8 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Phlomis. 



Root annual. Stems nearly erect, four-sided, villous, bran- 

 chy near tlie base, from one to two feet high. Leaves oppo- 

 site, petioled, cordate, serrate, downy. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, round, longer than the petioles, supporting a dicho- 

 tonious head of many small purple flowers, at and near the 

 apex they become more and more approximate, and the leaves 

 smaller and smaller, and may then be called exterior bractes. 

 Bractes numerous, lanceolate, ciliate. Calyx ventricose, ten- 

 ribbed, five-toothed, villous. Mnthers twin. Seeds very small. 

 The plant j^ossesses a pleasant smell, not unlike that of 

 balm, and has a pungent bitterish taste. 



LEONURUS. Schreh. gen. N. 977- 

 Anthers sprinkled with glossy dots. 



L. Tataricus. Willd. iii. 116. 



Annual, erect, four-sided. Leaves from bipinnatifid to sim- 

 ple. Cahjces with divisions daggered. Involucres bristly, 

 upper lip of the corol vaulted. 



Cardiaca foliis tenuis, &c. J^ill. fig. A. 80. 



Its native place uncertain, though common in gardens all 

 over India. It is a plant of short duration, not more than 

 three or four mouths, but there is a constant succession of 

 them all the year round. 



PHLOMIS. Schreh. gen. N. 978. 



Calyx angular, toothed; upper lip of the ringent corol 

 vaulted, incumbent, villous. 



1. P. repetifolia. Willd. iii. 126. 



Annual, straight. Leaves long-petioled, cordate, serrate, 

 downy. Calyx eight-spinous-toothed, the upper and lower 

 larger. 



Hind, Hejur-chei. 



