684 cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Leucas. 



. pulneyensis ; leaves ovate acute not so thick, calyx less densely tomentose, 

 teeth flexuous as long as the tube. Pulney Mts., Wight. 



14. Xi. ang-ularis, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. i. 62, Lai. 608, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xii. 526; pubescent or tomentose, branches long ascend- 

 ing or erect, leaves shortly petioled subacute or obtuse coarsely crenate-ser- 

 rate or toothed, whorls few- or many-fld., bracts minute, calyx in. hispid, 

 teeth very slender ciliate half as long as the tube. L. pubescens, Thwaites 

 Enum. 240. 



NILGHIEI HILLS ; Wight, &c. CEYLON; Walker, &c. DISTEIB. Java. 



Stem and branches rather slender, several feet Ions:, straggling. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 pubescent on both surfaces ; petiole ^-| in. Whorls lax-fld. ; flowers shortly 

 pedicelled, bracts subulate. L. javanica, var. Horsfieldiana, of Java appears to 

 be this. 



15. Zi. pubescens, Benth. Lai. 610, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 628 ; 

 pubescent or tomentose, rather stout, erect, leaves petioled rounded or ovate 

 coarsely crenate-serrate. whorls densely many-fid., bracts linear nearly as 

 long as the calyx or less, calyx in. hispid, teeth subulate ciliate half as 

 long as the tube. L. marrubioides, Wall. Cat. 2524. 



DECOAN PENINSULA ; Wight. Pulney Hills, Seddome. 



Differs from L. angularis in the stouter erect habit, usually rounder longer-petioled 

 leaves, and especially in the long ciliate bracts. 



***** Annuals. Stem 4-angled. 



16. Ii. flaccida, Br. Prodr. 505 ; pubescent or tomentose, branched 

 from the base, branches weak, hairs deflexed, leaves membranous long-petioled 

 ovate or oblong obtuse qrenate, whorls few-fld., bracts minute, calyx i in. 

 hairy or villous, teeth the length of the tube, alternate ones with capillary 

 points. Benth. Lab. 609, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 526. L. parviflora, Benth. 

 in Wall. PI. 4.8. Ear. 1. c. ; Wall. Cat. 2061. L. melisseefolia, Benth. in 

 Wall. 1. c. L.' melissseflora, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2062. L. decemdentata, 

 Smith in Sees Cyclop. ; Benth. in DC. I. c. 



BTJEMA and TENASSEEIM; Wallich, Griffith. DISTEIB. Siam, Malay and 

 Pacific Islands, Australia, W. Indies (introduced). 



A slender flaccid annual ; stem 6-8 in. ; hairs on stem deflexed. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 base cuneate; petiole -1 in., very slender. Calyx slightly curved, pedicelled. 

 Corolla-tube much exserted. 



17. L. long-ifolia, Benth. Lab. 744, and in DC. Prodr. ^. 527 ; erect, 

 branched above, scaberulous or hispid, leaves sessile narrowly linear quite 

 entire, whorls few-fld., bracts minute, calyx \ in. sessile hispid turbinate 

 truncate, teeth minute. Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 153 ; Dalz. 8r Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 210. 



The CONCAN ; at Poona, &c., Jacquemont, Stocks, &c. 



A foot high, rigid ; stem naked below ; hairs erect or spreading. Leaves lf-2 

 by -^5 j in., obtuse or subacute: Calyx-mouth villous. Corolla % in., tube exserted ; 

 upper lip very short, lower very much longer and broader. An unmistakable 

 species. 



Sect. 3. Astrodon. Calyx straight, mouth equal, throat villous ; 

 teeth 10, usually stellately spreading. Whorls terminal and axillary, 

 densely many-fld. ; bracteoles usually about equalling the calyx (setaceous 

 in L. suffruticosa). (See also 28. L. stricta and 34. diffusa.) 



