98 AMARANTACEiE 



Leucas lamiifolia Desf.\ F.B.L iv 686, XW 24. A 

 very stout herb woody below. All green parts covered 

 thickly with brown hairs. Masses of flowers mostly 

 terminal, l% across. Calyx teeth hairy, longer than the 

 hairs of the mouth, t. 468. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor, abundant on hills above. 



Leucas vcstita Benth. ; Vol. I p. 334. t. 469. 



Leucas hirta Spreng. ; var. prostrata ; F.B.L iv 687, 

 XLV 26. A low weak stemmed plant. Corolla entirely 

 white, t. 470. 



Nilgiris : Coonoor on road sides and dry places. Fyson 

 3372. Kotagiri in Eucalyptus coppices. Sedgwick 1625. 



F.B.I, suggests that this is a dry form of L. vestita, but the 

 latter has the upper lip of the corolla brown. 



Leucas linifolia Spreng. ; F.B.I, iv 650, XLV 38. Stem 

 I to 2 feet. Leaves linear l^ to 2 inches by 5^ to J^ inch 

 entire or serrate. Whorls at the ends of the branches. 

 Calyx with very oblique mouth, the upper side longer 

 and acute, t. 471. 



AMARANTACE/E. 



Herbs with alternate or opposite leaves and terminal 

 or axillary spikes of flowers, with one whorl only of 

 perianth (the sepals) and three scarious bracts and 

 bracteoles ; as many stamens opposite the sepals, some- 

 times united by a membranous cup at the base, or with 

 intervening staminodes ; and a dry papery fruit with 

 usually one erect black shining seed inside which the 

 embryo lies curled round the endosperm. 



Genera about 50, species 500 in the tropical and subtropi- 

 cal countries. 



ACHYRANTHES. f.b.i. 116 xv. 



Characters as above. Leaves opposite : Spikes very 

 slender. Flowers reflexed, with bract and bracteoles. 

 Sepals spiny. Stamens connate at the base with many 



