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corolle tubo calyci zquilongo, labio superiore minimo truncato, labio 
inferiore trilobato, genitalibus quam labium inferius brevioribus. 
A perennial herb, with a decumbent main stem above a foot 
long and several ascending branches. Leaves 12-2 in. long, nar- 
rowed very gradually from the middle to the base or petiole, 
deltoid at the tip, 4-2 in. broad, with a few large irregular teeth, 
thin in texture, green and nearly glabrous on both surfaces. 
Flowers in numerous whorls in the axils of the reduced upper 
leaves, the uppermost only as long as the flowers ; pedicels very 
short. Calyx 4 in. long, pilose; teeth lanceolate acuminate, a 
little shorter than the tube. Corolla 4 in. long; lower lip } in. 
long.—Central Madagascar, Baron 767 ! 
AJUGA ROBUSTA, D. Sp. 
Perennis, caulibus robustis tetragonis breviter pilosis, foliis subsessilibus 
ovato-rhomboideis profunde crenato-laciniatis utrinque breviter hispidis 
viridibus, floribus dense distanter verticillatis, bracteis magnis foliaceis, 
pedicellis brevissimis, calycis pilosi tubo infundibulari, dentibus lanceolato- 
deltoideis, corolla tubo calyci z:equilongo, labio superiore truncato, labio 
inferiore trilobato, genitalibus quam labium inferius brevioribus. 
A robust perennial herb, with simple ascending square stems 
above a foot long. Leaves in decussate pairs, 1-2 inches apart, 
subsessile, erecto-patent, 1-12 in. long, cuneate and entire at the 
base, the rest of the margin deeply and irregularly crenato-laci- 
niate; texture thiek, moderately firm ; both surfaces green and 
shortly hispid, with close distinct ascending veins. Whorls of 
flowers forming a spike at the end of the stem, and about four 
separate ones below, much exceeded by their subtending leaves. 
Calyx with a tube -+ in. long and 5 small teeth. Corolla blue, 
with a tube as long as the calyx (including its teeth), a truncate 
minute upper lip, and a lower one 4 in. long, with a large orbi- 
cular ciliated terminal segment and two small side ones.— Central 
Madagasear, Baron 1997 ! 
SELAGO MURALIS, Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1129. 
Perennis, ramulis scabridulis, foliis fasciculatis anguste linearibus inte- 
gris glabris, floribus minutis spicas laterales patentes numerosas breves 
subcapitatas densas post anthesin efformantibus, bracteis oblongo linea- 
ribus crassiusculis glabris, calyce 3-partito segmentis ciliatis lateralibus 
subulato-linearibus segmento postico minore vel subabortivo, corollie tubo 
brevi segmentis rotundatis quam tubus quadruplo brevioribus, staminibus 
subinclusis, stylo simplici subincluso, fructu ovoideo subcompresso in 
coccos 2 secedente. 
LINN. JOURN.— BOTANY, VOL. XX. T 
