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2. Leucas aspera, Spreng. Syst. v. 2 (1825) p. 743. A variable 

 annual 6-18 in. high : stem erect, usually much diffusely branched 

 from below, stout, hispid or scabrid ; branches quadrangular, hispid. 

 Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate, 1-3 by j-| in., linear-obloug or 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, entire or crenate, more or less hairy, base 

 tapering ; petioles -y^-^ in. long. Flowers sessile or nearly so, in 

 terminal and axillary whorls reaching 1 in. in diam. ; bracts up to 

 rather more than | in. long, linear, acute, bristle-tipped, ciliate with 

 long slender bail's. Calyx variable, tubular, j-i in. long ; tube curved, 

 contracted above the nutlets, the lower half usually quite glabrous and 

 membranous, the upper half ribbed, hispid or scabrid ; mouth small, 

 very oblique, not villous, the upper part produced forward: teeth 

 small, triangular, bristle-tipped, ciHate, tlie upper tooth the largest. 

 Corolla white, | in. long ; tube i in. long, enlarged and pubescent 

 above, annulate about the middle ; upper lip g in. long, densely-white- 

 woolly ; lower lip about twice as long, the middle lobe obovate, 

 rounded, the lateral lobes small, subacute. Nutlets J^ in. long, oblong, 

 subtruncate at the apex ; inner face sharply angular, the dorsal face 

 rounded, smooth, brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 690 ; Grab. Cat. p. 153 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 211; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 362; Prain, Beng. PL p. 854; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, 

 p. 632.— Flowers : Oct. 



StorJcs without locality in Herb. Kew. 317 a ! Konkan : Law ! ; sea-shore at Ravi, 

 SfocJcsl; Alibkg Bea-shore, Dal^cll if Gibson. Deccan: Woodrow. — DisTurn. More or 

 less througbout India in the plains ; Mauritius, Java, Philippines. 



3. Leucas linifolia, Sprewj. Syst. v. 2(1825) p. 743. Herbaceous, 

 erect, slightly pubescent or tomentose, 1-2^ ft. high, usually branched ; 

 branches quadrangular, pubescent. Leaves 1|-3|- by \-^ in., linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, entire or remotely serrate, appressedly pubescent or 

 nearly glabrous, base tapering; petioles 0—^ in. long. Flowers sub- 

 sessile or shortly pedicellate, in axillary and terminal whorls |— | in. 

 in diam., towards the ends oE the branches ; bracts i-g in. long, 

 narrowly linear-subulate, bristle-tipped, finely pubescent. Calyx | in. 

 long from the base to top of uppermost tooth, ^-4- in. long from the 

 base to top of lowest tooth, entirely glabrous or slightly pubescent ; 

 mouth glabrous, very oblique, contracted ; the upper tooth very large, 

 very acute, much produced forwards, the other teeth minute, distant, 

 erect along the oblique margin. Corolla white, nearly ^ in. long; 

 tube I in. long, annulate inside about the middle ; upper lip i in long, 

 white-woolly ; lower lip \ in. long, the middle lobe large, obovate, 

 rounded, the lateral lobes small. Nutlets ^ in. long, oblong, rounded at 

 the apex, the inner face sharply angular, the dorsal face rounded, brown. 



The calyx is quite different from that of any other species of Bombay 

 Leucas. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 690 ; Grab. Cat. p. 153 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 211; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 854; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, 

 p. 633. — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. Veen. Goma. 



A common plant througbout tlie Kontan and Deccan in cultivated fields, con- 

 spicuous when the crops are off. — Distuib. More or less throughout India; Mauritius, 

 Malaya. 



4. Leucas zeylanica, B. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 504. Annual, 

 erect, 6-18 in. high, hispid with long hairs, much-branched from near 



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