XCVIII. LABIAT^^, 459 



dense-flowered in paniculate spikes ; bracteoles connate, Calyx-tvibe 

 very short ; teeth long, subulate, idtimately elongate, capillary and 

 plumose. Corolla small ; tube very short ; lobes 4, subequal. Sta- 

 mens 4, very short, included, equal, distaut ; anthers orbicular, the cells 

 confluent. Disk uniform. Ovary 4-partite ; style 2-fid, the lobes 

 subulate. Fruit of 1 or 4 obovoid dry nutlets with hairy tips ; basal 

 scar small. — Disteib. More or less throughout India on low hills ; 

 species 1. 



1. Colebrookea oppositifolia, Sm. Exot. Bot. v. 2 (1805-07) 

 p. Ill, t. 115. A functionally dioecious much-branched shrub 4-10 ft. 

 high ; truuk stout, light-colored ; branches pale, subquadi'augular, 

 usually verticillate in threes, grooved ; young shoots downy. Leaves 

 light-green, crowded towards the ends of the branches, opposite or 

 verticillate in threes, 4-6 by |-1| in,, oblong-lanceolate, acute, crenulate 

 or serrulate, softly pubescent on both sides, base acute ; petioles |-1 in. 

 long. Flowers numerous, in paniculate often ternately arranged spikes 

 2-4 in. long by | in, in diam. in flower, reaching h in. in diam, or more 

 in fruit ; bracts -^ in. long, solitary, linear, pubescent ; bi-acteoles 

 several, yV in. long, coiniate at the base into a whorl. Calyx in flower 

 yig— g in. long, 5-partite almost to the base ; teeth subulate, plumose 

 with white hairs, elongating to nearly | in. in fruit when the spikes 

 appear, as aptly described by Graham, like (Indian) squirrels' tails. 

 Corolla yV in. long, white ; upper lobe emarginate. Nutlets ^ in. 

 long, oblong-obovoid, pubescent, usually solitary, hairy at the tip. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 4, p. 642 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 361 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PI, p. 851 ; Watt, Diet, Econ. Prod, v. 2, p. 503. Cole- 

 brooJcea tennfolia, Eoxb. Cor. PI. v. 3 (1819) p. 40, t. 245; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 150; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 209.— Flowers : Dec-Apr. Vekn. BMman. 



Very common on the Ghats. Konkan: Stocks], Law I; Konkan hills, Woodrowl 

 Deccan : Parvati hill near Poona, Demlhar ! ; Khandala, Graham, Cooke ! ; Karkala, 

 Kanitlar ! ; hills about Par, Graham : Mahableshwar, Cooke ! S. M. Country : 

 Custlerock, Kanitkar \ ; Belgaum, Ritchie, 130 !— Distrib. More or less throughout 

 India on low hills. 



14, MICROMERIA, Benth. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves usually small, entire or toothed. 

 Flowers small ; whorls few- or many-flowered in axillary or terminal 

 spikes (rarely paniculate). Calyx 13-nerved, 5-toothed or 2-lipped, 

 Corolla 2-lipped ; tube straight ; upper lip entire or notched, flattish; 

 lower lip spreading, 3-fid. Stamens 4, didyuamous, the lower pair 

 longer, ascending, incurved with diverging tips ; anther-cells distinct, 

 parallel, at length divergent ; connective usually thickened. Ovary 

 4-lobed ; style !^-lobed, the lobes equal or the upper very short, the 

 lower recurved, flattened. Fruit of 4 smooth dry ovoid or oblong 

 nutlets ; basal scar small. — Disteib. Species about 60, in all regions 

 but Australia. 



] . Micromeria capitata, Benth. in DC. Prodr. v, 12 (1848) p, 218, 

 A highly aromatic herb 1-2 ft, high with woody rootstock ; stems 

 slender, erect, quadrangular, pubescent, sometimes tinged with purple. 

 Leaves i-1 by \-^ in,, ovate, subobtuse, pubescent on both sides, gland- 

 dotted, creuate or entire, ciliate ; petioles ^-| in long. Flowers in 



