Lamium.'] cxn. LABIAI^E. (J. D. Hooker.) 679 



subulate. Flowers few, 1| in. long, subsessile. Calyx f in., woolly ; teeth lanceolate. 

 Corolla purplish ; tube straight, naked within ; galea broad, woolly ; lateral lobes 

 ovate, entire. A most remarkable plant. 



2. Xi. amplexicaule, Linn. ; annual, leaves petioled orbicular inciso- 

 crenate, whorls distant, calyx small pubescent, teeth equalling the tube 

 converging in fruit, corolla-tube long slender nearly straight. Wall. Cat. 

 2074; Don Prodr. Ill ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 508; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 760; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1204, f. 2. 



The PANJAB, TEMPERATE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET ; in fields, alt. 

 2-10,000 ft. DISTRIB. N. and W. Asia, Europe, N. Africa. 



Hairy or glabrescent, 4-10 in., branched from the base. Leaves ^ | in. , lower 

 long-petioled, almost lobulate ; base rounded or cordate ; floral sessile, broader than 

 long. Corolla f in., or shorter, very slender, rosy, pubescent. Nutlets scaly. 



3. Zi. album, Linn. ; perennial, glabrous or hispidly hairy, leaves all 

 petioled ovate-cordate crenate or serrate, upper whorls crowded lower dis- 

 tant, calyx- teeth longer than the tube, points long, corolla- tube curved 

 gibbous at the base below. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 510; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 763 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1205. L. petiolatum, Royle ex 

 Benth. in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 381, Lab. 513, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 509. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 5-10,000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. N. and W. Asia, Europe, N. Africa. 



RootstocJc creeping, stoloniferous ; stem 6-18 in., ascending. Leaves 13 in., 

 lower long-petioled, rarely incised ; floral shortly petioled. Calyx glabrous or hispid 

 with long hairs ; teeth triangular-subulate, ciliate or not. Corolla f-1 in. ; upper 

 lip vaulted, villous ; lateral lobes various, with or without a minute basal tooth ; ring 

 in the tube oblique, tube constructed below it. Nutlets naked. 



43. ROYLEA, Wall. 



A tall hoary undershrub. Leaves shortly petioled, deeply crenate- 

 toothed or lobed. Whorls all axillary, 6-10-fld. ; bracteoles small, subulate. 

 Calyx 10-nerved, lobes 5, large, obovate-oblong, obtuse, rigid, reticulate. 

 Corolla-tube included, annulate within ; upper lip erect, entire ; lower 

 spreading, 3-fid, midlobe entire. Stamens 4, ascending; anthers conniving, 

 cells diverging. Style-lobes subequal. Nutlets obovoid-oblong, obtuse, 

 smooth. 



It. eleg-ans, Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 57, t. 74, and Cat. 2069 ; Benth. 

 Lab. 601, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 516. Phlomis calycina, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 2. Ballota cinerea, Don Prodr. 111. 



SUBTROPICAL WESTERN HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 2-5000 ft., 

 Wallich, &c. 



Much branched, 3-5 ft. high ; branches slender, terete, finely tomentose. Leaves 

 1-1J in., ovate, tomentose beneath, base cuneate ; petiole - in. Fruiting calyx 

 ^-3 in., tube deeply ribbed, lobes as long. Corolla narrow, i in., white or pinkish. 

 Nutlets | in. Odour of lemons. 



44. OTOSTEGIA, Benth. 



Shrubs. Whorls axillary, many- fld. ; outer bracteoles often spinescent. 

 Calyx 10-nerved ; limb dilated, membranous ; upper lip very short, 3-angled 

 or -toothed ; lower very large, broad, angled or shortly 4-toothed. Corolla- 

 tube included, annulate within ; upper lip erect, concave, crown villous ; 



