Aji i LABIATM 259 



- l-l in. long, orate oblanoeolate or snMpatlmlate, obtuse, 



^•toothed, the lower ones petiole 1 Whorl* axillary, ofton crowded 



in. long; > Leaf-like, longor than the 



leafy. 



Braoate- 



in spikt 



whorls, ovate ox ouneale-obovatei entire or toothed. QaXyn £ in. Ion?, 



villous : teeth half as long aa the tube ovate-lane >ola1 mot 



pale-bine or lilac, pnbeeoent ; tnbe exserted nearly { as the calyx ; 



upper lip erect, lateral lobes of lower lip oblong 1 , midlobe varying in 



length. 6 M exserted. Nutl in. long, deeply rugose. 



Dehra Dun and on the Siwalik range, and Bastwards in the Sub-Himalayan 



traots of Bohilkhand and N. Ondh, Diss nun. W. Himalaya from 



• hmir to Nepal up to 7.000 ft., and on the Punjab plain along the base 



of the hills from Peshawar j exteo ling to Afghanistan, China, Japan and 



Abyssinia. 



2. A macrosporma, Wall. " ffc. in Wall. PL Am. Rar. i,5S; F. B. 

 I, iv, ? M ; Prain Pi. %0. A. repen3, Roxh. Ft. Ind. Hi, 3. 



A deenmbent or prostrate herb, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. 

 Stems or branches J-8 ft., often stout, spreading and branching 

 and sometimes i from the nodes, glabrous or densely hairy. 



Leave* stalke 1 . 8-6 in. long, variable in breadth, ovate-oblong or 

 obovate, obtuse. Binnate-arenate, rarely lobed or cut, narrowed into 

 the often very long petiole. Whorls continuous or interrupted ; lower 

 bracts leaf-like; upper ovate, shorter than the calyx. Calyx-teeth very 

 short, obtuse. Corolla blue, usually glabrous ; tube twice as long as 

 the calyx, inflated at the base, geniculate above the swelling ; limb 

 small, upper lip erect, lobes of lower lip subequal or the midlobe 

 broader. Stamens exserted. Nutlets iVjg in., rugosely pitted. 



Dehra Dun and eastwards along the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Bohilkhand 

 Oudh and G rakhpur. Flowers in March and April. Distrib. 

 Snbtrop. and Temp. Himalaya from Kumaon to Bhutan, up to 8,000 ft., 

 Khasia Mts. aud Chittagong, extending to Burma and China. 



The following cultivated species belonging to genera which are not 

 indigenous within the area of this flora should be mentioned : — 



Coleus amboinicus, Lour.; Coolie Fi. Bn,nh ii, 440. C. aromaticus, 



Benth. ; F. B. I. B D. ; Prain Be wj. PI. 846. Plectran- 



thus ammaticus, Bomb, Fl. Ind. Hi, 22. Vorn. Paihor ehwr.—A. fragrant 



perennial herb. 1-3 ft. high. 8tems fleshy. 7 stalked, broadly ovate, 



late, c . villous or tomentoe I orolla pale-purple, but the 



flowers are usually not developed. The plant is frequently grown in 



native garden B xburgh mentions that the haves are often eaten 



with bread and butter, or are used as a flavouring ingredient in country 



beer. They may also be empl- -itute for borago. and the 



plant i etimee known as "Indian borage." It tiveofthe 



Moluccas.- Coleus barbatus, Benth., a bj allied to the above, is 



common on the outer ranges of the Himalaya up to 8,000 ft., usually 



in wet ground. It is found also on Parasnath in Chota Najrpur, and 



