688 CXII. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Leucas. 
upper part projecting forwards, throat glabrous or nearly so, teeth erect 
(mouth straight in 28. stricta, 34. diffusa). 
* Annuals. Whorls terminal or awillary. Calyx-teeth long and 
slender. 
28. I. stricta, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 61, Lab. 614, and in 
DC. Prodr. xii. 531; annual, slender, erect, hispidly hairy, leaves oblong- 
lanceolate or linear, whorls solitary terminal, calyx À in. hispid between 
tubular and funnel-shaped nearly straight, teeth long very slender ciliate. 
Wall. Cat. 2045. Phlomis stricta, Heyne mss. 
DrzccAN PENINSULA; Pullicat Mts., Heyne; Sandstone Hills, N.E. of Belgaum, 
Ritchie, &c. ; Bellary, Beddome. . 
Stem 6-10 in., branches acutely 4-gonous. Leaves 4-1} in., obtuse, floral like 
the cauline, bracts filiform rigid ciliate. Calyx slightly hairy within; teeth some- 
times nearly as long as the tube, much longer than the villi of the mouth. Corolla- 
tube included, upper lip very short, lower twice as large. 
29. L. Clarkei, Hook. f.; annual? slender, sparsely appressedly 
pubescent, branches ascending scabrid, leaves linear or linear-lanceolate 
entire or subserrate, whorls terminal globose, calyx short 4 in. pubescent 
turbinate subdecurved, teeth very slender, 3 upper much the longest, mouth 
laxly hairy. 
BEHAR ; on Parusnath, alt. 1500 ft., Clarke. . 
Branches 1-2 ft., up-curved, 4-gonous, hairs short deflexed. Leaves 1-2 in., 
obtuse, floral many, like the cauline. Whorls subglobose, }-1 in. diam.; bracts 
very slender, ciliate, tips and of calyx-teeth acicular. Calyx broad; teeth rather 
squarrose, scabrid, longer than the villi of the mouth. Corolla-tube included, upper 
lip short, lower å in. long, widely spreading. 
30. L. nutans, Spreng. Syst. ii. 743; annual, dwarf, diffusely 
branched, laxly hairy, leaves 1-2 in. shortly petioled oblong or linear-oblong 
obtuse subserrate, whorls terminal and axillary dense-fld., calyx gm 
faleately decurved hispid deeply striate, teeth subequal lanceolate ciliate. 
Benth. Lab. 616, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 532. L. decurva, Benth. 
in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 60, and Cat. 2050. Phlomis nutans, Roth Nov- 
yp. 263. 
N. and N.W. Inpia, from the upper Gangetic plain to the Indus. SOINDE ; 
Stocks, The Deccan; Heyne. BEHAR; on Parusnath, Clarke. BURMA; ON the 
Irawaddi, Wallich. . 
A small often straggling species. Leaves sometimes petioled. Wahorls conspicuous 
for the sharply decurved calyces, the teeth of which are less slender than 1n 4% 
Clarkei or martinicensis. Bracts ciliate, very slender. Calyx membranous, teeth 
much longer than the hairs of the mouth. Corolla small, 
31. L. martinicensis, Br. Prodr. 504; annual, tall, stout, scabe- 
rulous, leaves 3-4 in. petioled ovate or ovate-lanceolate obtuse course? 
crenate-serrate, whorls axillary globose, bracts and calyx-teeth spinescent 
ciliate, calyx 4-$ in. pubescent tubular sigmoidly curved, teeth slender, 
uppermost longest. Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 60, Lab. 617, and m 
DC. Prodr. xii. 533. L. polycephala, Wall. Cat. 2051. 
Sporadic in INDIA, doubtfully indigenous. The Deccan; from the Concan 
southwards, Heyne, &c. Ava; Wallich.—DisrRIB. Tropical Africa and America. 
A stout herb, 2—4 ft.; branches 4-gonous, sometimes hispidly hairy. Leave’ 
membranous, base cuneate ; petiole 3-1 in.; floral sessile, more lanceolate. Whor 4 
numerous, j-l in. diam. ; bracts slender, tips pale, often hooked. Calyx muc 
