380 Labiatcr. \Pysophylla. 



crowded to form a dense elongated infl. 3-4 in. long at first 

 and lengthening out to 7-10 in. in fruit, rachis with long 

 spreading hair, bracts linear; cal. over \ in., densely covered 

 with spreading hair, segm. linear-triangular, very acuminate; 

 cor.-tubc narrowed below, slightly exserted, hairy outside ; 

 fil. ver}- long, \ in., not hairy ; achenes small, black, with 

 sessile white glands. 



Exposed rocky places in montane zone, 3000-6000 ft., rather rare. 

 Adam's Peak ; Dolosbagie ; above Warriagala, Hantane. Fl. Feb., March ; 

 greenish-pink, cal. purple. 



Endemic. 



A handsome species. 



9. I>VSOPHYI.XiA, BI. 



Annuals, 1. opp. or whorled, fl. minute, whorls fused in 



very dense spicate infl., cal. with 5 equal segm., throat naked ; 



cor.-tube short, lobes 4, equal; stam. 4, exserted, fil. bearded, 



anth.-cells confluent; style bifid; achenes minute, smooth. — 



Sp. about 20; 17 in Fl. B. Tnd. 



L. opp., oval, hairy . . . . i. D. aukicularia. 



L. whorled, linear, glabrous . . 2. D. verticillat.\. 



T. D. auricularia, BI. Bijd. 826 (1826). Hemanilla, S. 



Herm. Mas. 29. Burm. Thes. 228. Fl. Zeyl. n. 411. Mentha 

 auricularia., L. Mant. 81. Moon Cat. 44. Thw. Enum. 239. C. P. 26. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 638. Wight, Ic. t. 1445. 



Stems 1-2 ft., erect, with many long branches, qua- 

 drangular, densely covered with long coarse spreading hair ; 

 1. opp., very shortly petioled, 1-2 in., oval or oblong-oval, 

 rounded at base, subacute, serrate, hairy on both sides ; fl. 

 nearly sessile, whorls small, dense, spike narrow cylindrical, 

 terminal, 2-4 in., bracts ovate, acute, hairy, strongly ciliate ; 

 cal. with long hair, segm. oblong, acute, cor.-tube slightly 

 exserted, lobes lanceolate, acute, fil. with a tuft of long hairs. 



Wet places, borders of paddy fields, &c., in moist low country; 

 common. Fl. Dec- Feb.; pale lilac. 



Also in India, S. China, Borneo, and Philippine Is. 



2. I>. verticlllata, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. i. 30 (1830), 

 Thw. Enum. 239. C. P. 2082. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 639. 



Stems 1-2 ft., erect, cylindrical, succulent, much branched, 

 glabrous; 1. 4-8 in a whorl, sessile, 1^-3 in., narrowly linear, 

 very acute, sharply serrate, glabrous, spreading ; fl. sessile, 

 closely packed, whorls fused, spike 1-2 in., narrow, cylindrical, 

 terminal, bracts inconspicuous; cal. pubescent or tomentose, 

 segm. triangular, acute, spreading stellatcly in fruit. 



