XCVIII. LABIAT.f:. 443 



white or pale lilac ; tube uearly as long as the calyx ; upper lip shorter 

 than the suborbicular concave lower lip. Stamens included or scarcely 

 exserted beyond the lower lip. Stigma clavate. Nutlets J^ in. in diam., 

 subglobose, smooth, yellowish-brown. Tl. B. I. v. 4, p. 613 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 205 ; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 360 ; 

 Prain, Beug. PI, p. 844. — Flowers : June-Oet. 



Deccan : common, Bahell ^- Gibson, Woodrow ; Bowdban near Poona, KanitJcar ! ; 

 ^n]^a.Ae, Kanitkar \ S.M. Country: Belgauiu. l^iicJtie, 1075'. — Distrib. Through- 

 out the greater part of India ; Beluchistan, Arabia. 



2. Orthosiphon tomentosus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 2 

 (1831) p. 14. Yab. glabrata, HooTc.f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1885) p. 614. 

 Stems 1-2 in. long, woody at the base, slender, branched, sharply 

 quadrangular, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 1^-3 by |-1| in., ovate, 

 acute, coarsely serrate, glabrous, base usually acute ; petioles slender, 

 |-lg in. long. Flowers in racemes 3-8 in. long, in rather distant 

 whorls ; bracts ovate, acute, J^j in. long. Calyx in flower \ in. long, 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent, often tinged with purple ; upper lip 

 obovate-oblong, often mucronate ; the two middle teeth of the lower lip 

 lanceolate, with a long slightly curved awn, exceeding the upper lip, the 

 lateral teeth shorter, lanceolate, with a short straight awn. Corolla 

 variable in length, sometimes reaching | in. long, .slightly pubescent 

 outside, pale-purple, inodorous ; tube much longer than the calyx ; 

 upper lip with three obtuse lobes, the middle lobe the widest, shorter 

 than the obovate-oblong obtuse concave lower lip. Stamens included. 

 Stigma small, subclavate, sometimes slightly notched. Nutlets -^ in. 

 long, ellipsoid or subglobose, minutely tuberculate, brown. Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 360. Ortliosiplion glabratus (sp.), 

 Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. v. 2 (1831) p. 14 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 205 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 369.— Flowers : Apr.-Sept. 



KoNKAN : Law !, Stocks ! Deccan ; Neral, Woodrow. S. M. Country : Bede 

 (borders of Kanara), Eitchie, 1976 ! Gujarat : Pali, Woodrow. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



3. ACROCEPHALUS, Benth. 



Perennial or annual herbs. Lea\es opposite or whorled. Flowers 

 very small, sessile or nearly so, in approximated whorls forming a 

 terminal or axillary globose or ovoid head with imbricate bracts. Calyx 

 2-lipped, ovoid, tubular in fruit, base gibbous ; upper lip usually entire ; 

 lower lip entire, emargiuate or 4-toothed. Corolla small, somewhat 

 2-lipped ; tube short ; upper lip subequally 4-lobed ; lower lip entire, 

 nearly flat, scarcely longer than the upper. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 declinate ; filaments free, filiform, not appendiculate at the base. Disk 

 small. Ovary 4-partite ; style shortly 2-fid at the stigmatose tip. 

 Fruit of 4 smooth dry nutlets ; basal scar small. — Distrib. Tropical 

 and Subtropical Asia, Tropical and S. Africa ; species about 40. 



1. Acrocephalus capita tus, Benili. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. v. 2 

 (1831) p. 18. A slender annual with simple or branched stems ; stems 

 and branches obtusely quadrangular, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 

 |-1^ by ^-i in., ovate or lanceolate, subacute, coarsely serrate, glabrous, 

 base tapering into the petiole ; petioles often obscure owing to the 

 decurrent leaf-blade. FloN^ers in terminal globose or cylindric heads 



