the ovate, villous teeth of the calyx connivent after 



flowering. 



Neilgherries, frequent : flowering during the rainy 

 and cool season. 



1446. MiCROMERtA BiFLORA (Bcntham), suffiruti- 



1450. Scutellaria rivularis (Wall.), glabrous, 

 procumbent at the base; branches ascending, sim- 

 pie: lower leaves petiolate, ovato-roundish, or like 

 the middle ones ovato-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, or 

 crenate ; broader and cordate at the base; the upper 

 and floral ones smaller, narrow at the base : flowers 



cose, very ramous, caespitose, branches ascending, opposite, secund, sub-racemose: calyx and corolla 



pubescent or pilose: leaves sessile, ovate, acute, 

 flat or revolute on the edges, rigid, glabrous, sub- 

 cordate at the base ; the superior ones shorter 

 than the flowers: verticillasters loose, few-flowered: 

 braits equalling the pedicels : calices pedicelled, 

 sub-secund, delicately pubescent, or slightly pilose ; 

 throat villous within. 



Very common on the Neilgherries, and always in 

 flower. 



glabrous. 



Neilgherries, in moist pastures near streams. Fre- 

 quent near the old Tappal station between Pycarrah 

 and Neddawuttura, 



A low growing, diffuse plant, but little conspicu- 

 ous, to any but tiie botanical eye, among the grass 

 and weeds among which it is usually found. Flow- 

 ers white, flowering during the rainy months. 



A low growing, very branchy plant, forming dense 145L Leucas (Hemistoma)urtic^folia (Brown), 

 tufts of matted branches, from 4 to 6 or 8 inches herbaceous, slenderly whitish tomentose: verticil- 

 long, the extremities thickly covered with its small, lasters many-flowered, globose: calyces somewhat 



ovate, translucent, dotted leaves, from among which 

 its numerous, pale reddish, blue or pink flowers 

 project. Calyx strongly ribbed; segments acute. 

 Corolla nearly twice the length of the calyx, ob- 

 scurely 2-lipped, the upper one emarginate, scarcely 

 larger than the three lobes of the lower. Stamens 

 incluse, anther cells devaricated. Achaenia seated 

 in a cup-s!iaped disk. 



1447. Melissa umbrosa (Bieberst), herbaceous, 

 diffuse, pubescent or villous: leaves petioled, ovate. 



villous, membranaceous: mouth oblique, prolonged 

 below, cleft above ; teeth 8-10, very snort, setaceous. 

 A common weed about hedge rows and neglected 

 places in Coimbatore, flowermg during December 

 and January. Herbaceous, from 1 to 2 feet high, 

 erect, ramous ; stems and leaves of a pale whitish 

 hue, from being clothed with white pubescence. 

 Flowers white, small, forming numerous dense heads 

 all along the branches. It seems scarcely distinct 

 from i. indica^ a Madagascar plant. 



serrato-crenate, rounded at the base: verticillasters 1452. Leucas (Astradow) lancejefolia (Des- 

 equal, globose, many-flowered: bracts minute, or font.), stem erect, reddish, tomentose : leaves oblong, 

 the exterior ones subulate, about half the length of lanceolate, entire, green, pubescent above; whitish, 



the calyx. 



Common in moist woods all over the Neilgherries 

 and Pulney mountains. 



A diffuse plant, the branches procumbent at the 

 base, afterwards ascending : leaves dark green 

 above, paler beneath, flowers pink coloured. 



This plant has a very extended geographical 

 range, extending from Europe to Ceylon. In tropi- 

 cal countries confined to the higher alpine ranges. 



1448. Prunella vulgaris (Linn), leaves petio- 

 led, ovate or oblong, entire, dentate, or inciso-pinna- 

 tifid: teeth of the upper lip of the calyx truncated, 

 aristate, or sub-muticous, or rarely sub-lanceolate: 

 corolla from a half to twice as long as the calyx. 



A very common plant by road sides, and m pas- 

 tures on the Neilgherries. 



This, like the preceding, is a very generally dis- 

 tributed plant, being, in the language of Mr. Ben- 

 tham, found, "fere in toto orbe terrarum," and is 



tomentoso-pubescent beneath: bracts as long as the 

 calyx: calyx rufo-villous, mouth truncated, pube- 

 scent, teeth very short, and like the bracts rigidly 

 mucronulate. 



Neilgherries, on the skirts of woods and clumps 

 of jungle, often from 4 to 8 feet or more in height, 

 and very ramous. 



In its general aspect this is a striking plant, form- 

 ing great masses of vegetation, distinguished by the 

 deep green of its leaves, and the rusty colour of its 

 inflorescence, flowers white, the upper lip thickly 

 covered with white hairs. Flowering during the 

 autumnal months, in great profusion. 



J453, Leucas (Astrodon) ternifolia (Desfont.), 

 stem woody at the base, branches densely tomen- 

 tose: leaves temately verticilled, sessile, oblong, 

 lanceolate, entire, silky white on both sides, but 

 most beneath: bracts linear, subulate: calyx silky, 

 mouth truncated, villous, teeth very short, spreading. 



introduced l^re as a rare example of a plant so Common all over the Neilgherries, but most abun- 



universally diffused. 



dant about Kotergherry. On a comparison of nu- 

 merous specimens, I find no permanent difference 



1449. Scutellaria violacea (Heyne), stem between this and L. helianthemifolta^ ternate and op- 



erect or ascending, pubescent: leaves petioled, cor- 

 dato-ovate, crenate; somewhat hispid above, pube- 

 scent or nearly glabrous beneath; the floral ones 

 sessile, ovate, shorter than the pedicels: racemes 

 lax, simple: flowers opposite, secund* 



Neilgherries, not unfrequent in shady, damp 

 woods, generally to be met with in flower, but 

 most abundant and in greatest perfection during 

 the autumnal months. 



The leaves have often a purplish colour beneath, 

 the flowers white, or with a tinge of rose colour. 



posite leaves, being I may say general, ternate below 

 and, on large full grown plants, opposite above. It 

 is at once distinguished from all the other Neilgherry 

 species, by the copious, white, silky hair with which 

 it is every where covered. It varies in height from 

 1 to 2 feet. 



1454. Leucas (Astrodon) suFFRUTicosA(Benth.), 

 branches rufo-villous, leafy at the base: leaves ses- 

 sile, oblong, lanceolate or linear, entire, green, hispid 

 above, whitish tomentose beneath: bracts subulate: 



Whole plant rarely exceeding from 12 to 18 inches calyx rufo-villous, mouth tnmcated, teeth short, 



in length. 



spreading. 



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