686 OXIL LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Leucas. 
** Leaves more or less serrate or crenate. 
22. L. stelligera, Wall. Pil. As. Rar. i. 61, and Cat. 2049; her- 
baceous, erect, branched, pubescent or tomentose, leaves 2—4 in. shortly 
petioled elliptic-lanceolate subacute obtusely serrate, whorls large crowded 
many- and dense-fld., calyx }-? in. tubular-campanulate scabrid or tomen- 
tose, teeth thick triangular ‘subulate spreading and recurved longer than 
the villi of the mouth. Benth. Lab. 61, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 529; Dalz. 
& Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 211. L. hamatula, Arn. Pugill. Pl. Ind. Or. 37; 
Benth. in DC. l. c. 
CEYLON ; on the Ghats, Dalzell; Warree country, Stocks ; Belgaum, Ritchie. 
Stem 2-3 ft.; branches obtusely 4-gonous, hairs spreading. Leaves 4—$ in. diam., 
green, scaberulous or glabrate above, pubescent beneath, narrowed into the petiole. 
Whorls 1-1} in. diam. ; bracts linear-lanceolate, nearly as long as the calyx. Calyx 
very variable in size, fruiting membranous, naked below the middle; teeth rarely 
spinescent, tomentose. Nutlets 4, in., oblong. 
23. L. eriostoma, Hook. f.; suffruticose, hispidly hairy, woolly or 
tomentose, leaves 14-4 in. shortly petioled narrowly linear-lanceolate or 
oblong obtuse obtusely serrate, whorls axillary many- and dense-fld., bracts 
equalling the calyx plumose or ciliate, calyx i-i in. tubular-funnel-shaped 
villous above the middle, teeth very minute much shorter than the dense 
ring of white villi in the mouth. Phlomis eriostoma, Heyne mss. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Western Ghats, from the Concan to the Nilghiris. 
Branches 6-10 in., stout, nearly terete. Leaves very variable in length, nerves 
unpressed above. Whorls 4-3 in. diam. Calyx naked below the middle. Corolla 
very small, tube included. Nutlets qs in. oblong.—There are several varieties 
of this. 
Van. Heynii; hispidly hairy on the branches and leaves, hairs spreading, leaves 
2-3 in.—Wynaad, Heyne. 
Van. longifolia; hoary-tomentose, leaves 3-4 in. nearly glabrous. Herb. 
Wight, &c. 
Van. latifolia; very robust, villously tomentose, leaves broader elliptic oblong or 
lanceolate, 2-3 by 1-14 in., whorls large globose 1} in. diam. Herb. Wight. . 
Van. lanata; branches clothed with dense long soft white spreading hairs, 
leaves 1-14 in. oblong lanceolate villous on both surfaces. — Nilghiris and Bababoodan 
Hills.—L. lepistoma, Herb. Wight. 
Var. Stocksii ; branches densely clothed as in var. lanata, but tomentum shorter 
and whiter, leaves subsilky beneath 1-14 in. 
24. I. lamiifolia, Desf. in Mem. Mus. xi. 4, t. 2, f. 1; tall, shrubby 
below, branches very stout square and petioles hirsute with long brown hairs, 
leaves 3-5 in. shortly petioled ovate subacute crenate-serrate villous above 
densely tomentose beneath, whorls subsolitary subglobose many- and dense- 
fld., calyx 4 in. subeampanulate villous, teeth slender erect longer than the 
villi of the mouth ciliate, corolla-tube included. Benth. Lab. 013, and m 
DC. Prodr. xii. 599. 
Nironurni Hirzs, alt. 6500-7500 ft. ; Wight, &c. : 
Much the largest and largest-leaved species, 8 ft. high, branches i in. diam. 
Leaves 13-2} in. broad, base sometimes cordate. Wahorls terminal, rarely 2 on the 
same branch, 1} in. diam. ; bracts exceeding the calyx, outer linear-lanceolate, inner 
filiform. Calyx membranous, teeth about 1 the length of the tube, villi of the mouth 
sparse. Corolla small. Nwtlets } in. long, oblong. 
.25. L. vestita, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 61, Lab. 613 (cael: 
Silhet), and in DC. Prodr. xii. 530; tall, herbaceous, branches square an 
petioles hirsute, leaves shortly petioled 2—4 in. ovate-lanceolate acute ser- 
