FLORA INDICA. 
CLASS XIV. 
-DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA, . 
AJUGA. Schreb. gen. N. 959. — 
Calyx five-toothed. Upper lip of the corol small, biden- 
tate, and shorter than the stamina, 
1, A, fruticosa, Roxb. ; 
Shrubby, erect, ramous, downy, Leaves broad-lanceolate, 
serrate; the superior pair of anthers simple, the lower pair 
twin. 
Nepeta malabarica, Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. Rock 
Tam. Retti pemeretti. _ 
A native of the coast of Coromandel, Shere it is esteemed . 
a medicine of considerable virtue by the inhabitants. 
‘Stem erect, shrubby. Bark ash-coloured. Branches with 
four rounded angles, and furrowed sides, all the young tender 
parts" covered with much, very soft, white down ; height of : 
the shrubs from four to six feet. Leaves opposite, short-pe- 
_ tioled, drooping, cordate-lanceolate, or broad-lanceolate, ser- 
rate, and clothed like the young branches with much soft, 
white down, from one to six inches long, and about one-fourth 
of | that i in breadth. Flowers numerous, large, purple, sessile, 
Th nate > on opposite, ere dichotomous, Soest 
voL, mm A 
