384 Labiatce. [Leucas. 



1. A. ovata, />';-. in Ait. Hort. Kew, ed. 2, iii. 364 iiSii). Vak- 

 wanassa, .s. 



Herm. Mus. 30. Burm. Thes. 153. Fl. Zeyl. n. 24. Ballota distichuy 

 L. Mant. 83. Moon Cat. 44. Thw. Enum. 240. C. P. 2072. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 672. Burm. Thes. t. 71, f. i. Wight, Ic. t. 865. 



Stems 2-4 ft., stout, acutely quadrangular, woolly-pubes- 

 cent ; 1. \\-2\ in., ovate, acute, deeply crenatc-serrate, softly 

 pubescent on both sides, petiole about i in., hairy; fl. nearly 

 sessile, whorls dense, distant below but approximated above 

 to form a dense spicate infl., bracts linear ; cal.-tube long- 

 campanulate, glandular and hair\', somewhat enlarged in fruit, 

 segm. lanceolate, very acute, half as long as tube; upper lip 

 of cor. oblong-oval, obtuse, lower lip with the two middle 

 lobes large round deflexed, the lat. ones small ; fil. with a 

 tuft of long hairs in front. 



Moist low couPxtry up to 3000 ft.; common. Fl. July Sept.; white, the 

 lower lobes of lip pale pink-violet. 



Also in India, Malaya, China, and Philippine Is. 



The leaves have a warm, slightly camphoraceous scent, and the plant 

 is much used in native medicine. The smoke of this and the next is 

 believed to drive away demons. 



2. A. malabarica, Br. in Boi. Mag. t. 2071 (1819). Pey- 

 maruddi, T. 



A. intermedia., I^enth. in DC. Prod. xii. 456. C. P. 3572. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 673. Wight, Ic. t. 864. 



Stems 4-6 ft., semi-shrubby, erect, slightly branched, 

 bluntly quadrangular, densely clothed with soft white woolly 

 hair ; 1. 3-4 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse at base, 

 acute at apex, crenate-serrate, velvety-tomentose and white 

 on both sides, petiole \ in., stout, woolly; fl. in dense cymes, 

 whorls large, rather close but distinct, in long terminal infl., 

 bracts linear, woolly; cal.-tube woolly-hair\% segm. narrowly 

 lanceolate-subulate; lower lip of cor. very large, broader than 

 long. 



Dry region; rather common. Jaffna; Mannar; Hatlicaioa. Fl. 

 June-March; pale purple, the lower lip darker. 



Also in Peninsular India, Penang, and Mauritius. 



14. ZiEUCAS, Br. 



Perennial or annual herbs, fl. sessile or nearly so, whorls 

 usually distant, cal. campanulate-tubular, 8- or lo-ribbed, 

 mouth straight or oblique, with 8 or 10 small acuminate 

 teeth; cor.-tube short, upper lip arched, erect, villous outside, 

 lower lip large, flat, 3-lobed with the lat. ones small; stam. 4, 

 not exserted ; anth. -cells divaricate, confluent; style subulate, 

 entire; achenes ovoid-triquetrous. — Sp. 50; i'^ in I' I. B. Ind. 



