Caryoptkris.] FBBBEy ' ACEJE. 229 



ggOT-pabeaeont and glandular. Flower* fragrant. (.alyx cainpanulate, 

 f'o in. long 1 , enlarging in fruit, pubescent : segments lanceolate, ore t in 



fruit. 1-8 ribbed. Corolla k in. long", pubescent, and glandular, tube i 

 in. ; limb f in. in diam. ; midlobe of lower lip i-^ in. long, bine, tho 

 other lobes smaller and white. Captuli globose. £ in. in diam., closely 

 pubescont, dark-blue when ripe. 



Dehra Dun and eastwards in the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand and 

 N. Oudh. Flowers April and May. Disteib. Punjab an 1 outer 

 Himalayan ranges eastwards from the Indus to Bhutan, up to 5,<>on ft., 

 also in X. Bengal. The wood has a fragrant scent like that of cherry. 



The following, belonging to genera not indigenous within the ar>.'a of this 

 flora, are frequently cultivated in gardens : — 



Btachytarpheta indica, Vahlj P. B. I. iv. 564; Prain Bong. PI 826; 

 Cooke Fl. Bomb ii. 421. -A nearly glabrous herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 

 elliptic, serrate. Flower* dark-blue, in long slender terminal spikes. — 



A native of S. America, but cultivated in most tropical and subtropical 

 countries, and often occurring as a naturalized weed. 



Duranfa Plumieri, Jacq. ; 'iambic Man. Ind. Timb- 524 ; Cooke PI. Bomb, 

 ii. 437. — An erect shrub with spinose branches. Leave* oblong lanceo- 

 late, aenmimate. Flower* blue or white, in terminal racemes. Berries 

 orange-coloured. A native of S. \merica and the W. Indies. It is 

 much cultivated in Indian gardens. 



Petrea volubM*, Linn.; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 437. — A large woody climber 

 with very scabrous ovate or lanceolate leaves. Flowers in copious 

 racemes. Calyx large, persistent, blue. Corolla violet-col oured, 

 caducous. A native of Trop. America. A very handsome climber when 

 in flower. 



C'ongea tomentosa. Roxb., var. azvrea, F. B. I. iv, 604 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 

 437. — A robust climbing shrub with densely tomentose branches. 

 Leave? elliptic, acute Bracts lilac, oblong. Calyx toothed £ way down. 

 Corolla white. This plant is found wild in Manipur, Burma and in 

 Siam and is often cultivated in the gardens of N. India. ■ 



LXXXVIL— LABIATE. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs, usualh r gland* dotted.* Stems usually 

 ■-angled. Leaves opposite or whorled, stipules none. Fhncevs 

 2-sexual, irregular, solitary '.'-nate or fascicled and axillary, or in 

 centrifugal spicate cymes which by their union in pairs forn false 

 whorls. Calyx inferior, persistent, more or less irregular, 4-5-cleft 

 or distinctly 2-Hpped. Corolla hypogYnous, gamopetalous, imb 

 4-5-lobed or 2-lippcd. lobes inbricate in bud. Stamens inserted in 

 the corolla-tube, didynamous or only 2 perfect, anthers with connate 



