672 oxi, LABIATE, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Craniotome. 
Rar. i. 64, Lab. 704, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 455; Wall. Cat. 2081. 
Nepeta versicolor, Trevir. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xii. 183. , Anisomeles 
nepalensis, Spreng. Syst. ii. 700. Ajuga furcata, Link Enum. ii. 99. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Simla to Bhotan, alt. 5-7000 ft., Wallich, &c. 
KnasrA Mrs., alt. 4-6000 ft. l 
Usually densely patently softly hirsute all over. Stem erect, 1-2 ft., terete, 
stout orslender. Leaves 2-4 by 1-3 in., broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate, toothed or 
crenate; petiole slender, 1-2in. Cymes copious and very compound ; bracts subulate. 
Calyx yy in. teeth triangular. Corolla about twice as long, pale purple or rose- 
coloured. Nutlets 4; in., pale, shining.—In Sikkim a state occurs with the fruiting 
calyx campanulate and 1 in. long, without nutlets, 
36. ANISOMELES, Br. 
Tall, erect, branching, coarse herbs. Flowers in axillary whorls or lax-fid. 
branched panicled cymes, purplish. Calyx ovoid or tubular, straight, 
equally 5-toothed. Corolla-tube short, annulate within; upper lip erect, 
entire; lower broad, spreading, midlobe notched. Stamens exserted; 
anthers conniving, of the longer pair dimidiate, of the shorter 2-celled, cells 
transverse parallel. Sv/yle subequally 2-fid. Wutlets smooth.—Species 
about 8, warmer Asia and Australia. 
_ l A. Heyneana, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 59, Lab. 702, and 
in DC. Prodr. xii. 455; sparsely hairy or glabrate, leaves ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate crenate-serrate, cymes peduncled lax-fid., calyx 4-} in. hispid, 
teeth triangular-lanceolate acuminate, margins fringed. Dalz. 4 Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 210. Teucrium secundum, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 2028. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Western Ghats, from the Concan southwards. 
Stem 3-4 ft., acutely angled. Leaves 2-3 in., green; petiole j-i in. Cymes 
sometimes elongate and many-flowered ; bracts small, subulate. Calyx -teeth strongly 
reticulate, hairy within, margin fringed. Corolla 4 in., white. Nutlets jg in» 
broadly oblong, polished.— Perhaps only a variety of A. ovata. 
2. A. ovata, Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2, ii. 364; tomentose or 
densely woolly rarely sparsely hairy, leaves ovate acuminate crenate-serrate, 
whorls axillary dense-fld. and in dense terminal spikes, calyx }-4 in. hirsute, 
teeth triangular-lanceolate acuminate. Wall. Cat. 2040; Jacq. Eclog. 1 
t. 86; Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 358, Suppl. t. 19; Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 
i. 59, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 455; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 153; Wight Ie. 
t. 865. A. disticha, Heyne in Roth Nov. Sp. 254; Roxb. Fl. Ind. m. 2; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 910. A. glabrata, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2041. 
A. mollissima, Wall. Cat. 2039. Nepeta indica, Linn. Sp. Pl. 799. 
amboinica, Linn. fil. Suppl. 973. N. disticha, Blume Bijd. 823. Ballot 
disticha, Linn. Mant. 83. B. mauritiana, Pers. Syn. ii. 126. Ajuga 
disticha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 2. Marrubium indicum, Burm. Fl. Ind. 227. 
M. odoratissimum, Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 71,f.1. Monarda zeylanica, Burm. 
p nun 1 Phlomis alba, Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. i. 474.—Rheede Hort. 
al. x. t. 88. 
TROPICAL and SUBTROPICAL INDIA, from the INDUS to ASSAM, ascending the 
Himalaya to 5000 ft., and south to SINGAPORE, TRAVANCORE and CEYLON.— DISTRIB- 
Malay Archipelago, China, Philippines, : 
Annual, 3-6 ft., most variable in hairiness. Leaves 1-3 in., thick, 6 in. Bree 
and membranous in Sikkim specimens, white or green; petiole 4-1} in. hor 
many- and dense-fld.; bracts variable. Corolla purplish. Nutlets as in 4. Heynean® 
—Order of Camphor. 
