Po<jostemon.~\ cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 637 



brndvoles minute setaceous, calyx terete tubular velvety, lobes short 

 triangular obtuse ciliate. P. imberbe, Wight mss. 



NILGHIEI HlLLS ; Perrottet, Wight, Gardner. 



Branches terete, woody ; hairs most dense, reflexed. Leaves 1-2 in., dark brown 

 when dry, velvety on both surfaces, base subacute. Calyx i-| in. long, teeth short, 

 throat villous. Corolla dark purple ; tube slender, exserted. Filaments glabrous. 



22. P. speciosus, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 31, Lai). 156, and 

 in DC. Prodr. xii. 155 ; branches above petioles and spikes hirsute with long 

 spreading and glandular hairs, leaves large long-petioled broadly ovate 

 doubly crenate, base rounded or cordate^ spikes stout dense, whorls confluent, 

 bracts minute, calyx tubular angled glabrous or sparsely hairy, teeth subu- 

 late ciliate or not. Wall. Cat. 2328 ; Wight Ic. t. 1443. 



NILGHIEI and ANAMALLAY HILLS ; on the outskirts of woods, alt. 7-8000 ft. 



Stem 2-3 ft., woody. Leaves 2-3 in., sometimes nearly as broad, sparsely hairy 

 above and beneath ; petiole 1-1| in. Spikes 3-5 in. by 1 in. or less. Calyx sessile, 

 membranous, T ' in. and under, teeth very narrow. Corolla-tube not exserted. Fila- 

 ments % in., glabrous. 



23. P. travancoricus, Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 159 ; quite 

 glabrous, leaves long-petioled ovate doubly crenate subacute, base rounded 

 or cuneate, racemes lax-fld., flowers pedicelled reflexed, whorls few-fld., 

 bracts minute or 0, calyx terete glabrous, teeth triangular not ciliate. 



TBAVANCOEE ; Attraymallay Ghat, alt. 4000 ft., Seddome. 



Stem woody below, branches smooth and racemes black when dry. Leaves 

 1-2 in. ; petiole |- 1 in., slender. Racemes 3-6 in., tapering upwards. "Calyx \ in., 

 pedicel half its length. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube exserted, lobes pubescent. 

 Filaments % in., glabrous. 



24. P. reflexus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 155 ; branches stout densely 

 shortly tomentose with reflexed hairs, leaves long-petioled ovate or ovate- 

 cordate subacute doubly crenate, spikes villous dense-fld., whorls confluent 

 or lower distinct, bracts minute, flowers sessile spreading or reflexed, calyx 

 densely hirsute or villous terete, teeth triangular- subulate ciliate. 



CEYLON ; higher parts of the island, alt. 5000 ft., Mackenzie, Walker, &c. 



Erect, branched, woody below. Leaves 2-3 in., pubescent above, velvety beneath, 

 base cordate rounded or acute; petiole stout, |-1 in. Spikes 2-4 in., ^-f in. diam. 

 Calyx | in., sessile. Corolla-tube shortly exserted, lobes sparsely pubescent. Fila- 

 ments % in., glabrous or nearly so. 



25. P. brachystachys, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 156; low, procum- 

 bent below, much branched, branches pubescent with reflexed hairs, leaves 

 small ovate subacute doubly crenate hirsute or finely tomentose, spikes 

 narrow dense villous, whorls confluent or the lower separate, bracts minute 

 linear, calyx minute hirsute or hispid, teeth subulate ciliate. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 4-6000 ft.; Griffith, Mack, &c. ASSAM; Naga Hills to 

 N. Burma, Griffith. 



A low, straggling, much-branched species, procumbent and rooting below, variable 

 in hairiness. Leaves 1-2 in., very variable in form, rarely oblong-lanceolate. Spikes 

 1-4 in., narrow, very dense-fld. Calyx sessile, -^ in. Corolla very small, dull purple; 

 tube hardly exserted ; lobes hirsute. Filaments in., glabrous or nearly so. The 

 specific name is not very appropriate. 



13. D YSOFHYIiI.A, Blume. 



Herbs. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers minute, in very dense 

 long spikes formed of many- and dense-fld,. cymes (whorls). Calyx very 



