848 LABIATAE. 
subulate teeth. ©.? S. 
Ceylon. Stems procumbent at the base. 
flowered. Corollas white. 
Horehound-like Leucas. Pl. procumbent. 
24 L. Java'yica (Benth. lab. p. 611.) stem branched, scan- 
dent; branches obversely'pilose on the angles; leaves ovate, 
bluntly serrated, acutish at the base, and quite entire, pubescent 
on both surfaces ; whorls 6-10-flowered ; calyx oblong, pubes- 
cent, 10-toothed : teeth subulate, the alternate ones shorter. 
(Q.? S. Native of Java, among bushes on the banks of rivers. 
Phlómis Chinénsis, Blum. bijdr. p. 829. but not of Retz. 
Var. (9; leaves smaller, clothed with soft pubescence on both 
surfaces. ©.? S. Native of Java, on declivities between 
Mount Burangrang and Tankuwan Paku. 
Java Leucas. Pl. climbing. 
Native of the Indian peninsula and 
Whorls above 30- 
Secr. V. A’stropon (from aornp, aster, a star; and odovc 
oCovroc, odous odontos, a tooth; in allusion to the teeth of the 
calyx spreading in a stellate manner.) Benth. lab. p. 611. A's- 
trodon, Benth. in Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 1. p. 61. Calyx tubular, 
with an equal mouth, and a usually very villous throat, and 10 
teeth, which usually spread in a stellate manner at the time of 
maturity. Whorls usually globose, many-flowered, solitary or 
few, the upper ones sometimes capitate. Bracteas scarcely 
shorter than the calyxes. 
25 L. surrruticosa (Benth. lab. p. 611.) branches clothed 
with rufous villi, leafy at the base; leaves sessile, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, linear, quite entire, green and hispid above, and clothed 
with white tomentum beneath ; bracteas subulate ; calyx clothed 
with rufous villi, with a truncate villous mouth, and very short 
rather spreading teeth. h.S. Native of the Indian penin- 
sula, on the Nielgherry mountains. Stems numerous, rising from 
a woody base. Leaves 8-10 lines long. Whorls about 10- 
Ee Corollas as in Z. ternifolia; tube exannulate in- 
side. 
Suffruticose Leucas. Shrub 1 to 1 foot. 
26 L. ROSMARINIFÒLIA (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose ; branches 
clothed with adpressed villi; leaves sessile, linear, quite entire, 
scabrous from hairs above, but clothed with white tomentum 
beneath; bracteas lanceolate-linear ; calyx villous, with a trun- 
cate villous mouth, and very short rather spreading teeth. h. 
S. Native of the Indian peninsula, Wight. Allied to the pre- 
ceding, but the hairs are hardly rufescent. Leaves an inch 
long, much narrower. Bracteas broader, very acute, equalling 
the calyxes. 
Rosmary-leaved Leucas, Shrub dwarf. 
27 L. HELIANTHEMIFÒLIA (Desf. mem. mus. par. 11. p. 2. t. 
1.) stems shrubby at the base; branches clothed with silky sub- 
rufescent wool; leaves opposite, sessile, oblong-elliptic or lan- 
ceolate, quite entire, silky on both surfaces, but greener above, 
and very white beneath; bracteas linear, shorter than the ca- 
lyxes; calyx clothed with silky villi, with a truncate villous 
mouth, and very short rather spreading teeth. h.S. Native 
of the Indian peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains, Lesche- 
nault and Wight. Differs from L. ternifólia, in the leaves being 
opposite, shorter, less white; and in the branches being usually 
rufescent. 
Sun-rose-leaved Leucas. Shrub dwarf. 
28 L. rerntrorta (Desf, mem. mus. par. 11. p. 4. t. 1. f£. 2.) 
stem shrubby at the base ; branches densely tomentose ; leaves 
3 in a whorl, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, silky on 
both surfaces, very white beneath ; bracteas linear ; calyx cloth- 
ed with silky wool, with a truncate villous mouth, and very 
short, rather spreading teeth. h. S. Native of the Indian 
peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains. Branches clothed with 
XCI. Leucas. 
dense white or rufescent wool. Leaves 1 to 1} inch long, 
Whorls 10-20-flowered. Galea of corolla densely clothed with 
white hairs ; tube exannulate inside. 
