I am giving here the detailed descriptions from the publication for checking: *Barleria montana *Nees in Wallich Herbs, perennial, up to 60 cm high. *Stems terete*, glabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, 7 – 13 * 2.5 – 5 cm, attenuate at base, ciliate at margins, *acute at apex*, glabrous, glaucous beneath; lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs; petioles 1.5 – 2.5 cm long. *Flowers solitary*, sessile or subseesile, *axillary or in terminal spikes*; *bracts linear-oblong*, 2 – 3 cm long, ciliate at margins,* acute at apex, *glabrous. Outer sepals ovate, subequal, 3 – 4 * 1.2 – 2 cm, rounded at base, ciliate at margins, acute at apex, glabrous, strongly nerved, *brown*; inner sepals linear-lanceolate, 1.2 – 1.8 * 0.2 – 0.3 cm, acute at apex, glabrous; midrib distinct. Corolla 7 – 9.5 cm long, *glandular-pubescent outside*, pink; tube 5 – 5.5 cm long; lobes oblong-obovate, subequal, 2.5 – 4 1 – 2 cm, *emarginate at apex.* Fertile stamens 2, exserted; filaments 3.5 – 4 cm long, glandular-hirsute at base; anthers 3 – 4 mm long; staminodes 3, 1 – 2 mm long, glandular-hirsute. Disc covering ½ of ovary. Ovary ovoid, 4 – 5 mm long, glabrous; style slender, up to 4 cm long, glabrous; stigma linear, c. 2 mm long, 2-lobed. Capsules oblong-lanceoloid, 2.5 – 3 * 0.5– 0.6 cm, glabrous. Seeds ovoid or subquadroid, 4.5 – 6 mm, clothed with appressed-silky hairs. Flowering & Fruiting: October – February. Habitat: On exposed hill slopes above 1000 m. Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Tamil Nadu. Endemic. *Barleria prattensis *Santapau Vernacular Names: Madurakurinji (Malayalam); Gulabi Koranti, Ikharu (Marathi). Herbs or undershrubs, perennial, erect or suffruticose, up to 1 m high. *Stems terete, deeply grooved*, glabrous, puberulous at nodes. Leaves elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, 6 – 15 * 2 – 7 cm, attenuate at base, ciliate at margins, *acuminate at apex*, *coriaceous*, glabrous, glaucous beneath; lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs; petioles 0.5 – 3 cm long. *Flowers solitary or in pairs, terminal; *pedicels c. 5 mm long, occasionally up to 8 cm long; *bracts linear-lanceolate*, 0.5 – 1.5 * 0.1 – 1 cm, ciliate at margins, *acuminate at apex*, pubescent or subglabrous. Outer sepals much variable, ovate, 2.5 – 4 * 1.5 – 2 cm, rounded at base, ciliate at margins, acute at apex, glabrous outside, puberulous inside; *midrib often reddish brown*; inner sepals linear-lanceolate, 1 – 1.8 cm long, ciliate at margins, acuminate at apex, pubescent on veins outside. Corolla bilipped (4⁄1), 6 – 8 cm long,* glandular-pubescent to glabrous outside*, pink; tube 3 – 4.5 cm long, whitish; lobes obovate, subequal, 1.5 – 2.5 1 – 2 cm, *obtuse at apex*. Fertile stamens 2, exserted; filaments 2 – 3.5 cm long, glabrous, pinkish towards apex; anthers c. 4 mm long; staminodes 3, 1 – 1.5 cm long, glabrous. Disc covering 1⁄3 of ovary. Ovary oblongovoid, c. 4 2 mm, glabrous; style slender, 4 – 5 cm long, glabrous, pinkish towards apex; stigma linear, 2-lobed, brown. Capsules ovate-lanceoloid, 2 – 3 0.5 – 0.8 cm, turgid. Seeds broadly ovoid to subglobose, 4.5 – 6 4 – 5 mm, glabrous, brown. Flowering & Fruiting: September – February. Habitat: Undergrowth in deciduous forests. Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Dadra & Nagar Hevali, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. Endemic.
In view, I will also go for *Barleria montana *Nees in Wallich On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 at 16:41, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Here are the keys from Revision of the Genus Barleria (Acanthaceae) in > India (2010): > Key to the species > 1. Seeds hairy .............. *B. montana* > 1. Seeds glabrous ……... 2 > 2. Outer sepals 2.5 – 4 cm long; corolla 6 – 8 cm long, pink; capsules 2 – > 3 cm long ..…….…….. 3 > 2. Outer sepals 5 – 6 cm long; corolla more than 12 cm long, white; > capsules 3 – 4.5 cm long .…… *B. grandiflora* > 3. Stems slender; corolla bilipped; stamens eglandular at base > ..…..................... *B. prattensis* > 3. Stems stout; corolla not bilipped; stamens glandular-pubescent at base > ........…. *B. gibsonii* > > On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 at 16:32, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >> From: bharathi raja <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 at 13:37 >> Subject: [efloraofindia:338810] Barleria montana? >> To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> >> >> >> Hi >> Found in Parvuthamalai hills of Eastern ghats. >> >> Thanks >> B >> 8838686482 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEkw2__j9BOMEJxBYnHWaJqomPSRW697wBqEVBKXwfj5d6kXVQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAEkw2__j9BOMEJxBYnHWaJqomPSRW697wBqEVBKXwfj5d6kXVQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg >> >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> >> >> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. >> >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the >> world- more than 3,000 members & 3,00,000 messages on 23.8.18) or >> Efloraofindia >> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species >> database of more than 13,000 species & 3,00,000 images of which more than >> 2,00,000 images are directly displayed on 30.8.19). >> >> The whole world uses my Image Resource >> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a >> thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. >> (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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