106. LABIAT.E. [5. Anisochilus. 



1. A. capitatus, Benth. 



A small plant only 6" hig-h in fruit, or attaining 2 ft. Stems 

 pubescent. Leaves ovate or lanceolate, 'o-l", dentate or coarsely 

 serrate, base narroAved into the petiole, nearly glabrous. Flowers 

 minute, pink (with the lowest petal pale), in dense sub-globose heads 

 "3-'6" long. Bracts •17" long and broad, cuneate at the base and 

 very obtjise at the tip. Calyx hairy, in fruit tubular, •12-"17" long, 

 with lobes one-third or one-quarter as long as tube, upper oblong or 

 linear-oblong flat, 4 loAver linear hispid ; the upper lobe closes the 

 calyx in young fruit but again opens with maturity. Seeds oblong, 

 smooth, dark-brown, '03". 



Damp or shady places in the forests, Singbhuin, comruou ! Angul, Chattarjee \ 

 Judgino- from its general distribution it will be found in all the hilly districts of the 

 area in damp forests. Fl., Fr. Oct.-Dec. 



The normal plant is erect, often with the heads sub-panicled above. Upper 

 India specimens have elliptic leaves I'o" long, coarsely toothed with attenuate 

 base. The Angul plant appears to be diffuse and has narrowly lanceolate leaves 

 and the small heads are only "2.5" diam. Fruiting-calyx •!" flask-shaped with one 

 oblong upper lobe and 4 small sulmlate lower lobes. Corolla '07'' long. It i.s 

 perhaps a distinct variety. 



5. ANISOCHILUS, Wall. 



Herbs or undershrubs, often fleshy. Flowers small in dense oblong 

 4-gonal or cylindrical spikes. Calyx suberect, inflated below the 

 middle, mouth oblique 2-lipped or .5 -toothed, rarely 1 -lipped, iipper 

 lip entire and deflexed or short and 3-crenate. Corolla with slender 

 decurved tube, short entire or 3— i-fid upper lip and elongate concave 

 lower lip. Stamens 4, declinate, filaments free, anther-cells confluent. 

 Disc lobed. 



A. Fruiting calyx with the upper lip entire deflexed over and con- 



cealing the mouth, lower truncate or obscurely toothed :— 

 Calj^x glabrous, shortly pubescent and ciliate . . . .1. cai-no^tis. 

 Calj^x villous or woolly 2. eriocephalug. 



B. Fruiting calyx split in front, mouth verj- oblique, 1 -lipped, lip 



decurved 5-toothed, not closing the mouth .... -3. poIy&tacJiym. 



1. A. carnosus, Wall. 



An ei'ect herb 2-3 ft. high, variable in indumentum, with long- 

 petioled ovate crenate rather fleshy leaves and panicled long- 

 peduncled short spikes, 1-1 "5" long of pale purple flowers, conspicuous 

 in bud by the 4-ranked, subsequently deciduous bracts. Whole 

 inflorescence covered with small red glands. Lower lip of calyx 

 truncate, upper ovate acuminate erect in flower but deflexed in bud 

 and in fruit, "l" long. 



Singbhum, in rocky places, especially on limestone rocks ! Palamau ! Ranchi, 

 similar localities ! Fl. Oct. -Nov. 



It is said to be very variable. The following details belong to the Chota Nagpur 

 «pecimens. Stem very stout below, 4-gonous, villous, sparingly branched. Lower 

 leaves -i'S by 3"25", base rounded, apex obtuse or subacute more or less villose and 

 with minute red glands (which are not noticed by the F.B.I.). Petioles 2-3''. 

 Spikes pyramidal (elongating to 3", F.B.I.) on peduncle 2-i" long, the lower some- 

 times with a small pair of leaves and branched. Pedicels very minute, red with 

 glands. Bracts •2". Calyx very shortly pubescent and ciliate. Corolla •■42, upper 

 lip purple erect, lower constricted at base elliptic concave '12", pubescent and red- 

 jglandular in bud. 



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