Anisoineles.] LabiatcB. 383 



Glabrous ; 1. 2^-4 in., oval-lanceolate, acuminate, very 

 acute, very coarsely dentate-serrate. 



Moist region in shady places up to 7000 ft, Var. /?, Ambagamuwa 

 (Thwaites). Fl. all the year ; very rich bright purple. 



Also in S. India. 



Very variable; at the high elevations it often becomes a small prostrate 

 plant with rotundate leaves (C. P. 302, var. y, Thw.). The flowers vary 

 much in size. I have never seen them white or rose as described by 

 Wight. Leaves often purple beneath. 



2. S. robusta, Benth. i?t DC. Prod. xii. 418 (1848). 



S. spicaia, Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxiii. 241, and Syst. Cat. Ceyl. PL 70. 



Stems strongly pubescent; 1. i|-2| in., ovate-oblong, 

 cordate at base, obtuse, crenate, very pubescent ; fl. on very 

 short ped., close, almost spicate, bracts broadly oval, longer 

 than ped., densely hairy ; cal. large, hairy, cor.-tube broad, 

 very wide at mouth. 



Upper montane zone ; very rare. By streams on Adam's Peak at 

 about 5500 ft. Fl. March; dark bright purple. 

 Also in the Nilgiris {S. Wightiana, Benth.). 

 Considered a variety of S. violacea in Fl. B. Ind. 



3. S. oblong'a, Bejtth. ifi Bot. Reg. sub t. 1493 (1832). 

 Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 418 (excl. var y). C. P. 2057. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 668. 



Semi-woody at base, stems 6-24 in., prostrate at base, 

 ascending, much branched, quadrangular, glabrous, 1. small, 

 f-il" in., narrowly oblong-lanceolate, tapering at base, sub- 

 acute, with few coarse serrations, quite glabrous, petiole very 

 short ; fl. numerous, on short ped., erect, bracts as long as 

 ped.; cal. glabrous; cor.-tube f in., glabrous, upper lip 3- 

 lobed, lower quadrate-rotundate, faintly 3-lobed. 



Montane zone, by streams in forests ; common up to 7000 ft. Fl. all 

 the year ; bright violet-blue. 

 Endemic. 

 A very pretty plant, well adapted for garden cultivation. 



13. ANISOniZ:i.ES, Br. 



Large perennial herbs, fl. numerous, rather large, whorls in 

 spicate infl.; cal. narrowly ovoid, segm. 5, equal, very acute; 

 cor.-tube short, upper lip small, erect, lower lip large, spread- 

 ing, broad, 4-lobed; stam. 4, didynamous, exserted, fil. hairy, 

 anth. of long stam. i -celled, of short stam. 2-celled ; style 

 bifid, achenes glabrous. — Sp. 8 ; 4 in Fl. B. hid. 



L. ovate, softly pubescent . . . i. A. ovata. 



L. oblong, white-tomentose . . . 2. A. malabarica. 



