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



*** Annual, except L. hyssopifolia. Whorls terminal and axillary. 

 Calyx-teeth very short. 



35. Zi. hyssopifolia, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 60, Lai. 615, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xii. 531 ; perennial, erect, hispidly hairy, leaves 1-2^ in. 

 linear obtuse, margins recurved entire, whorls terminal and axillary small, 

 bracts few subulate, calyx 5 in. obconic glabrous, mouth wide truncate 

 glabrous, teeth very minute erect. Wall. Cat. 2044. 



STJBTEOPICAL HIMALAYA and plains at their feet ; from Jamu to Sikkim, alt. 

 1-3000 ft. CHOTA NA&POBE ; at Sumbulpore, Griffith. 



RootstocTc stout, woody ; branches numerous, 4-8 in. Leaves spreading, |- ^ in. 

 broad, often rigid. Whorls |-f in. diam. ; bracts very slender. Calyx very like 

 L. zeylanica and Wightii ; mouth glabrous within. 



36. Zi. Wightiana, Benth. in Watt. PL As. Ear. i. 60; annual, erect, 

 scabrid, leaves 1-2 in. linear obtuse entire, whorls small axillary and ter- 

 minal or in dense terminal cylindric spikes, calyx in. obovoid hispid, 

 mouth wide very oblique villous, teeth irregular triangular, upper longer. 

 Wall. Cat. 2520. L. aspera, var. Wightiana, Benth. Lab. 616, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xii. 532. 



DECCAN PENINSULA ; Wight, G. Thomson. 



Stem 6-10 in., and branches very stout, and leaves grey ; hairs minute, deflexed 

 and appressed. Leaves ^^ in. broad, margins flat or recurved. Whorls J-f in. ; 

 bracts slender, hispid. Calyx membranous below, green and striated above, not con- 

 tracted at the junction. Corolla very small. The stout scabrid habit, narrow entire 

 leaves, small whorls, and short calyx, not contracted above the nutlets (with, how- 

 ever, similar teeth) distinguish this from L. aspera. 



37. L. aspera, Spreng. Syst. ii. 743 ; annual, erect or diffuse, stem 

 stout hispid or scabrid, leaves 1-3 in. linear or oblong obtuse entire or 

 crenate, whorls large terminal and axillary, bracts long linear and filiform, 

 calyx |-| in. tubular curved smooth below green and ribbed and scabrid 

 above contracted above the nutlets, mouth small glabrous very oblique 

 .shortly irregularly toothed. Benth. Lab. 615, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 532 ; 

 Graft". Cat. Bomb. PL 153; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 211. L. PluJ 

 Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 60 (? Spreng.} ; Wall. Cat. 2522. L. tlimi- 

 diata, Benth. in DC. L c. 532 (? of Spreng.}. Phlomis aspera, Willd. 

 Enum. Sort. Berol. ii. 621. P. Plukenetii, Eoth Nov. Sp.2Q1. P. escu- 

 lenta, Eoxb. FL Ind. iii. 10. P. obliqua, Ham. mss. Eheede Hort. Mai. x. 

 t. 91. 



PLAINS of INDIA ; from Sikkim and Behar to the Panjab, and southward to Cape 

 Comorin. DISTEIB. Mauritius, Java, Philippine Islands. 



Very variable. Stem erect, usually much diffusely branched from below, the 

 branches -M3 in. , rather leafy, sometimes taller with erect branches and larger leaves 

 f in. broad. Whorls often 1 in. diam., very dense-fkl. and hispid. Calyx variable, 

 but with always the upper lip produced and with short triangular teeth. Corolla, 

 small. Whole plant fragrant and used as a pot-herb, Roxb. Bentham's L. dimidiata, 

 from Burma (Wallich) is certainly L. aspera, and may or may not be Sprengel's plant 

 of that name. A piece of L. nutans is on the same sheet. 



Sysf. ii. 743 ; annual, erect, smooth or 

 linear-lanceolate obtuse entire or sub- 



serrate, \vh< .,; y ;tiu.l terminal, bracts few short, calyx 33- in. obovoid 



glabrous or puberulous, mouth very oblique contracted glabrous within, 

 upper lip projecting acute 3-toothed, lower 2-fid. Benth. in Wall. PL As. 

 Ear. i. 60, Lab. 617, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 533; Wall. Cat. 2048; Grah. 



