698 CXII. LABIATE. (J.D. Hooker) [Gomphostemma. 
Stem very stout. Leaves narrowed into a stout petiole 1-2 in. long. Cymes 
laxly fascicled ; peduncle 1-14 in.; flowers often pedicelled ; bracts longer than the 
calyx, from linear to ovate-lanceolate. Corolla very slender, ochreous, throat an 
limb small. DNuélets usually solitary, ellipsoid, rugose. 
9. G. crinitum, Wall. Cat. 2159; stem and leaves beneath finely 
tomentose, leaves petioled 8-12 by 21—44 in. elliptic and decurrent on the 
petiole or oblanceolate subacute entire or toothed, whorls sessile many- and 
dense-fld., bracts exceeding the calyx long linear, calyx 4 in., teeth capillary 
exceeding the terete tube. Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 12, Lab. 648, 
and in DC. Prodr. xii. 552. 
TENASSERIM ; Tavoy, Wallich. Mazacca, Mount Ophir and Cheboo Forest, 
Griffith. 
Stem stout. Leaves in Wallich’s specimen broad, toothed, suddenly narrowed 
into a wing, in Griffith’s narrow subentire and narrowed into a stout petiole. Whorls 
in Wallich’s glabrate, in Griffith’s pubescent or villous. Corolla $ in., lemon-coloured, 
tube very slender, limb subglobose. 
10. G. Thomsoni, Benth. in Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. § T.; stem 
woody, and leaves beneath pubescent or tomentose, leaves long-petiole 
6-12 by 21-8 in. membranous oblong or orbicular ovate acute crenulate 
pubescent above, whorls in dense crowded masses in the lower axils and on 
the stem below then sessile very many-fld., bracts as long as the calyx 
linear and lanceolate, calyx à in., tube narrow, teeth subulate as long as the 
tube, corolla slender, limb small glabrous. 
Kuasta Mrs. ; Churra, alt. 3-5000 ft., J. D. H. & T. T. h 
Stem as thick as the little finger, hoary; wood hard. Leaves the largest of the 
genus, very variable in breadth. Wahorls in globose or irregular clusters l in. long 
and broad, subcrinite from the slender tips of the bracts and the calyx-teeth. Ca 
small in flower, tube in fruit oblong. Corolla glabrous, pale yellow, tube extreme y 
slender, throat hardly inflated ; upper lip narrow, lower small. Nutlets à in, 
oblong, rugose. 
11. Œ. eriocarpum, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 12, Lab. 649, 
and in DC. Prodr. xii. 552; stem rather slender tomentose, leaves 3-5 in. 
shortly petioled elliptic-oblong or lanceolate acute toothed glabrous abet 
softly tomentose beneath, nerves reticulate, whorls small sessile few- bz 
bracts broad and narrow, calyx 4 in., teeth filiform as long as the tu Il. 
corolla slender, limb small puberulous, nutlets globose tomentose. Walt. 
Cat. 2710. G. oblongum, Wight Ic. t. 1457. . 
SovTHERN Deccan; Courtallum, Wight, &c. ; Anamallays and Tinnevelly Hills, 
Beddome. 
Stem 2-3 ft., leafy. Leaves narrowed into the petiole of 1-2 in. Whorls ee 
diam., subcrinite. Calya-tube cupular in fruit, with one globose nutlet j in. diam- 
clothed with grey pubescence, 
; tt Stem very short, or slender prostrate, rooting at the base and ascending 
above. 
12. Œ. melissefolium, Wall. Cat. 2157; puberulous or glabrath 
stem slender prostrate, leaves petioled 2-3} in. elliptic acute faintly 
toothed, whorls 2-5 fld., calyx 1 in. puberulous, teeth lanceolate, corolla very 
large. Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. ii. 12, Lab. 649, and in DC. Proar. 
xii. 552. Prasium melissifolium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 26. 
Sixkrw HIMALAYA, alt. 2000 ft; J. D. H. Assam, Simer and CacHa® 
Wallich, &c. 
