94 NEILGHERRY PLANTS. 
Leucas (Astropon) surrruTicosa (Benth.), | Common in ay “ohn on the Neilgherries, 
Biinvehas rufo-villous, leafy at the base: leaves ses- A low plant, from 8 to 12 inches high, readily 
sile, oblong, lanceolate or linear, entire, green, his- distinguished by the leafy base and long, rusty- 
pid above, whitish tomentose beneath: bracts subu- coloured, almost naked branches, ending in 1 or 
late: calyx rufo-villous, mouth truncated, teeth short, pose be aang Flowering during the au- 
spreading. tumnal mon 
TEUCRIUM. 
Calyx tubular or campanulate, rarely inflated, 5-toothed, teeth equal or the upper one often broader. 
Tube of the corolla short, exannulate within, the 4 upper lobes of the limb about equal, or the upper ones 
longer and broader, sometimes oblong, declining, sometimes very short, nearly erect, the lower one large 
roundish or oblong, often concave. Stamens 4, protruding between the upper lobes, didynamous, the 
inferior pair longer: cells of the anthers confluent. Style equally bifid at the apex. Nuts-in most of the 
species end reticulato-rugose, in a few however with the reticulations scarcely elevated, in ve obliquely 
attached by the interior side of the base. Herbs or under shrubs variable in habit and inflorescence. 
This very large genus, including 91 species, only furnishes six Indian ones, and this is i only one 
that occurs so far south. Mr. Bentham alludes to a specimen from the Neilgherries in DC.’s herbarium as 
apparently appertaining to his 7. Fortunii, a Chinese plant; I cannot however suppose that specimen dif- 
ferent from the plant here represented, and, judging from the character only, I should suppose the Chinese 
plant not specifically distinct from this. This plant is common and abounds in the wood above Belle Vue 
house (formerly Kelso Cottage), flowering in December and January. Possibly this may not be the true 7’. 
tomentosum but I see no very obvious difference between it and specimens so named by Mr. Bentham. On 
this however I do not lay much stress, for I had not the character of the new species before me when naming 
it, and the two being very like, I might easily have overlooked as mere variations, good specific characters. 
But to enable those who may take an interest in the question to determine the point for themselves, I give 
the characters of both species for comparison with the Neilgherry plant. On recomparing the specimens 
while writing these notes I find the difference of aspect sufficiently marked to give rise to strong suspicions 
that this plant is not the true 7". tomentosum while it seems to accord well with the character of 7'. Fortunii. 
The differences are such as almost to satisfy me that 7’. Fortunii is a good species, a point on which 
Mr. Bentham seems still to entertain doubts. 
CRIUM TOMENTOSUM (Heyne), suffruticose, Trucrium Fortunn (Benth.), herbaceous, pe 
erect, branches ios toso- aegiowe : leaves ovate, bevoelies rough: leaves oe petioled, ovate or ob- 
rou unde t the e, villo Poove’: "tomentoso-pu- long serrulato-crenate, cordate at the base, Be SE 
bescent, ‘whitish ped eath, te rare ly sub-glabrous : villous, whitish or yellow sh Seheath racemes ra- 
racemes Sonielatnte semivel? calyx declinate, pilose, mous: "floral leaves wales“ arcely longer than the 
a the upper tooth broadest. pedicel: calyx declining, ib bilabiate, upper tooth 
eilgherries, Ps poe on the hill behind Kelso broader, rough, tube of Dag corolla equaling the 
mpeg = bans As d soil. owerl ing lt the rains. calyx. Cuina.—Forrune. This species as regards 
As ntly eobspictons plant, from the almost foliage, clothing and calyx appears allied to 7’. quadri- 
aesa: ante: soils in which it | ecient; attaining farium, as regards inflorescence to TJ’. tomentosum 
in such —- from Lt 02 ao in nee and, under A specimen in DC.’s herb. From Perrottet gathered 
the shade of trees, is even higher at. The on the Neilgherries, seems to belong to this species. 
leaves oy of a pale green colour, sia acquire a This species is distinguished by its hairyness, its 
whitish hue from the white pubescence with which wrinkled leaves, and its small bract-like floral leaves. 
they are clothed: pereeye pale rose-colour, or some- It however demands further examination 
times nearly white 
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