FLORA INDICA. 



CLASS XIV. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



AJUGA. Schreb. gen. N. 959. 



Calyx five-toothed. Upper lip of the corol small, bideu- 

 tate, and shorter than the stamina. 



1. A.J'inticosa. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect, ramous, downy. Leaves broad-lanceolate, 

 serrate ; the su|)erior pah' of anthers simple, the lower pair 

 twin. 



Nepeta malaharica. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. 357. 



Tarn. Retti pemeretti. 



A native of the coast of Coromandel, where it is esteemed 

 a medicine of considerable virtue by the inhabitants. 



Stem erect, shrubby. Bark ash-coloured. Branches with 

 four rounded ang^les, and furrowed sides, all the youno- tender 

 parts covered with much, very soft, white down ; heioht of 

 the shrubs from four to six feet. Leaves opposite, short pe- 

 tioled, drooping, cordate-lanceolate, or broad-lanceolate, ser- 

 rate, and clothed like the young branches with much soft, 

 ■white down, from one to six inches long, and about one fourth 

 of that in breadth. Flowers numerous, large, purple, sessile, 

 alternate, on opposite, decussate, dichotomous, downy, ra- 



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