Leucas. | CXII LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 685 
* Leaves quite entire. 
18. L. suffruticosa, Benth. Lab. 611, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 598; 
a low shrub, branches densely fulvous-tomentose and hispid, leaves 1 in. 
sessile coriaceous linear obtuse hispid above white-tomentose beneath, 
whorls 1-2 terminating very long scapiform branches, calyx } in. villous 
turbinate, teeth spinulose erect. Wight Ic. t. 1454. 
Sovran Deccan; Nilghiri Hills, common in pastures, alt. 7000 ft., Wight, &c. 
Anamallay Hills, Beddome. 
Rootstock very long and stout; branches ascending, rigid, terete, 4—6 in. (without 
the scape), appressed hairs erect, bristles spreading. Leaves quite entire, margins 
recurved. Scapes 6-10 in., tomentose only. Whorls 3-1 in. diam., with one or a 
pair of floral leaves; bracts setaceous, half the length of the calyx. Calyx sessile, 
villi of throat shorter than the teeth. Corolla-tube included, galea most densely 
villous. Nutlets à in., oblong, terete, smooth. 
19. L. rosmarinifolia, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 61, Lab. 
612, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 528; a low excessively branched strigosely 
tomentose shrub, leaves 1 in. sessile fascicled linear obtuse softly villous 
beneath, whorls 1-2 terminating short scapiform branches, calyx i in. 
turbinate hispidly villous, teeth very minute erect. Wall. Cat. 2521; 
Wight Ic. t. 1455. 
Niteurri Mrs.; alt. 7-8000 ft., in any soil, Wight, &c. m 
Stem woody, terete, fastigiately branched, hairs erect. Leaves 5d in. diam., 
rigid, grey ; margins quite entire, revolute. Wahorls often solitary, 3-1 in. diam., 
hemispheric, villous, with a pair of floral leaves ; bracts linear, rigid, nearly equalling 
the calyx. Calyx sessile, closing over the fruit, villi of throat white, much 
exceeding the teeth. Nutlets oblong, 74 in., obtusely trigonous. 
20. L. helianthemifolia, Desf. in Mem. Mus. xi. 2, t. 1, f. 1; a low 
shrub, densely softly subsilkily villous (white or buff) tomentose, leaves 
opposite and ternate 3—14 in. sessile coriaceous linear-oblong obtuse, "l ors 
ew few-fld., calyx 1 in. turbinate densely woolly, teeth minute erect. Dent. 
Lab. 612, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 528. L. ternifolia, Desf. l. c. t. 1, f. 2; 
Bent. ll. c.; Wight Ic. t. 1453. 
Sovru Deccan; Pulney, Nilghiri and Anamallay Hills, alt. 5-7000 ft., 
Migh, he. i igid t; hairs 
Stem woody, terete, much branched; branches 6-12 in., rigid, cree ; pairs 
spreading or erect. Leaves 3-4 in. diam., sometimes narrowed from t e mid n 
downwards ; margin revolute, quite entire. Whorls i-i in. broa , of en crow led, 
dense-fld.; bracts almost equalling the calyx, subulate, tomen tone. Ca yr jesi e, 
villi of the mouth as long as the teeth. Corolla very short. Nutlets $ in., oblong. 
21. L. leencewfolia, Desf. in Mem. Mus. xi. 5, t. 2, f. 2; tall, erect, 
shrubby, stem stout rufous-tomentose, leaves 3—4 in. petioled e nerves 
lanceolate subacute scaberulous above white-tomentose beneath, nerves 
distinct, whorls axillary many- and dense-fld., calyx i in. campanulate 
. M 3 Or 1 Benth. 
pubescent or t tose, teeth minute spinulose spreading. th. Ly 
61, and in DC. Prodr. xii 612; Wight Ie. t. 1452. L. lanciformis, Wal. 
Cat. 2759. 
Nirenrnr Mrs., alt. 6-8000 ft., Wight, &c., common. i 
Tall, 6-8 fe vey stout, “forming great clumps” (Wight) ; stem ferete, hairs 
erect. Leaves }-1 in. diam., subacute, dark above when dry, ES lanceolate 
reddish silky veins; floral similar. Whorls lin. diam.; bracts than the teeth. 
Shorter than the calyx. —Calya sessile, hairs of mouth shorter tha . 
Corolla small, tube iucluded. 
