Teucr'unn. didynamia gymnospermia. 3 



of Ballota, nor of JS^epeta ; 1 have therefore removed it to 

 AjiKja. 



3. A. roppus. R. 



Biemiiiil, procumbent, hairy. Leaves from oblong- to lance- 

 ohir, tapering- down the petioles, grossly and unequally ser- 

 rate ; spikes terminal, cylindric. Bractes oblong, ventricose, 

 five-flowered, or ten to the verticel. 



A native of Chittagong. Fhjwers in December and Janu- 

 ary, and the seed ripens in February and xMarch. 



Is rather a robust species, spreading over a space of about 

 two feet in diameter ; the lower branches generally emit root 

 from the joints, which rest on the ground. 



TEUCRIUM. Schreh. gen. N. 960. 



Calyx five-parted. Carol with the upper lip two-parted 

 beyond the base, where the stamina are. 



T. stolouijerum. Ro.rb. 



Root perennial, stoloniferous. Stems straight, four-sided. 

 Leaves cordate, serrate, rugose. Panicles terminal. 



A native of the eastern parts of Bengal. Flowering time 

 the rainy season. 



Root perennial, producing numerous runners, which spread 

 wide, and propagate fast. Steins annual, erect, four-sided, 

 villous, simple till near the top of the plant, Avhere there are 

 a few pairs of opposite branchlets; the whole plant about 

 two feet high. Leaves opposite, petioled, drooping, cordate, 

 serrate, a little wrinkled, soft, and a little villous. Petioles 

 shorter than the leaves, channelled. Panicles terminal, which 

 includes the whole of the top of the plant. Bractes opposite, 

 elliptic, villous, one-flowered. Flowers numerous, small, of 

 a lively pink. 



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