Phlomis. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMl A. 11 



upper lip erect, vaulted, very hairy ; under lip as in the rest. 

 Anthers oval (not two-lobed.) 



It differs from P. zej/lnnica, and esculenta, in the form of 

 the involucres, calyx, and anthers, as well as in the general 

 habit of the plants. No use is made of this species. 



5. P. calycina. Roxb. 



Difluse, villous. Leaves long'-ovate, grossly and bluntly 

 serrate, smooth. Pednncles few-flowered. Calycine seg- 

 ments five, cuneate, as long as their tube. 



A native of the northern parts of Hindoostan. 



6. P. urticifoUa. Willd, iii. 124. 



Annual, erect, four-sided, villous. Leaves ovate, bluntly 

 serrate, smooth ; verticels several, globular, many-flowered. 

 Involucres pedicelled, linear-lanceolate, ciliate, mucronate. 

 Calyx obliquely ten mucronate-toothed. 



A native of Coromandel, and also found wild in Hindoos- 

 tan by Col. Hardwicke. 



7. P. moliiccana. Roxb. 



Annual, erect, ramous, villous. Leaves petioled, from oval 

 to rhomboidal, crenate. Flowers in axillary fascicles. Invo- 

 lucre minute. Calyx even, ten-ribbed, ten-toothed, alter- 

 nately smaller. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



8. P. viontana. K'.n. Mss. 



Perennial, rainons, downy. Leaves short-petioled, ovate- 

 cordate, serrate. Verticels few-flowered, mouth of the calyx 

 even, and cut into ten equally sharp-toothed segments. 



Compare wilh P. chinensis. Willd. iii. 125. 



Is a native of hills, and dry barren spots, &c. 



Stem short, perennial ; branches ascending, four-sided, dow- 

 ny, from one to two feel high. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, 

 ovate- cordate, crcnulate, downy, about an inch long, and three 



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