(oem. 3. 
OrRTHOSIPHON INCURVUS. INCURVED 
ORTHOSIPHON. 
KEKE EK KEE EKEREEEEEE 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA GyYMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lasguarz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx ovato-tubulosus, 5-dentatus, dentis superioris ova- 
to-membranacei marginibus decurrentibus alatus, post an- 
thesin deflexus. Corolla tubo exserto recto vel incurvo 
nec gibboso nec defracto, fauce equali vel rarius inflato, 
bilabiata, labio superiore 3—4 fido, inferiore integerrimo 
concavo. Stamina 4, declinata. Filamenta \ibera, eden- 
tula. Anthere ovato-reniformes, loculis confluentibus. 
Stylus apice clavato-capitatus, subinteger vel breviter 
emarginatus, stigmatibus in emarginatura subconfluenti- 
bus, nunc minutis nunc incrassato-capitatis. Achenia mi- 
nutissima, punctulato-rugosa.—Herbe perennes, suffrutices- 
ve. Racemi simplices, sepius elongati, rarissime ovato-spi- 
ciformes. Verticillastri sexflori, distantes, laxi. Folia flo- 
ralia bracteeformia, ovata, acuminata, reflexa, pedicellis 
sepius breviora. Pedicelli fructiferi recurvi. (Benth. 
Labiat. 25.) 
Specific Character and Synonyms, 
OrtuosiPHon* incurvus; caule basi procumbente adscen- 
dente, foliis petiolatis oblongis crenatis utrinque an- 
gustatis tenuissime pubescentibus, verticillastris sub- 
secundis, corollis villosis incurvis calyce triplo longio- 
ribus, fauce subequali, staminibus corollam subequa- 
libus. Benth. 
Orrnosiruon incurvus. Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 2. 15. 
This plant, native of the mountains near to Silhet, was 
received at the Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, from the 
collection of His Grace the Duke of Rarehamberans at 
ion 
* From ogbec, straight, and cvpwr, a tube, from the usually straight form of 
the tube of the corolla. 
