694 CXII. LABIATÆ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Phiomis. 
DC. Prodr. xii. 545; nearly glabrous, leaves long-petioled membranous 
elliptic or oblong-ovate acuminate minutely toothed, whorls small, bracts 
filiform, calyx } in. obconic-campanulate glabrous or hispid, teeth very 
slender from a triangular base. Wall, Cat. 2067. Gomphostemma mem- 
branifolium, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 988. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; Pomong, alt. 2-5000 ft., J. D. H., Clarke. Kasia Mrs., 
alt. 5-6000 ft.; Wallich, &c. UPPER Assam; Mishmi Hills and Patkoye Mts., 
Griffith.—DrisTRIB. Java, Philippines. 
Stem tall, 2-3 ft., stout or slender, minutely hairy, hairs deflexed. Leaves 6-8 
by 3—4 in., glabrous or with minute scattered hairs above, base acute or rounded; 
petiole 3-4 in., very slender. Whorls distant, often many below the leaves }-1 in. 
diam. Calyx coriaceous, teeth half the length of the tube. Corolla faintly pubes- 
cent, white or yellowish, upper lip narrow, lower with narrow side-lobes. Nutlets 
very large, ł in. long, obovoid, base acute, tip rounded. —An anomalous Phlomis with 
the calyx of P. breviflora, but very different leaves, The name rugosa is wholly 
inapplicable. 
ve 9. P. rotata, Benth. in Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. & T.; stemless, leaves 
large rotately spreading orbicular or reniform coriaceous crenate rugose 
densely tomentose lacunosely reticulate beneath, whorls in a very short 
spike or subsessile head, bracts filiform, calyx sparsely hispid, teeth 
spinous. 
ALPINE SIKKIM HIMALAYA; in the inner ranges, alt. 13-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 
Annual? Leaves 3-6 in. diam., very thick, suddenly contracted into a very 
broad tomentose petiole 4 in. broad; nerves very thick, flabellate; floral O or 2 
oblong crenate. Whorls sometimes on a slender peduncle 2-3 in. long, at others 
forming a dense head 13 in. diam. or less in the centre of the leaves; bracts with 
acicular tips. Calyx 4 in., funnel-shaped, rather membranous, teeth short. Corolla 
small, tube included, galea pubescent, densely fringed with white hairs.—A very 
remarkable plant, with the habit of Lamium rhomboideum. 
48. NOTOCHZETE, Benth. 
An erect herb. Leaves long-petioled. Whorls axillary, globose, densely 
many-fld.; bracts slender, at length spinous with hooked lips. Calyx 
5-nerved, membranous; teeth 5, equal, with long hook-tipped spines at the 
back. Corolla very small, tube included, not annulate; upper lip erect, 
concave; lower spreading, subequally trifid. Stamens 4, ascending ; anthers 
conniving, cells divaricate. Style-lobes minute, subequal. JVwtlets narrow 
oblong, triquetrous, truncate, smooth. 
N. hamosa, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 63, Lab. 636, and in DC. 
Prodr. xii. 547 ; Wall. Cat. 9068 ; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1917. . 
CENTRAL and Eastern Temperate HIMALAYA; Nepal Wallich; Sikkim, 
alt. 4-8000 ft., J. D. H., &c. d 
Glabrous or pubescent. Stem creeping at the base, 2-4 ft., stout, 4-angle : 
Leaves 5-10 by 3-5 in., membranous, ovate, acuminate, toothed, base acute roun - 
or subcordate ; petiole 2-3 in. Whorls 1-1} in. diam., densely spiny, bracts longe 
than the cal yx-tube. Calyx-tube i-i in., slender, villous above the middle, fruiting 
hard 4-valved ; spines at length 4 in. Corolla as long as the calyx-spines, E 7 
villous, lower lip as long subequally 3-lobed, 
49. BREMOSTACHYS, Bunge. 
Erect herbs. Leaves, radical broad, toothed or cut; cauline few, smaller. 
Whorls densely many-fd., axillary and in a terminal spike. Calyx subca™ 
