Layav&ula, LA 111 AT. V 241 



pubescent ibeneath. Bfiiket simple or more Of less branched, or some- 

 times subumbellate, bracts pubeseent, $-' in. long, broadly orate and 

 strongly nerved at t lie base, the apex ending in a long capillary awn. 

 Calyx (in fruit) grey-pubescent. \ in. long, tube eoincwbat curved; 

 teeth lanceolate, acute and with pennicillatc tips. Corolla blue or white, 

 nearly { in. long, hairy outside ; tube | in. long, Blender below : upper 



lip i In. long; middle lobe of lower lip twioe as long as the 2 lateral 

 ones. Nutlets oblong-cllipsuid. mucilaginous when moistened. 



Central India at Indore (Jacquemont). This is the only known record of 

 this plant as occurring within the area of this flora. There is. however, 

 every reason to suppose that it is not restricted to a single locality. 

 Flowers Oct. and Nov. Distrib. Chota Nagpur, and in Western, 

 Cent, and S. India. 



8. POGOSTEMON, Derf. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 631. 



Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves- opposite, rarely ternate. 

 Flower* small, in simple or panieled spikes or contracted racemes 

 formed of many dense-flowered subcapitate cymes (whorls). Calyx 

 suhequally 5-toothed. Corolla somewhat 2-lipped, 4-lobed; upper 

 lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe often longer and narrower than the lateral ; 

 lower lip flat, spreading, narrow, entire. Stamens 4, subequal, 

 exserted, straight or declinate, filaments usually bearded, anther-cells 

 confluent. Dish subentire, equal. Ovary 4-partite, style shortly 

 2-fid. Nutlets dry, smooth, ovoid or oblong, basal scar small. — 

 Species about 30, in India and Malaya to Japan. 



P. p lectranthoides, Desf. in Mem. Mus. Par. ii, 155, t- 6 I F.B. I. 

 iv, 632 i KanjdalFor. Fl. 272 ; Collett Fl. Biml. 387; Prain Beng. PI. 849, 

 Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii,454; Brandis Ind. Trees 516. Mentha fruticosa ; 

 Poxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 6. 



A large gregarious aromatic bush; young parts grey-tomentose ; branches 

 terete or subquadrangular, often tinged with dark-purple, pith large. 

 Leaves 2-5 in. long, ovate, acute, doubly seriate, rounded or cuneate at 

 the base, petioles $-l£ in. long. Flowers in dense villous bracteate 

 whorls crowded in numerous stout cylindric spikes 1-4 in. long, the whole 

 forming an erect terminal panicle ; bracts leaf-like, up to i in. long, 

 ovate, acute, softly hairy and glandular, enclosing a fascicle of sessile 

 flowers ; bracteoles mostly linear-lanceolate, often tinged with purple. 

 Calym $-\ in. long, glandular-pubescent ; teeth triangular-lanceolate, 

 eiliate, usually tinged with purple at the apex. Corolla £ in. long, white 

 tinged with pink; tube f, in. long, slender, curved; upper lip i in. 

 long; middle lobe longer and narrower than the 2 obtuse latcial ones; 

 lower lip shorter than the upper, ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire. Ftla- 

 ments bearded with long lilac moniliform hairs. Ktitlets minute, 

 broadly ellipsoid, shining, dark-brown, when ripe. 



