Lionubus.] LABI ATM, 247 



up to 2 in. long. Floral leaves of upper whorls usually entire: 

 bracts \ in. Iomlt, spineseent. Calyx i-] in. long, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent ; teeth triangular, spine-tipped. ('<>>-olla red, tip to £ in 

 long; tube as long M the Limb, annulate within; upper lip hooded, 

 hairy : lower equalling the upper, the 2 lateral lobes rounded. Xutlets 

 , in. long. 



Widely dispersed within the urea, but often as a naturalized plant. 

 Flowers after the rainy season. Distrib. Plains of India from 

 Bengal and Sylhet to Kurg. but doubtfully indigenous. The plant has 

 spread to Africa and America from trop Asia. 



16. ROYLEA, Wall, ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 679. 



A tall hoary shrub or onderehrub. Leaves shortly petioled, deeply 

 orenate-toothed or lobed. Whorls axillary, 6-10-flowered ; bracteoles 

 small. Bubulate. Calyx-tube cylindric 10 -nerved; lobes 5, large, 

 obovate -oblong, obtuse, rigid, reticulate-veined. Corolla white or 

 pinkish ; tube included, eylindric, annulate within ; upper lip erect, 

 hooded, entire ; lower spreading, 3-fid.; midlobe longest, entire. Sta- 

 mens didynamons, lower pair longer ; anthers conniving, the cells 

 diverging. Style-lobes subequal, subulate. Nutlets ovoid- oblong, 

 obtuse, smooth. — A single species, restricted to the Western Himalaya 

 ascending to 6,000 ft. from the base of the outer ranges. 



R. calycina, Briquet in Engl, and Prantl. Pflanzenf. iv, 3 a, 260. R* 

 elegaus. Wall.,- F.B.I, iv, 679; Kanjilal For. Fl. 271 ; Gamble Maw 

 Ind. Timb. 54S ; Collet t Fl. Siml. 404 ; Brandts Ind. Trees 515. Phlomi* 

 calycina, Roxb. Fl.Ind.iii, 11. Ballota cinerea, l>on Prod. 111. — Vern. 

 Kaur (Punjab), haranoi (Jaunsar), titpati (Garhwal). 



An erect much-branched shrub with grey bark, 3-5-ft. high ; branches 

 slender, terete, pale-brown, finely tumentose. Leaves 1-1J in. long, 

 ovate^ acute, deeply crenate or lobed, finely toment >se beneath, base 

 cuneate, petioles g- 1 , in long. Flower:; .V in. long. Calyx (it flower) 

 nearly as long as the corolla ; lobes erect, oblong, obtuse, much 

 enlarged in fruit. Corolla £ in. long, white or pinkish, hairy, upper lip 

 hooded. Nutlett i in. long. 



Dehra Di n Distrib. W. Himalaya from Kashmir to Xepal up to 

 5,000 ft.: abundant on hill-sides and often gregarious. Stewart states 

 that the plant is used medicinally for its bitter tonic properties. 



17. EREMOSTACAHYS, Bunge.J FL Brit. Ind. iv, (394. 



Erect herbs, usually not much branched. Radical leaves broad, 

 toothed or incised; cauline few, smaller. Whorls densely many- 

 flowered, axillary or in a terminal spike. Cat i/x Bubcampanulate, 