Tern-leaved Leucas. Shrub dwarf. 
29 L. rance#rouia (Desf. mem. mus. 1]. p. 5. t. 2 f. 2, 
stem erect, clothed with rufous tomentum ; leaves oblong-lan- 
ceolate, almost quite entire, green and pubescent above, but 
canescent and clothed with tomentose pubescence beneath; 
bracteas equalling the calyxes; calyx clothed with rufous villi, 
with a truncate pubescent mouth, very short teeth, which are, as 
well as the bracteas, stiffly mucronulate. 34. S. Native of the 
Indian peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains. Leaves 3-4 
inches long. Galea of corolla densely clothed with white villi ; 
tube finely pubescent inside, but exannulate. 
Lance-leaved Leucas, Pl. 7 to 8 feet. 
30 L. sreLLYGERA (Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 61. Benth. lab. 
p. 613.) herbaceous, erect, pubescent and sub-canescent ; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, bluntly serrated, glabrous or finely pubes- 
cent; calyx tomentose, with a truncate mouth, which is villous 
inside; teeth 10, and are, as well as the bracteas, subulate, soft, 
spreading, revolute at top. ©.?S. Native of the East Indies, 
at Aurungabad, Wall. Habit of Z. linifolia. Leaves 2-3 
inches long. Whorls usually solitary, or 2-3 approximate at 
the tops of the branches. Corolla white; tube annulate in- 
side. 
Star-bearing Leucas. PI. 1} foot. 
31 L. ramnròLa (Desf. mem. mus. 11. p. 4. t. 2. f. 1.) here 
baceous, clothed with rufous villi ; leaves cordate-ovate, clothed 
with rufous villi above, and hoary tomentum beneath ; bracteas 
lanceolate-linear, equalling the calyxes; calyx silky, with a 
truncate equal mouth, which is villous inside, and subulate 
teeth, which at length spread in a stellate manner. O.S 
Native of the Indian peninsula, on the Nielgherry mountains. 
Leaves crenated, 2 to 24 inches long. Whorls few, towards the 
tops of the branches, densely many-flowered. Flowers like 
those of L. lanceefolia. 
Dead Netile-leaved Leucas. | Pl. 2 feet. 
32 L. urmTA (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 743.? Benth. lab. p. 613.) 
suffruticose? ; branches clothed with rufescent villi; leaves 
ovate or oblong, sub-crenated, green and hairy on both sur- 
faces; bracteas equalling the calyxes; calyx villous, with a 
truncate very villous mouth, and 10 short subulate stellately 
spreading mutic teeth. h.? S. Native of the peninsula of 
India, Heyne. Phldmis hirta, Heyne, and perhaps of Roth, 
nov. spec. pl. p. 264.?  Leücas helianthemifólia, Benth. in 
Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 1. p. 61. but not of Desf. Plant divari- 
cately branched. Leaves scarcely an inch long. Whorls usu- 
ally solitary, on the tops of the branches. Galea of corolla 
densely clothed with white hairs. 
Hairy Leucas. Shrub 1 foot. 
33 L. vestra (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 61. lab. 
p. 613.) herbaceous, erect; stem clothed with rufescent hairs; 
leaves ovate-oblong, crenated, hairy, green, or scarcely canes- 
cent beneath ; bracteas linear, ciliately hairy; calyx hairy, wi 
a truncate nearly equal mouth, which is very hairy inside, 
hardly equal subulate teeth, which spread in a stellate manner. 
©.? S. Native of the peninsula of India, on the Madura moun- 
tains; and of Silhet, Stem more robust than in Z. ciliata 
Tube of corolla annulate inside. 
Clothed Leucas. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. ? Ws 
34 L. citia`ra (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous, erect, clothed’ with 
adpressed pubescence; leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, ser- 
rately crenated, green on both surfaces; bracteas linear, cili- 
ately hairy ; calyx tubular, with a truncate equal mouth, which 
is rather pilose inside or naked, with elongated subulate hairy 
stellately spreading teeth. (2.? S. Native of Nipaul. Leaves 
