458 XCVIII. LABIA.T.E. 



loug as the blade. Calyx gVyV ^^- lo'^g> subhemispheric or cam- 

 panulate, pubescent ; teeth triangular, erect or slightly iutlexed, more 

 than i as long as the tube. Corolla jV in. long ; tube ^^^ in. long ; 

 lobes ~ovate-obloDg, obtuse, hairy outside. Stamens much exserted, 

 bearded with purple hairs. Nutlets ellipsoid, /^ in. long and ^ as broad 

 as long, smooth, yellowish-brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. G40 ; Grah. Cat. 

 p. 150; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 209; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 361.— Flowers : Nov.-Jan. 



KoNKAN : Law ! S. M. Country : Belgauin iu great abundance in rice-fields, Law 

 ex Graham, liitcMe, 1989 ! Kanaka : Thomson ! — Disthib. India (W. Peninsula). 



Vab. 1. tomentosa. Stout, erect, 10-12 in. high, branched, pubescent 

 with long hairs ; internodes very short ; bracts reaching g in. loug 

 exactly as in D. stellata ; calyx subcampanulate. 



Dalzell describes the bracts as conform with the leaves which is in- 

 correct. DysopJiylla tomentosa (sp.), Dalz. in Kevv Journ. Bot. v. 2 

 (1850) p. 337 ; lialz. & Gibs. p. 208 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 641 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 361.— Flowers : Dec. 



KoNKAN : Malwan in ricefields between Deogbav and Viziadrug, Balzell ! 



Yak. 2. gracilis. A tall form ; stem 1-3 ft. high, sometimes as thick 

 as a swan's quill ; leaves .|-| in. long, 5-20 iu a whorl, entire ; spikes 

 1-2 by ^ in. ; bracts exactly as in D. stellata, the lanceolate blade ^^ in. 

 long; calyx JL in. long, hemispheric, the teeth erect or slightly iuflexed; 

 corolla y^Q in. long. The bracts sometimes aj)pear filiform in conse- 

 quence of the blade having broken off when the filiform stalks only are 

 left. Dalzell describes the bracts as linear-acute, which is not the case 

 in all specimens of his which I have examined. Di/sojjhylla gracilis (sp.), 

 Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 337 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 208 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. B. I. V. 4, p. 641 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 361. D. erecta (sp.), Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. 337 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 208 ; Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 641 ; AYoodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 361.— Flowers : Nov.-Jan. 



Deccan : Phonda Gbat, Balzvll ! ; Gogve, west of Kollmpur, KanitJcar ! ; Malia- 

 bleshwar, Cooke ! ; hills near Junnar, Bhiva I 



6. Dysophylla Stocksii, Hooh. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 (1885) p. 642. 

 Stout, erect, nearly glabrous ; stem as thick as a goose-quill, decumbent 

 below ; branches suberect. Leaves 9-20 in a whorl, ^-| by tV-^jj- in., 

 narrowly linear, obtuse, with recurved margins, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Flowers in dense slender spikes 2-3 by i-] in. ; rhachis hairy ; bracts 

 with a clavate head on a filiform stalk, longer than the calyx. Calyx in 

 flower less than J^ in. long with triangular obtuse lobes nearly equalling 

 the tube, in frui't ,^j^ in. long completely enclosing the solitary nutlet, 

 strongly 5-ribbed, pubescent. Corolla -,V iu. long ; lobes obtuse, nearly 

 glabrous on the back. Nutlets J^ by 7,'^, in., narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, 

 smooth, shining, brown. Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 361. 



KoNKAN : Stocks ! 



13. COLEBROOKEA, Sm. 



A densely hoary or woolly shioib. Leaves opposite or ternate, ])etio- 

 late, rugose, oblong-lauccolatc, crenulate. Flowers small ; whorls 



