XCYIII. LABI.VT.I. 409 



more than i in. long ; tube as long as the calyx, annulate above the 

 middle ; upper lip densely silky on both sides ; middle lobe of lower 

 lip broadly obovate, 2-fid. Nutlets -^ in. long, oblong-obovoid, tri 

 gonous, obliquely truncate at the apex. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 681. Leucas 

 collinn, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 338 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 211.— Flowers : Oct. 



KoNKAN : low hills, Dalzell ! ; S. Konkan, Balzell cf* Gibson. Kanaka, Law !^ 

 DiSTRiB. India (W. Himalaya, Behar, W. Peninsula) ; S. China. 



11. Leucas montana, Spreng. Si/st. v. 2 (1825) p. 742. Suffruticose, 

 densely softly woolly or tomentose ; branches woody, the upper tetra- 

 gonal, densely clothed with deflexed hairs. Leaves 1-2 by |-1| in., 

 ovate or ovate-ro tun date, obtuse, thick, crenate, usually green and 

 clothed with, silky hairs above, velvety-villous beneath, base usually 

 rounded, truncate or subcordate ; petioles g-| in. long. Flowers in 

 axillary distant few- or many-flowered whorls ; bracts yV~8 ^"^^ ^^"oj 

 linear. Calyx subsessile, 5-5 in. long, straight, silky-villous outside, 

 the upper half finely pubescent inside ; mouth truncate ; teeth minute, 

 triangular-subulate, the alternate ones shorter. Corolla white, nearly 

 I in. long; tube | in. long, annulate within; upper lip densely woolly ; 

 middle lobe of lower lip broadly obovate, 2-fid. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 682 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1809) p. 362 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 855. — Flowers : Nov.-Apr. 



Deccan : Purandhar Fort, Cooke I, Woodroiv] ; Sinhagad hill, Woodrow]; Blior, 

 Woodrow. — DisTKiB. India (Chota Nagpur, Orissa, Behar, W. Peninsula). 



12. Leucas mollissima. Wall. PI. As. liar. v. 1 (1830) p. 62. 

 A straggling weak much-branched hoary-tomentose lierb, often climbing 

 among bushes {Ritchie) ; stem and branches slender, quadrangular, 

 3-4 ft. long, pubescent with appressed deflexed hairs. Leaves I5-2I 

 by |-1 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute (rarely obtuse), serrate, 

 sparsely hairy with appressed hairs above, densely softly hairy beneath 

 with white hairs ; petioles 0-^ in. long. Flowers in distant many- 

 flowered whorls ; bracts ^-^ in. long, linear, hairy. Calyx \-^ in. long, 

 subsessile, softly silky-villous outside, the upper half inside densely 

 silky-pubescent ; teeth 10, triangular-subulate, about ^ in. long, nearly 

 equal or the alternate teeth smaller. Corolla white, | in. long ; tube 

 annulate within above the middle; lower lip broadly obovate, 2-fid. 

 Nutlets jV in. long, obovoid, trigonous, obliquely truncate at the apex, 

 brown. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 682: Trim. Fl. Cevf. v. 3, p. 385; Woodr. 

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

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 034. — Flowers : Aug -Dec. 



KoNKAN : Stocks \, DahelV. S. M. Country : Belgaum hills, BllcJde, 559 ! Kanara : 

 Kfila naddi, Ritchie, 1992! — Distuib. India (Subtropical Himalaya, Behar, Chota 

 Nagpur, W. Bengal, Orissa, W. Peninsula); Ceylon, China. 



13. Leucas biflora, R. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 504. Procumbent, 

 pubescent ; branches long, slender, 1-2 in. long, quadrangular, pubescent 

 with deflexed hairs. Leaves variable, |-2 by 5-I in., ovate or elliptic 

 or oblong, acute or obtuse, coarsely and distantly serrate, pubescent on 

 both sides ; petioles J-| in. long. Flowers in distant axillary whorls 

 of 1-4 (rarely more) very commonly 2; pedicels 377-8 iri- long; bracts 

 small, subulate. Calyx pubescent, rctictdately veined, reaching g in. 



