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BARLERIA PILOSA. (Wall.) A small weak much branched undersbrub, the young branches gland uloso-pilose, leaves ex¬ 
actly ovate inconspicuously toothed or subentire, acute, 1-2 inches long by ^-|inch broad glanduloso-pilose, petioles 3-5 lines long pilose, 
peduncles axillary very short 1-flowered, bracteoles linear reflexed lunch shorter than the calyx pilose, the larger calyx segment 6-8 
lines long equal ovato-orbicular repando-dentate ciliate and slightly hairy subscariosetmd prominently 7-nerved and reticulated, tfce 
interior segments small narrow lanceolate dentate, corol about l-J-2 inches long pale sky-blue glabrous or subglabrous, tube incurved, 
lobes obtuse, stamens 2 fertile, and 3 perfectly sterile apiculate staminodes, stigma truncate. DC. Trod. xi. 234. 
Tinneveily, common on the hills about Courtallum, 1000-1500 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CCLVI. 
BARLERIA MONTANA. (Nees.) Suffruticose, branches glabrous the nodes distant, leaves oblongo-elliptic acute attenu¬ 
ated into the petiole, sparingly hairy and the margin ciliate when young, at length glabrous but lineolate above, about .5 inches long bv 
11- broad, petioles 4-10 lines long, flowers axillary solitary sessile, bracts linear small a little hairy, the larger calyx-segments herbace¬ 
ous oblongo-elliptic 1-1| inch long equal entire^ciliate and a little hairy or glabrous, the inner segments linear subulate much shorter, 
corol 2-31- inches long blue, lobes obtuse, staminodes 2 setaceous and without any approach to anthers. DC. Trod. xi. 232. 
Anamallays and elsewhere on our Western ghats up to 4000 feet, but not common; also in Central India, Jubbulpore, &c. 
PLATE No. CCLATI. 
BARLERIA BEDDOMEI. (Anders. MS.) Shrubby, stems terete strigose, leaves lanceolate acute entire 3-4 inches long 
by 1-1-J broad strigose, petioles 2-3 lines long, flowers axillary subsessile solitary, bracteoles 2 small linear recurved strigose as is the 
calyx, the exterior calyx-segments large foliaceous lanceolate the lower one minutely bifid at the apex, the interior segments much 
smaller linear-subulate, corol hirsute on the outside 3|-4 inches long pure white, tube long slender, the fertile pair of stamens nearly as 
long as the corol, a pair of very short effete stamens with the connective of the sterile anthers spurred at the back, a otk minute per¬ 
fectly effete filament between the latter. 
Siughur, Bombay presidency. 
PLATE. No. CCLVIII, 
STROBILANTHES GtARDNERIANUS. (Nees.) 1-2 feet, stems hirsute upwards, leaves ovate obtuse subcordate at the 
base, sessile crenato-serrate scabroso-hirsufce ou both sides about 2 inches long by 1J broad, spikes axillary and terminal, bracts large 
oval glanduloso-kirsute as are the calyx and bracteoles, bracteoles lanceolate large, calyx cleft about A way down, the segments lanceolate 
acute, corol purple about 1 inch long a little hairy outside the lower half of the tube much contracted. Stamens 4 mouadelphous the 2 
middle ones shorter, filaments hairy at the very base only, ovary hairy at the apex, style glabrous. Endopogon Gardnerianus, DC. Trod. 
xi, 723. 
Ceylon, Hantani, at 4000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. CCLIX. 
STROBILANTHES VESTITUS. (Nees.) Herbaceous hirsute. Stem erect, leaves oval or oval-oblong acuminate, the base 
obtuse or acute, dentate, hirsute on both sides, 5-8 inches long (without the petiole) by 1-J-3|- broad, petioles up to 3 inches long. 
Spikes axillary simple or branched the peduncles often geniculate at the apex, flowers 6-8 in a short oblong head, bracts oval sessile 
acuminate longer than the calyx densely ciliate aud sparingly hairy, bracteoles lanceolate hirsute a third shorter than the calyx, calyx- 
lobes subequal lanceolate hirsute, flowers glabrous large 1-1| inch long the tube contracted only at its base, the mouth widely campanu- 
late, stamens monadelpkous equal much exserted, filaments ovary aud style glabrous. Nets. in. DC. vol. xi. p. 180, 
Ceylon, Matturate, elevation 5-7000 feet. 
PLATE No. CCLX. 
