106. LABIATE. [22. Lbucas. 



rxigose, crenate, densely lanuginous or hairy beneath. "VVhorls many- 

 fld. or rarely few-fld., bracts minute, setaceous. Calyx •24''', the 

 setaceous teeth up to '04" villous. Corolla-tube exsert, upper lip '\b", 

 lower •2". 

 The type is from Nepaul, and probably occurs in our Northern Area. 



(c) Yar. pilosa. Syn. L. pilosa, var. pubescens Benth. {Wall. 2058 B). 



Differs from var. mollissima in the larger acute leaves l-2'5", 

 tomentosely hairy beneath, thinly hairy above, hairs with thickened 

 bases, coarsely dentate-serrate and somewhat tapering. Petiole 

 •l-*3". Calyx -S-'SS" with teeth the longest of all the varieties- 

 •05--1" 

 Rajmahal, Wall ! 



{d) Var. Hamiltoniana, Wall. (No. 2525). 



Stems retrorsely hairy. Leaves 1-1-5", lower with petioles "SB" 

 long, ovate to ovate -lanceolate, crenate to serrate, sericeous beneath, 

 hairy above. Calyx '25", sometimes slightly curved, teeth very 

 minute. It is less diffuse than mollissima. Wallich says that it 

 differs by the much larger leaves (!), by the whorls scarcely 6-fld., by 

 the longer calyx sub -incurved. 



Monghyr Hills, Ham. 1 

 (e) Yar. scaberula, J.D.S. Syn. L. mollissima, var. scaberula, F.B.I, 



Not at all tomentose and calyx somewhat hispid-hairy. Hairs on 

 leaves thin and sparse. L. 1-2-5" coarsely dentate-serrate. Calyx 

 teeth up to -04". 



All districts of Chota Nagpur, a common form ! 

 (/) Yar. parvifolia, Haines. 



A very pretty form with lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate leaves only 

 •4-75" long, hairy both sides and very numerous whorls. Fls. 8-10 

 in a whorl shortly pedicelled. Calyx '2' long nearly glabrous within 

 with deltoid, spinulose-tipped teeth. 



Angul, Chattatiee ! 



The leaves of L. montana and its varieties are eaten as a pot-herb. 



5. L. procumbens, Besf. 



A laxly branched procumbent herb with stems 2-3 ft. long from a 

 woody rootstock, slender, nearly glabrous. Leaves lanceolate 

 (elliptic-ovate, F.B.I.), •75-1-5', rather membranous, entire or 

 remotely serrate, base cuneate on a slender petiole one-third as long 

 as the blade. Flowers white in whorls of 1-3 only, pedicelled. 

 Calyx S" obconic, 10-nerved and with 10 equal subulate small teeth 

 •05" long, tube nearly glabrous, teeth pilose or glabrescent. 



Waste ground, Palamau ! Not common. Fl., Fr. Oct.-Dec 



Angles of branches thinly appressed hairy or puberulous. Leaves substrigose or 

 puberulous on the nerves beneath and very thinly hairy above, sec. n. 2-i slender. 

 Pedicels of flowers slender •15--25" long, often abruptly curved. 



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