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'''''Barleria''''' is a genus of plants in the family [[Acanthaceae]].
Some species include:
* ''Barleria cristata'', the [[Crested Philippine violet]]
* ''B. obtusa'', the [[Barleria obtusa|Bush violet]]
* ''[[Barleria prionitis|B. prionitis]]'', Linn., the porcupine flower, a plant from India
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Barleria (J. Barrelier, died 1673, French botanist). Acanthaceae. Hothouse evergreen shrubs.
Fls. axillary or terminal, the calyx with 4 sepals, the 2 outer larger than the inner; corolla-tube long, its limb of 5 rounded, ovate lobes.—A genus of 150 species of tropical shrubs, mostly African, sometimes seen in fine collections of stove plants, but not offered in the American trade. Prop. by cuttings of young wood, under a bell-jar with bottom heat. B. cristate, Linn., with purplish blue fls., or rarely white, in dense spikes, is sometimes used as a bedding plant. B. strigosa, Willd., with subcoriaceous Lvs., somewhat strigose, and large blue fls. in terminal spikes, is not uncommon in botanic garden collections.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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