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LXXIII. ACANTHACEiE 
3-6xlJ-2J in., toothed, long-pointed. Flowers dark bine, in 
heads or very short spikes ; bracts small, concave, soon falling 
off. Calyx usually glandular-pubescent. Corolla 1J-2 in. long ; 
tube curved, gradually dilated from near the base ; bmb in. 
across. (Fig. 118.) 
Simla, Mahasu, common ; July-September. — W. Himalaya, 6000-8000 ft. 
Sometimes gregarious in forests of the Karshu oak, Quercus semecarpifolia ; 
flowers annually. 
3. Strobilanthes alatus, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 464, including 
8. angustifrons , G. B. Clarke. Stems 2-4 ft., pubescent. Leaves 
hairy, mostly long-stalked, ovate, 2J-9 X lf-4 in., cordate, sharply 
toothed, long-pointed ; stalks winged, at least near the top. 
Flowers dark blue, in interrupted, glandular-pubescent, usually 
panicled spikes ; bracts small, narrowly oblong, soon falling off. 
Calyx glandular-pubescent. Corolla 1| in. long ; tube curved, 
gradually dilated from near the base, bulging in the middle ; limb 
f in. across. 
Simla, Mushobra, common in woods ; August-October. — W. Himalaya, 
6000-10,000 ft. — Afghanistan. 
Flowers annually. 
4. Strobilanthes atropurpureus, Nees ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 472, 
including S. Wallichii, Nees , var. microphyllus. Stems 6-24 in., 
pubescent, sometimes viscid, 4-angled or deeply furrowed. Leaves 
glabrous or nearly so, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, usually 2-4 X 1|- 
2 in., sometimes smaller, crenate or sharply toothed, tapering into 
a winged stalk. Flowers blue, in interrupted spikes ; bracts 
leaf-like, persistent. Calyx glandular-hairy. Corolla 1-lf in. 
long ; tube pale blue or nearly white, curved, broadly dilated from 
a short, cylindric base ; limb dark blue, J-f in. across. 
Simla, Matiana, Huttoo ; June-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000- 
10,000 ft. 
Gregarious in forests of the Indian spruce-fir, Abies Smithiana, and silver 
fir, Abies Webbiana ; flowers at intervals of often several years. 
6. BARLERIA. In honour of J. Barrelier, a French botanist 
of the seventeenth century. — Tropical regions, chiefly of the Old 
World. 
Barleria cristata, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 488. An erect, hairy, 
perennial herb ; stems 2-4 ft., branching. Leaves shortly stalked, 
ovate-lanceolate, 2-4 in., entire, acute. Flowers lilac or pink, 
crowded in short, head-like, nearly sessile, axillary spikes ; bracts 
none ; bracteoles linear, hairy. Calyx 4 7 parted ; segments hairy, 
outer pair lanceolate, f in., spinous-toothed, acute, inner narrow, 
J in., entire. Corolla 1J-1^ in. long ; lower half of tube cylindric, 
upper half dilated upwards ; limb spreading, 1 in. across, lobes 5, 
ovate, nearly equal. Stamens 2, as long as the corolla-tube and 
2 imperfect, much shorter ; anther-cells blunt. Ovules 2 in each 
