4. Pbbmka.] 82. VEBBENACEJE. [6. CiEEorsKDRoK. 



dular and somwhat pubescent, sub-2-lipped, lips scarcely toothed. Btont 

 areolate. 



Note.— A specimen of this collected by Gamble at Tatkora, Singhbhum, 

 is placed nnder P. villosa in the Cal. Herbarium. P. villosa, Clarke, 

 although widely separated in the Flora of British India, is very closely 

 allied and only distinguishable by its completely truncate calyx and 

 ■hotter bracts. 



Var ? Almost exactly as in 6, but crenate-toothed much aB in 3. From 

 ills near Chandna, S. P. Coll. in Jany. without inflorescence. 



7. P. herbacea, Boxb. Ote chamba, K. ; Kada met', S. 



A curious little. TinderBhriib with herbaceous shoots 1-4* 

 high from a woody stock. L. usually closely appressed to 

 the ground, sessile, obovate, coarsely serrate, 2-4" sometimes 

 6* by 4" and repand. Fls. very small white, in small corymbs 

 1 \' diam. on a short peduncle. Drupe \' diam. 



On clay in open ground, e.g. fire lines, etc., common. Fls. $Iay-Jwn: 

 Ft. June-July. 



A decoction of the root is given internally for rheumatism, Camp, 



6. Cleiodendron, L. 



TreeB or shrubs or sub-herbaceous with opp. or ternate, 

 frequently palmate -nerved and gland-dotted aromatic or 

 foetid leaves, and usually conspicuous flowers in axillary 

 cymes or terminal panicles. Calyx campanulate, often 

 brilliantly coloured in fruit. Corolla tube slender with a 

 more or less oblique 5-fid spreading limb. St. 4 exserted. 

 Ovary imperfectly 4-celled. Drupe usually succulent, separat- 

 ing into i-4 pyrenes. 



L. under 1\", Fls. white . .... L phlomoides i 



I. over 3" long. 

 L. ovate. Fls. white, or white and pink . . 2. infortunatum 



It. oblong or elliptic, often ternate. Fls. blue. 



Cor.-tubeH" 3 - ^raiurn. 



Jj. narrowly or linear-lane, 3-4-nate. Fls* white with 



tube3-4 v * • ♦ . • • • 4. Biphonanhus. 



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