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branchetl from near the base ; stems and branches quadrangular, laxly 

 hirsute with long usually spreading hairs. Leaves 1-2 by 5-I in., 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, subserrate, hairy or nearly glabrous, 

 glaud-dotted ; petioles 0-g in. long. Plowers sessile or subsessile, iu 

 terminal and axillary dense many-flowered whorls reaching | iu. in 

 diam. ; bracts 4--^ by ^-yV "^v thin, foliaceous, lanceolate, acute, 

 finely spinous-tipped, veined, ciliate with long weak haiis. Fruiting 

 calyx strongly ribbed, § in. long, hispid, falcately decurved ; tube 

 pubesceut within ; mouth slightly oblique, the villi erect, slender not 

 dense, shorter than the teeth ; teeth 10, the uppermost tooth larger 

 than the others, Mhiih are subequal and about j(j in. long, lanceolate, 

 spinous-tipped, ciliate. Corolla white, exceeding | in. long; tube ^ iu. 

 long, slender, slightly annulate near the base ; upper lip § in. long, 

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

 rounded. Nutlets 1 in. long, narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, rounded at the 

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

 F\. B. T. V. 4, p. 688; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) 

 p. 362 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 855. Leucas vest'da, "Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. 1. c. {not ol Benth.). — Plowers : i^ug. 



S. M. Country : Karlimatti, Woodrow ; Batlami, Coolie ! Sind : Stocks \ ; Jemadar 

 ka Landa near Karachi, Stocks, 1179! — Distrib. ludia (N. aud N.W. Provinces, 

 Behiir, Birma, W. Peuinsula). 



7. Leucas martinicensis, R. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 504. A tall 

 stout annual 2-4 ft. high, more or less branched; stem and branches 

 obtusely quadranglar, grooved, hairy. Leaves 2|-3| by 1-1| in., 

 membranous, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, coarsely crenate- 

 serrate, hairy on both sides, base cuneate (rarely rounded); petioles 

 |-| iu. long. Flowers sessile, in numerous distant axillary globose 

 whorls |-1| in. in diam. ; floral leaves narrower than the cauline 

 ones, often sessile ; bracts green, reaching ^ in. long, narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate or subulate, finely spiuous-pointed with pale slender 

 awns. Calyx 4 in. long, tubular, sigmoidly curved, pubescent ; tube 

 glabrous and closely reticulately veined within; mouth oblique, the 

 villi few and short ; teeth lanceolate, finelj^ spinous-tipped, ciliate, 

 the upper tooth large, ^ in. long, the other teeth subequal, about jL- iu. 

 long. Corolla white, 5 in. long ; tube ^ in. long, not annulate within ; 

 upper lip -^ in. long, white-woolly ; lower lip very little longer than 

 the upper, -^ in. long, the middle lobe oblong, 2-fid, the lateral lobes 

 large, oblong, rounded. Nutlets -^-q in. long, obovoid-oblong, obliquely 

 cut at the apex on the ventral side ; inner face angular, the dorsal 

 rounded, smooth, shining, dark brown, Fl. B. I. v, 4, p. 688 ; "Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 362 ; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 855. 

 —Flowers : Oet.-Feb. 



Doubtfully indigenous. Dalzell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! Deccan : Karli 

 (Poona districts), Cooke \ ; Poona, Cooke], Woodrow. S. M. Country: Belgaum, 

 Kitchie, bW\; bills N.E. of Belgaum, Stocks \\ Eadami, Woodrow \ Ivanara: 

 Halyal, Eitchie, 560! — Distrib. India (Chota Nagpur, Birma, W. Peuinsula); 

 Tropical Africa and America, W. Indies. 



8. Leucas stricta, Benth. in Wall. Cat. (1828) 2045. Herbaceous, 

 erect, 6-12 in. high, branched from near the base; branches quad- 

 rangular, grooved, hispid with spreading hairs. Leaves l-2g by |-| in., 



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