4GS XC\III. LABIAT.'E, 



liuear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, entire, hispidly liairy, nar- 

 rowed at tlie base, green on both sides (the floral leaves like the 

 cauline ones); midnerve prominent beneath; petioles 0-^ in. long. 

 Flowers shortly pedicellate, in terminal solitary many-flowered whorls 

 |-| in. in diam. ; bracts | in. and even more long, linear, acute, rigid, 

 spinous-pointed, ciliate w ith long stiff often bulbous-based hairs which 

 are sometimes g in. long ; pedicels -oV^tV ^^^- lo"g' Calyx | in. long, 

 straight or slightly curved, finely pubescent and also sparsely hispid with 

 long white liairs, glabrous and ret iculately veined within; mouth nearly 

 straight, villous with long erect hairs which project between the teeth 

 but are shorter than them ; teeth unequal, the longest about 1 in. long, 

 subulate, ciliate. Corolla white, nearly | in. long; tube ^ in. long, 

 annulate below the middle; upper lip scarcely 5 in. long, densely 

 white-villous ; lower lip nearly | in. long, the middle lobe large, 

 obovate, rounded, the lateral lobes very short, obtuse. Nutlets g in. 

 long, oblong, rounded at the apex, the inner face angular, the dorsal 

 face rounded, smooth, brown. ¥\. B. I. v. 4, p. 688 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. K^at. v. 12 (1899) p. 362; Prain, Beng. PI. p. 855.— Plowers : 

 Aug. 



S. M. Country : Sandstone hills N.E. of Belgaura, Bifchie, 550 ! ; Karliinatti, 

 Woodrow ; Dharwar, Woodruw ; Badami, Cooke ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



9. Leucas longifolia, Bentli. Lah, Gen. 6)- Sp. (1835) p. 744. 

 An erect rigid herb lU-20 in. high ; stem simple below, branched above ; 

 branches obtusely quadrangular, pubescent with erect or spreading 

 hairs. Leaves g-2| by -=tj;-\ in., sessile or shortly petiolate, linear, 

 entire, obtuse or subacute, more or less pubescent, tapering towards 

 the base ; midnerve strong below. Flowers in few-flowered axillary 

 whorls often approximated near the top so as to form a leafy spike ; 

 bracts ^^ in. long, subulate, hairy. Calyx \ in. long, turbinate, 

 pubescent outside; mouth truncate, furnished with white erect stifi 

 short hairs which stand up between the teeth; teeth 10, A-ery small. 

 Corolla I in. long ; tube 5 in. long, annulate with a ring of hairs about 

 the middle; upper lip i in. long, densely silky-villous ; lower lip 5 in. 

 long, the middle lobe suborbicular, entire. Nutlets jL_ in. long, 

 obovoid-oblong, trigonous. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 684 ; Grah. Cat. p. 153 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 210 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 386; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 302.— Flowers : Jidy-Aug. Veen. 

 Dadhdni. 



Drilzell without localily in Ilei-b. Kew. ! Konkan : Sfocksl, Hooker I Deccan : 

 widely, Woodruw ; Poena, Jacqiiemont !, Cooke !, Graham, Dahcll if- Gibson. — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



10. Leucas lanata, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. v. 1 (1830) 

 p. 61. AVhole plant densely softly woolly or subsilky, 2-3 ft. high; 

 rootstock stout, woody, perennial ; stem and branches stout, obtusely 

 quadrangular, with erect hairs. Leaves 1-2^- by g-l^ in., thick, ovate, 

 obtuse or acute, more or less deeply crenate, rugose, velvety, base 

 rounded or cuneate ; petioles O-5 in. long. Flowers sessile, in many- 

 flowered axillary whorls; bracts g-| in. long, linear, densely hairy and 

 ciliate. Calyx .j in. long, densely silky outside, the up|)er half of the 

 tube pubescent inside ; mouth truncate ; teeth small, reaching j\y in. 

 long, triangular-suhulat(>, alternately shorter. Corolla white, rather 



