Lbccas.] LABIATJE. 251 



muoh produoed forwards, very urate; the other teeth minute, distant, 

 ereeti Corolla white, less than | in. long] tnhe J in., annulate within ; 

 upper lip ^ in. long, white-woolly, lower Up £ in. long. Nutlets $ in., 

 oolong, rounded at tin' apex, brown when ripe. 



Dehra Dun. in cultivated ground. Distrib. Plains of India from Assam 

 and Bengal, southwards to the Eonkan, Deooan and Travanoore, extend- 

 ing to Mauritius and the Malay Islands. Bozburgh mentions that this 

 plant is used by the Brahmins to decorate their idols. 



5. L. Cephalotes, Sprenq. Sytt. ii, 743 ; F. B. I. iv, 6X9 ; Wall B. D. ; 

 Collet! Fl Siml. 405; Train Beng. PI. 856; Cooke FL Bomb. ft, 400: 

 Phlomis Cephalotes, Keen, ex Roxh.; F(. Ind. Hi, 10. — Vern. Bhv.rpi sag. 



A pubescent or acaberulous annual, 1-3 ft. high, stems and branches obtu- 

 sely angled, clothed with spreading- hairs. Leaves 1^-4 in. long, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, subaoute, orenate-serrate, membranous, pubescent, 

 tapering to the base, petioles ■',-! in. Flowers sessile, in large dense globose 

 terminal whorls 1-2 in. iu diam., floral leaves similar to the cauline ; 

 bracts fc-J in. imbricate, leaf-like, acute and awned, green, thin, reticu- 

 lat tdy veined, ciliate. Calyx tubular, slightly curved, %-'i in. long, 

 lower half glabrous, upper half pubescent outside and within, mouth 

 oblique ; teeth minute, subequal, narrowly triangular-subulate. Corolla 

 | in. long, tube annulate within ; upper lip £ in. long, white-woolly ; 

 lower lip longer, its midlobe truncate. Nutlets £ in. long, obovoid- 

 oblong, smooth, brown. 



A common wee 1 in cultivated ground over the greater portion of the area. 

 Distrib. Himalaya from Kashmir to Bhutan'up to 0,000 ft., and south- 

 wards throughout India, but not in Ceylon. It ia found in Afghanistan. 



6. L. nutans, Sprenq. Byst. ii, 743; F.B.I. ir t 083; Train Beng. VI. 

 856 : Cooke Fl. Bomb, it, 466. 



A small straggling diffusely branched annual, 2-12 in. high : stems and' 

 branches 4-angled, laxly hairy. Leaves sessile or shortly stalked, 1-2 in 

 long, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, subserrate Flowers sessile 

 or nearly so, in terminal and axillary many-flowered whorls about 

 f in. in diam.; bract? $-$ in., leaf-like, slender, lanceolate, acute and 

 bristle-tipped, veined, ciliate. Calyx (in fruit) 2 in. long, falcately 

 decurved, strongly ribbed, hispid, tube hairy within, mouth oblique, 

 the internal villi shorter than the teeth ; teeth 1 0, the uppermost one 

 the largest, the rest subequal and about Vo "*• long, lanceolate, spine- 

 tipped, ciliate. Corolla white, over $ in. long ; tube slender, annulate 

 -within near the base ; upper lip white-woolly, J in. long; lower j in.; 

 midlobe ob ovate, rounded. Nutlets I in. long, narrowly oblong-ellipsoid, 

 smooth, brown. 



Dehra Dun and in the Saharanpur District, also in the Jumna ravines of 

 the Agra district. Distrib. Punjab Plain Parasnath in Bengal, 

 Sind, and southwards to the Deccan and S. India, and also in Burma. 



