106. LABIATE. [11. Dysophtlla. 



distant serratures or entire, and a much stouter spike than in the 

 last 1-5-2''' long by "5" diam. after fall of the flowers. 



Singblium in the Tirilposi savannah, 2000 ft. I Also recorded from the Duars, 

 and the type was collected by T. Anderson in the Sikkim Tarai ; it may therefore 

 be found'in northern Purneah. Fr. March. 



The following is the description of the type in the Journal of the As.Soc. Bengal :— 

 Dwarf stout erect 8-15 cm. branched, branches erect stoutish woody, stems and 

 leaves both surfaces adpressed pubescent. L. opposite, sessile. 3-4 cm. long, lan- 

 ceolate or oblong-lanceolate acute entire. Spikes short, stout, 15-20 mm. long, 

 10 mm. wide, softly tomentose. Whorls confluent. Calyx short glabrescent, in 

 fruit 2 mm. long, teeth erect, bluntly triangular, half as long as tube, hirsute, tube 

 glabrous externallj-. Corolla-tube included, lobes sparingly hairy. Nutlets globose 

 smooth, shining, red-brown, not trigonous. 



3. D. quadrifolia, Benth. 



Stems 2-4 ft. high, tomentosely hirsute upwards, from a thick root- 

 stock. Leaves opposite and 4 in a whorl, narrowly lanceolate or 

 linear oblong, 1-4" long, tomentosely hairy, strongly nerved, serrate, 

 petiole 0-"2". Spikes very dense 3-6' long by •25-3" diam. ivith 

 sometimes detached whorls below. Bracts linear as long as the 

 calyx. Calyx campanulate in flower hirsute or villous, equally 5- 

 toothed, tubular in fruit and -08-- 1" long. Nutlets minute brown 

 ovoid with small areole. 



Singbhum, o* the Keonjhur boundary, elev. 3000 ft. ! Angul, Lace ! Mailagiri 

 Hill, Palahara State, Cooper ! Fl. Dec.-Feb. Fr. March-April. Perennial, new 

 shoots appear in April. 



The spikes are sub-panicled. Calyx with small glistening glands, teeth erect in 

 fruit. 



4. D. cruciata, Benth. 



A very pretty herb often growing gregariously with erect strict 

 densely villose stems 12-20" high, whorls of 3-5, usually 4, sessile 

 sub-erect linear leaves -7-2" long with revolute entire or slightly 

 toothed margins and terminal solitaiy spikes 1-3" (rarely 5") long of 

 lilac or pale-purple flowers with purple-bearded stamens. 



Frequent in rice fields and wet places in the hills, often amongst grass. Cham 

 paran ! Purneah ! Ranchi, elev. 2000 ft. ! Singbhum, elev. 2000 ft. ! Sambalpur 

 Griffiths ! FL, Fr. Oct.-March. 



L. densely hirsutely villous both sides, slightly narrowed upwards and some 

 times also towards the base, obtuse or subacute. Spikes with a peduncle "S-l'S". 

 about •4" diam. when with flower or "d" diam. in fruit. Bracts linear slightly 

 exceeding the villous calyx. Corolla white, lobes glabrous. Fruiting calyx tubular 

 campanulate with erect teeth, •06--08" long, villous and with glistening glands 

 Seeds minute, black, polished, broadly elliptic oblong with minute attachment 

 point. 



5. D. verticillata, Benth. 



Usually branched, hollow-stemmed below with often decumbent 

 base, 12-20" high or flowering when simple and only 3-4" high, 

 glabrous or very sparsely hairy. Leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 4-5 or up to 10 in a whorl, entire or crenate- serrate, 1-3" long, 

 spreading and deflexed, glabrous or nearly so. Spikes rarely over 

 2-5' long and under -2" diam. in fruit, very dense, the widely open 

 fruiting calyx looking like large holes in a solid spike and very 

 characteristic, the lobes stellately spreading and disclosing the pale 

 brown niitlets. 



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