4G0 XCYIII. LABIAT^i:. 



verticillate distant cymes in the axils of floral leaves which become 

 smaller upwards, the lower cymes pedunculate, the upper sessile, the 

 whole forming a long spicate raceme ; bracts small, linear-lanceolate, 

 pubescent. Calyx in flower j\y in. long, hairy and glandular ; teeth -^q- 

 iu. long, lanceolate-subulate, erect, ciliate. Corolla -i- in. long, pubescent 

 outside, 2-lipped ; upper lip pale-violet almost white, about -^ in. long, 

 oblong, subtruncate, slightly notched ; lower lip darker violet, twice as 

 long as the upper, 3-lobed, the lobes spreading, the middle one the 

 largest. Nutlets 3L in. long, ellipsoid, the inner face slightly angular, 

 the dorsal face rounded, smooth, brown. Fl. B. I. v, 4, p. 649 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 3G2 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 852 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 244. Micromeria Malcomiana, 

 Dalz. ex Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. Fl. (1861) p. 209. i¥. jiiperUa?, Grab. Cat. 

 p. 151 (not of Linn,). — Flowers : Apr.-May. Veen. Karvat. 



Occurs in the Bombay Presidency on the Mahableshwar hills, where it is abundant 

 on the banks of the river Yenna and in the Chinamen's gardens below the bund. 

 Deccan : 'Mah7i\>\es\\viav, Graham, Law \, Lalzell\, Cooke \, JVoodrowl — Disteib. India 

 (Behar, W. Himalaya, W. Peninsula). 



15. ANISOMELES, E. Br. 



Tall erect branching coarse often villous herbs. Flowers in axillary 

 whorls or lax-flowered branched paniculate cymes. Calyx ovoid or 

 tubular, straight ; limb equally 5-toothed, but little enlarged in fruit. 

 Corolla 2-lipped ; tube short, annulate within ; upper lip erect, entire, 

 short ; lower broad, spreading, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes small, the 

 middle lobe large, 2-fid. Stamens 4, didyuamous, exserted, the lower 

 pair the longest ; anthers of the upper pair 2-celled, those of the lower 

 pair 1-celled, the cells transverse, parallel. Disk equal. Ovary 4- 

 partite ; style 2-fld, the lobes equal, subulate. Fruit of 4 ovoid obtuse 

 dry nutlets ; basal scar small. — Disteib. Tropical and Subtropical Asia 

 and Australia ; species about 8. 



Stem and branches acutely quadrangular. • 



Cymes few-flowered, pedunculate; corolla white; stem glabrous 



or slightly pubescent; leaves thin, narrowed at the base ... 1. A. Heyncana. 

 Cymes many-ilowered, sessile ; corolla pale-purple; stem softly 

 pubescent; leaves rather thick, truncate or rounded at the 



base 2. A. ovata. 



Stem and branches obtusely quadrangular ; cymes in dense 

 whorls; corolla purple ; stem densely woolly ; leaves very thick, 

 rounded or shortly cuneate at the base 3. A. ■malaharica. 



1. Anisomeles Heyneana, Bmth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. v. 1 

 (1830) p. 50. A tall erect herb reaching 5 ft. high, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent ; stem and branches slender, acutely quadrangular. Leaves 

 thin, green, 2-5 by .f-2 in., smaller upwards, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 crenate-serrate, glabrous or sparsely hairy, narrowed at the base ; 

 petioles \-'^\ in. long. Flowers subsessile or shortly pedicellate, in 

 pedunculate secund usually few-flowered cymes, the peduncles of the 

 lower cymes reaching nearly 1 in. long, those of the upper cymes much 

 shorter ; floral leaves becoming smaller upwards, the uppermost very 

 small ; bracts ^-i in. long, linear, subobtuse. Calyx in flower reaching 

 \-\ in. long with a few stiff hairs on the nerves that run into the teeth 

 hairy inside with long slender wliite hairs and rcticulatoly veined ; teeth 



