XC'VllI. LABIAT.E. 471 



Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 362.— Flowers : Nov. Yern. Goma ; 

 Barumbi, 



Konkan: StocJcs\, Law I; Matheran, Cooke I; Wari jungles, Dal~ell\ Deccan : 

 Mahableshwar, very common, Cookel; Sinhagad, Ganguram] S. M. Country; 

 Belgaum hills, Ritchie, ^^ ! ; Raujghafc, Ritchie, 556 !— Distuib. India (W. 

 Peninsula). 



16. Leucas ciliata, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. v. 1 (1830) p. 61. 

 Herbaceous or almost sutfruteseent, much-branched, 1-3 ft. high ; stem 

 and branches quadrangular, hairy with deflexed and spreading hairs. 

 Leaves with an aromatic and somewhat agreeable odor, 2|-5 by 1-2 in., 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute, green above, paler below, sparsely clothed 

 above and on the midrib and nerves beneatli with short stout often 

 bulbous-based hairs ; petioles j-| in. long. Flowers iu terminal and 

 axillary many-flowered dense globose whorls 1-1 g in. in diam., crinite 

 from the slender long bracts and calyx-tee', h ; bracts | in. long, linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, shortly spinous-pointed, ciliate. Calyx more or 

 less hairy outside, |-| in. long ; tube nearly glabrous inside, reticulately 

 veined ; mouth truncate, with a narrow raised hairy ring just below 

 the teeth ; teeth g-i in. long, lanceolate, ciliate, shortly spinous^ 

 pointed, stellately spreading in fruit. Corolla reaching g in. long ; 

 tube 2 in. long, aniuilate within about the middle ; upper lip ^ in. long, 

 densely clothed with yellowish-brown hairs ; lower lip | in. long or 

 more, pure white ; the middle lobe entire or eraarginate, the lateral 

 lobes short, broad, oblong, rounded. Nutlets g-^ iu. long, oblong- 

 obovoid, rounded at the apex, angular on the inner, rounded on the 

 dorsal face, smooth, brown. Fl. 13. I. v. 4, p. 687 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 211 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 362.— Flowers : 

 Oct.-Jan. Veen. Burumbi. 



KoNKAN : N. & S. Konkan, Law ! ; Banda in the Wari country. Stocks .', Dalzell ^ 

 Gihson. Deccan : Maliableshwar, abundant, Cookel, H. M. Birdwood. Kanaka: 

 Yellapur (N. Kanara), Talbot, 253 ! — Distrib. India (Nipal, Sikkim, Khasia Mountains, 

 W. Peninsula). 



19. LEONOTIS, R. Br. 



Herbs or shrubs. Flowers large, scarlet or yellow, in axillary densely 

 many-flowered whorls ; bracts numerous, slender. Calyx 10-nerved ; 

 tube often incurved ; mouth oblique, with 8-10 rigid teeth, the upper 

 tooth the largest. Corolla 2-lipped ; tube exserted ; upper lip long, 

 concave, with a villous crown; lower lip small, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 

 the largest. Stamens 4, didynamous ; lower pair longer, ascending ; 

 anthers connivent, the cells divaricate. Disk equal. Ovary 4-partite ; 

 style subulate, the upper lobe very short. Fruit of 4 oblong or ovoid 

 or obovoid dry angular obtuse or truncate nutlets ; basal scar small. — 

 DiSTKiB. Species 12, Afi'ican, one also Indian and American. 



1. Leonotis nepetifolia, R. Br. in Ait. Ilort. Kew. ed. 2 (1811) 

 V. 3, p. 409. A tall erect plant 4-6 ft. high ; stem stout, obtusely 

 quadrangular with thickened angles, deeply sulcate, finely pubescent. 

 Leaves 2|-6 by 11-4 in., membi'anous, ovate, acute, coarsely crenate- 

 serrate, finely pubescent on both sides, base shortly cuneate, running 

 down into the petiole ; petioles 1-4 in. long, winged in the upper part. 

 Flowers in axillary dense globose many-flowered whorls l5-2^ in. in 



