106. LABIATE. [22. Lbucas. 



Lispid-hairy both sides. Whorls numerous globose '6-1" diam. with 

 linear spinulose-tipped hairy bracts. Calyx sigmoidly curved "S-T" 

 long, nearly glabrous or finely pubescent below, pubescent above and 

 with spinescent teeth, the vippermost much the longest, •15-'2". 

 Hazaribag-h, Clarke ! Sirguja, Clarke ! Fl. Oct.-Nov. 



11. L. hyssopifolia, Benth. 



A very hispid herb from a woody stock, Avith linear leaves in distant 

 pairs below, closer above, upper pairs each with a dense globose whorl 

 •5--7' diam. (without corollas) supported by narrowly linear hispid- 

 ciliate spinulose bracts •2--25" long. Calyx glabrous •2--25" long with 

 minute muci-oniform teeth. 



Sambalpur, Griffith ! Chota Nagpur {Bengal PI.) is appareutl.y an error copied 

 from the F.B.I. FL, Fr. May- July. 



Stems with stiiJ spreading or suberect hairs. Leaves l-2"5", stiffly hairy both 

 sides especially on the midrib beneath, subsessile, margins sometimes recurved and 

 sec. n. nil but sometimes a slender nerve parallel to midrib. Calyx with wide 

 mouth, obconic. Corolla-tube scarcely longer than calj'x, pubescent above, upper 

 lip •15-"2", lower lip '-1". 



12. L. aspera, Sjpreng. 



Annual, erect or diffuse with stems much branched 8"-2 ft., deeply 

 grooved, thinly hairy ; shoots densely hairy. Leaves linear, narrowly 

 oblong, lanceolate-oblong or rarely narrowly elliptic, 2-3", tapering 

 to a short petiole, crenate-serrate or subentire, thinly pubescent or 

 shortly hairy both sides, sec. n. 2-4. Whorls terminal and axillary, 

 often a single terminal or two close together, '7-1" diam. Avith 

 numerous linear hispid-ciliate bracts •3--5*' long, sub-spinulose tipped. 

 Calyx -B-^o", tubular with very oblique mouth and teeth •03--05" 

 long, only ribbed above, smooth below, throat pubescent or glabrous. 

 Corolla lower lip '35", upper '15". 



In cultivated fields. Behar, common, Hope, Hooker ! Patna, Madden \ Ranchi» 

 Gamble ! Manbhum, Clarke ! Fl. Fr. July-Jan. 



13. L. linifolia, Spreng. G-umar, Dulphi, Vern. 



Erect 1-3 ft. high with 4-grooved usually mvich branched softly 

 pubescent (or " hispid," F.B.I.) stems, linear or linear- lanceolate, 

 entire, or remotely shallowly crenate-serrate, leaves 2-4" long and 

 dense axillary and terminal whorls of white sessile flowers with linear 

 setaceous bracts •15--2o" long. Calyx •2--25" (-'3", F.B.I.) with very 

 oblique mouth, the upper part projecting far beyond the lower, 

 teeth very small, sometimes spinulose, tube not or only faintly 

 ribbed. 



A common field weed, also in pastures and waste ground. Pumeah ! Darbhanga, 

 Burkill ! Chota Nagpur, common ! Probably in all districts, but badly repre- 

 sented in herbaria. Fl., Fr. c.s. Annual. 



Stem lined. L. usually about "IS-'a" broad (rarely -75", F.B.I.), minutely pubes- 

 cent both sides or somewhat scaberulous above, acute or obtuse, sec. n. 3-4. 

 Petiole 0-*3" passing gradually into the base of the leaf. "Whorls towards the ends 

 of the branches, ■b-lb" diam. Calyx somewhat obovoid, glabrous or closely puberu- 

 lous, teeth about 7 or sometimes (^/?f/e F.B.I.) calyx 2-lipped with upper 3-toothed 

 lip and lower 2-fid lip. Corolla-tube included. Nutlets dark-brown, "03" oblong, 

 3-quetrous. 



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