686 cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Leucas. 



** Leaves more or less serrate or crenate. 



22. Zi. stellig-era, Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 61, and Cat. 2049; her- 

 baceous, erect, branched, pubescent or tomentose, leaves 2-4 in. shortly 

 petioled elliptic-lanceolate subacute obtusely serrate, whorls large crowded 

 many- and dense-fid., calyx -f in. tubular-campanulate scabrid or tomen- 

 tose, teeth thick triangular subulate spreading and recurved longer than 

 tfie villi of the mouth. Benth. Lab. 61, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 529; Dalz. 

 # Gils. Bomb. Fl. 211. L. hamatula, Am. Pugill. PL Ind. Or. 37; 

 Benth. in DC. I. c. 



CEYLON ; on the^ Ghats, Dalzell; Warree country, Stocks; Belgaum, Ritchie. 



Stem 2-3 ft. ; branches obtusely 4-gonous, hairs spreading. Leaves -f in. diam., 

 green, scaberulous or glabrate above, pubescent beneath, narrowed into the petiole. 

 Whorls 11 ^ in. diam. ; bracts linear-lanceolate, nearly as long as the calyx. Calyx 

 very variable in size, fruiting membranous, naked below the middle; teeth rarely 

 spinescent, tomentose. Nutlets ^ in., oblong. 



23. Zi. eriostoma, Hook. f. ; suffruticose, hispidly hairy, woolly or 

 tomentose, leaves 1^-4 in. shortly petioled narrowly linear-lanceolate or 

 oblong obtuse obtusely serrate, whorls axillary many- and dense-fld., bracts 

 equalling the calyx plumose or ciliate, calyx %-% in. tubular-funnel-shaped 

 villous above the middle, teeth very minute much shorter than the dense 

 ring of white villi in the mouth. Phlomis eriostoma, Heyne mss. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Western Ghats, from the Concan to the Nilghiris. 



Branches 6-10 in., stout, nearly terete. Leaves very variable in length, nerves 

 impressed above. Whorls' \-\ in. diam. Calyx naked below the middle. Corolla 

 very small, tube included. Nutlets -^ in., oblong. There are several varieties 

 of this. 



VAE. Heynii ; hispidly hairy on the branches and leaves, hairs spreading, leaves 

 2-3 in. Wynaad, Heyne. 



VAE. longifolia ; hoary-tomentose, leaves 3-4 in. nearly glabrous. Herb. 

 Wight, &c. 



VAE. latifolia ; very robust, villously tomentose, leaves broader elliptic oblong or 

 lanceolate, 2-3 by 1-1 in., whorls large globose 1J in. diam. Herb. Wight. 



VAE. lanata; branches clothed with dense long soft white spreading hairs, 

 leaves 1-1| in. oblong lanceolate villous on both surfaces. Nilghiris and Bababoodau 

 Hills. L. lepistoma, Herb. Wight. 



VAE. StocTcsii ; branches densely clothed as in var. lanata, but tomentum shorter 

 and whiter, leaves subsilkybeneath 1-1J in. 



24. Zi. lamiifolia, Desf. in Mem. Mas. xi. 4, t. 2, f. 1 ; tall, shrubby 

 below, branches very stout square. and petioles hirsute with long brown hairs, 

 leaves 3-5 in. shortly petioled ovate subacute cren ate- serrate villous above 

 densely tomentose beneath, whorls subsolitary subglobose many- and dense- 

 fld., calyx \ in. subcampanulate villous, teeth slender erect longer than the 

 villi of the mouth ciliate, corolla-tube included. Benth. Lab. 613, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 529. 



NILGHIEI HILLS, alt. 6500-7500 ft. ; Wight, &c. 



Much the largest and largest-leaved species, 8 ft. high, branches ^ in. diam. 

 Leaves l-2 in. broad, base sometimes cordate. Whorls terminal, rarely 2 on the 

 same branch, 1| in. diam. ; bracts exceeding the calyx, outer linear-lanceolate, inner 

 filiform. Calyx membranous, teeth about | the length of the tube, villi of the mouth 

 sparse. Corolla small. Nutlets | in. long, oblong. 



; 25. Zi. vestita, 'Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 61, Lab. 613 (exd. 

 Silhet), and in DC. Prodr. xii. 530; tall, herbaceous, branches square and 

 petioles hirsute, leaves shortly petioled 2-4 in. ovate-lanceolate acute - ser- 



