shortly bifid at the tip. Corolla 2f in., beautifully veined when dry, 

 altogether as of £. Amottiana. Capsule | in., narrowly ellipsoid, rigid. Seeds 

 more than J in. diam., obovAte-truncate, compressed, rugose-silky.— Possibly a new 

 species; close to B. Amottiana. 



15. B. sepalosa, Clarke ; hairy, leaves elliptic acute, racemes 

 axillary 1-3 fld., bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, outer sepals very large 

 broadly elliptic acute. — Barleria sp. n. 35, Herh. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



CoNCAN ; Gibson. 



Shrubby ; stems upward villous, subtomentose. Upper leaves 3J by 1^ in. , base 

 shortly narrowed, covered with short yellow hairs on both surfaces, somewhat rigid, 

 strongly reticulated beneath ; petiole \ in. Bracteoles | by J in., rigid, acute. 

 Outer sepals 1| by | in., one bifid, base rounded, yellow-villous, subtomentose, in fruit 

 nervose, subscarious. Capsule |-1 in. Corolla not seen. 



16. B. montana, Nees in Wall. Fl. As. Ear. iii. 92, and in DC. 

 Frodr. xi. 232 ; nearly glabrous, leaves narrowly ovate acuminate at both 

 ends, flowers axillary solitary and running into terminal spikes, outer sepals 

 large ovate, corolla 2 in., seeds densely silky. Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 

 189 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493 ; Bedd. Jc. PI. Ind. Or. t. 257. 

 B. purpurea, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 344. Euellia ? montana, Wall. Cat. 2391. 

 ^Barleria sp. n. 32, Serb. Ind. Or. S.f.^T. 



W. Deccait Peninsula, in the Ghauts frequent ; from Jubbulpore to Travancore. 



Herbaceous, erect, 2 ft. high. Leaves 5 by 2 in., often glaucous, margins some- 

 times minutely scabrous ; petiole \-\. in. Bracteoles linear, \ in. or in large examples 

 1 in. Outer sepals li by | in. in large examples, otten hardly half so large, rounded 

 or very acute, entire, glabrous or minutely scabrous. Corolla blue (Beddome), rose 

 (Dalzell) ; lobes | in. diam., orbicular. Capsule 1 in., 4-seeded. Seeds \ in. diam. 

 or more, close covered with wavy silky yellowish hair, as in many other species. 



17. B. Glbsonl, Halz. in HooJc. Kern Journ. ii. 339 ; nearly glabrous, 

 leaves ovate acute, flowers axillary solitary and running into terminal 

 spikes, outer sepals large ovate, corolla 2-2g in., seeds glabrous. Dalz. Sf 

 Gibs. Bomb. Ml. 189 ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 493. B. mon- 

 tana, Wight Sf Kees partly; Serb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. n. 34. 



W. Deccan Peninsula ; Concan, Stochs; Ellora Hill, Balph ; Belgaum, Eiichie ; 

 Bombay Ghauts and Brahmiuwara Range, Dalzell ; N. Canara, Brandts. 



So exceedingly like B. montana, except as to the seeds, that it has been mixed 



