454 XCVIII. LA.BIAT^. 



3-7 by Ig-S^ in., broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, coarsely and irre- 

 gularly doubly-toothed, glabrous or slightly pubescent, base cuneate ; 

 petioles ^-2 in. long. J?lovvers in dense pubescent spikes forming 

 pyramidal lax panicles ; whorls many-flowered, usually close ; bracts 

 pubescent and ciliate, the outer ^ in. long, foliaceous, ovate, acute, 

 the inner membranous, linear-lanceolate, often subfalcate, about equalling 

 the calyx. Calyx | in. long, glandular and pubescent; tube pentagonal; 

 teeth 2V ^^- loi^'g? lanceolate. Corolla-tube g in. long ; upper lip white, 

 shot A^ith purple, 3-lobed, the middle lobe oblong, rounded, longer and 

 narrower than the 2 rounded lateral ones ; lower lip entire, white. 

 Stamens exserted ; filaments purple except just below the anthers, 

 where they are white, bearded with purple hairs. Style purple, the 

 tips of the apical lobes usually white. JNutlets -^^ in. long, ellipsoid, 

 the inner face angular, the dorsal face rounded, smooth and shining, 

 black, ri. B. I. V. 4, p. 632 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 361 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 849; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 1 , p. 306. Pojostemon frutescens, Grab. Cat, p. 149. P. lyurjyuri- 

 caulis, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 336 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 207. — Flowers : Dec.-Peb, Vekn. Pdngli. 



KoNKAN : billy parts pretty common, Dalccll cf' Gibson. Deccan : Igatpuri, 

 Graham; Khandala, CovJcel; Mabableshwar, abundant, Coo/,-c'. S. M. Countky : 

 Belgaum, Bitchie, 543 ! ; Eamghat, Ritchie, 543 ! Kanaka : Siilgeri, Woodroiu. — 

 DisTRTB. More or less throughout India. 



In the Eatnagiri district the root taken internally and applied as a paste to the 

 womid has been long in use as a remedy for the bite of the poisonous snake Plutrsa 

 {Keliis carinaia), and apparently with marked success. A full description of cases 

 treated by several surgeons at Eatnagiri is given by Dr. Dymock in the Journal of 

 the Bombay Natural History Society, vol. 6 (1891) pp. 450-157. 



3. Pogostemon plectranthoides, Dcsf. in Mem. Mus. Par. v. 2 

 (1815) p. 155, t. 6 (plecirantokles). A large branched erect bush; 

 branches round or subquadrangular, the young ones hoarj-pubescent, 

 often dark-purple. LeaACS 2-5 by 1^-21 in., ovate, acute, doubly 

 serrate, pubescent or nearly glabrous, base rounded or cuneate ; petioles 

 2-I5 in. long. Plowers in dense hoary-pubescent or villous terminal 

 and axillary stout spikes forming a paniculate inflorescence ; whorls 

 many-tiowered, close ; bracts reaching g in. long, foliaceous, broadly 

 ovate, acute, pubescent and ciliate, enclosing a fascicle of sessile flowers 

 intermingled with membranoiis bracteoles of various sizes, mostly linear- 

 lanceolate, often tinged with purple. Calyx ^-i in. long, slightly 

 obcouic, pubescent and glandular, often tinged with purple at the apex ; 

 teeth lanceolate, acute, ciliate. Corolla g in. long, pink or white ; tube 

 slender, -^ in. long, cylindric ; upper lip ^ in. long, 3-lobed, the middle 

 lobe narrow, linear, obtuse, longer than the 2 short broad obtuse lateral 

 lobes ; lower lip narrow, -j^y^-g in. lOng, ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire. 

 Stamens much exserted ; fihvinents bearded. Nutlets .J-^ iu. long, broadly 

 ellipsoid, the inner face angular, the dorsal face rounded, smooth, 

 shining, brown-black when ripe. El. B. I. v. 4, p. 632; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 J). 207 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3238 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 361 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 849. — Elowers: Jan.-Eeb. 



i'rt/^e/^ without locality in Herb. Kew. Konkan: Sfocksl, Lair] Df.ccan : Poona, 

 Jianadcl, Woodrow. Kanaka: Sulgeri (N. Kanara), 7'alho/, 27-i^- Gijar.\t : Cliikii 

 (Surat Collectorate), Dalzcll ij' Gibson. — l)ibTKii3. India (W. Himalaya, Lower Bengal, 

 Beliar, W. Beniusula). 



