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2. Lavandula, — Leaves much divided;* flowers in spikes ; upper 

 lip of corolla bifid, lower trifid. 



L. Burmanni, — A tall plant ; leaves bi-pinnatifid ; segments linear ; 

 flowers dark blue or white, in dense spikes. Gorea. Common in the 

 Deccan. 



L. Gibsoni (L. Perottetii, D.) is like this but more hairy, and 

 the leaves pinnatifid. It is found only in the hills above Sattara, 

 and one or two similar places. Both these are so like the English 

 garden lavender, both in appearance and smell, as to be at once 

 identified, f 



3. Pogostemon, — Flowers very small, many together in whorls, 

 spiked ; corolla lobes 4, lower usually the largest ; filaments bearded 

 and exserted. 



P. parvifiorus, — Strong, coarse, half-shrubby plant, mostly smooth, 

 with purple stem and branches ; flowers whitish, in close pj^ramidal 

 heads. Has a strong smell of black currants. Pangli. S. Konkan. 

 Very common. There are several species so much alike as to be 

 not easily identified. Park, commouly cultivated, is P. patchouli . 



4. Bysopltylla, — Small plants with generally whorled leaves • 

 flowers dense, in spikes ; corolla equally 4-lobed. 



D. stcllata, — Slightly hairy ; leaves linear, 5 to 7 in a whorl ; 

 flowers red or purple. Marvel. 



5. Konkan, Belgaum, &c. Very abundant on rice fields in the 

 cold weather. 



H. gives eight species of these, but there is a great similarity 

 between them all. One, D- my osur oleics, found at Mahableshwar, 

 Sheival, has the leaves not whorled. 



5. Colebroohia, — A densely woolly shrub ; corolla lobes 4 j about 

 equal. 



0. oppositifolia, — Leaves in threes, elliptic, narrow at both ends ; 

 flowers minute, dirty white, in very small dense spikes, suggestive of 

 Indian squirrels' tails. Bdhmani,dasai,dasari, kaj/tar. Very com- 

 mon on the Ghauts and Konkan hills. 



6. Anisomeles, — Tall, coarse herbs ; upper lip of corolla erect, 

 entire, lower broad, spreading, 



A. Ueyneana, — More or less hairy all over, stem and branches 

 acutely 4-angled ; leaves ovate, crenate ; flowers of no beauty, white 



* In Indian species. — G. C. 



t The leaves, however, are very different.— Or. C. 



