392 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY , Vol. XIX. 

 Shrubs with Opposite Exstifulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals United. 



Corolla Two lipped. 



lobes ^-\ in., oblong, stamens 4, far protruding, 

 drupe I in. diam., black, succulent, 1-4 stones. The 

 root is used in native medicine as a febrifuge. 



Olerodendron infor- 



Bhant. 



VERBENACKiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 594. 



The Plains to 1,000 ft. 



medium size, bark with large raised corky excres- 

 cences, fetid smell ; leaves 4-8 by 3-5 ins., broadly 

 ovate, hairy above, woolly or thinly hairy below, 

 sometimes with sticky glands, slightly toothed ; 

 flowers white, tinged with red, in branching terminal 

 racemes, 6-12 by 4-8 ins,, erect, sometimes leaf y, upper 

 part and calyces turning red, hairy, corolla tube 

 nearly 1 in., long, cylindric, doubtfully two-lipped, 

 lobes ^-| in. long, acute, stamens 4, much exceeding 

 the lobes, style bifid ; drupes ^ in. diam., black, suc- 

 culent, enclosed in the enlarged bright red leathery 

 calyx. The leaves are used as a febrifuge in native 

 medicine. 



Flectranthus ruso- 

 sus, 



Piumar^ solei. 



LABIATiE. 



F.B. I.iv. 620. 



Himalaya, 3-8,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 



small, hoary with stellate down, branches slender, 

 stiff erect ; leaves 1-1^ in. long, ovate or oblong, 

 toothed, bluntly tipped, velvety above, white, woolly 

 beneath ; flowers white, spotted and streaked with 

 purple, in clusters forming narrow leafy axillary or 

 terminal racemes, calyx woolly, ^ in. long, bell-shaped, 

 lengthened in fruit, teeth sharp short pointed, nearly 

 equal, two-lipped, corolla ^ in., twc-lipped, longer than 

 the tube, lower lip longest, boat shaped, stamens 4, in 

 unequal pairs, lying along the lower lip, style unequal- 

 ly divided ; nutlets 4, round or oblong, blunt. As the 

 native name implies, this plant is used to keep fleas 

 away. 



Ocimum Basilicum, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple 

 Toothed. 



Ocimum saaotnm, 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple, 

 Entire. 



