XCVITI. LABIAT.E. 4G1 



g iu. long. Calyx in fruit slightly enlarged, pale-brown, becoming 

 glabrous, showing tlie reticnlate venation on the outside. Corolla 

 reaching | in. long, white or greenish-white, the lower lip tinged with 

 pink; tube 3 in. long; upper lip i in. long, oblong, obtuse, entire; 

 lower lip 3-lobed, the lateral lobes small, rounded, the middle lobe 

 very large, deeply 2-fid. Filaments bearded. Nutlets ^^^ in. long, 

 broadly ovoid, obtuse, subcompressed, the inner face slightly angled, 

 the dorsal face rounded, smooth, polished, dark-brown. El. B. I. v. 4, 

 p. 672; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 210; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1899) p. 362.— Flowers : Oct.-Nov. Yken. Chandhdra. 



Stocks and Balzell without localities in Herb. Kew. ! Konkan : X«w!; Bassein, 

 Kcmitkar ! ; Matheran, Cooke ! ; S. Konkan, Eitchie, 540 ! ; Salsette, common, Balzell ^ 

 Gibson. Deccan : Mahableshwar, Cooke !, H. M. Birdwood ; Sinhagad, Bhiva ! ; below 

 Phonda Ghat, Eitchie, 540! S, M. Country: Badami, Woodrow. — Distrib, India 

 (VV. Peninsula). 



2. Anisoxneles ovata, R. Br. in Ait. ITort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 3 (1811) 

 p. 364. Suffruticose, 2-5 ft. high, hirsute, pubescent or tomentose, 

 rarely sparsely hairy ; stems acutely quadrangular, softly pubescent. 

 Leaves rather thick, lg-4 by I-25 in. (in one specimen from Maha- 

 bleshwar 5 by 3 in.), ovate, acute, crenate-serrate, softly pubescent on 

 both sides, base truncate, rounded or subcordate, rarely shortly cuneate ; 

 petioles f-l| in. long, densely hairy. Flowers sessile or nearly so, in 

 dense whorls which are distant below but approximated above to form 

 a dense spicate inflorescence ; bracts g-i in. long, linear, clothed with 

 long stiif hairs. Calyx I in. long, hirsute with long stiff hairs ; teeth 

 lanceolate, acute, nearly as long as the tube, hairy on both sides, ciliate. 

 Corolla f in. long, light-purple with a deep-blue lower lip ; tube \ in. 

 long ; upper lip \ in. long, oblong, rounded at the apex ; lower lip 

 much longer, 3-lobed, the lateral lobes small, rounded, the middle lobe 

 ■J- in. long, deeply divided into 2 oblong lobes ^ in. long (making the 

 lower lip 4-lobed). Filaments bearded. Nutlets -^ iu. long, broadly 

 ovoid with rounded ends, subcompressed, the inner face obtusely angled, 

 the dorsal face rounded, smooth, polished, nearly black when ripe. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 4, p. 672 ; Grab. Cat. p. 153; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 210 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 865 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 384; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1899) p. 362 ; Prain, Beug. PL p. 853 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 1, p. 255. — Flowers: Aug.-Oct. Veen. Gondii. 



Common everywhere, Balzell ^- Gihsoii. Konkan: Matheran, Cooke I; Malabar 

 Hill, Bombay, Graham. Deccan: Mahableshwar, Cookel; Sinhagad, Woodrow. 

 S. M. Country: Belgaum, Ritchie, SGI !, Stocksl; Castlerock, Kanitkarl Gujarat: 

 Godra, Cooke ! ; Ankleshwar, Kanitkar !— Distrib. Throughout India ; Ceylon, Malay 

 Archipelago, China, Philippines. 



3. Anisomeles malabarica, R. Br. in Bot. Mag. (1819) t. 2071. 

 Shrubby, erect, 4-6 ft. high, densely tomentose or thickly woolly ; stems 

 slightly branched, obtusely quadrangular, clothed with soft white woolly 

 hairs. Leaves very thick, 2|-4 by |-1| in., oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 pale above, white below, crenate-serrate, base rounded or shortly 

 cuneate ; petioles \ in. long, stout, softly woolly. Flowers in dense 

 whorls often 1;^ in. in diam., distant below, approximate above, forming 

 a more or less interrupted spicate inflorescence ; bracts reaching \ in. 

 long, linear, acute, densely softly woolly. Calyx | in. long, densely 



