CARYOPTEBIS.] VERBENACE&. 229 



grey-pubescent and glandular. Flowers fragrant. Calyx campanulate, 

 rV in. long, enlarging in fruit, pubescent ; segments lanceolate, erect in 

 fruit. 1-3 ribbed. Corolla % in. long, pubescent and glandular, tube 

 in. ; limb f in. in diam. ; midlobe of lower lip -^ in. long, blue, the 

 other lobes smaller and white. Capsule globose, in. in diam,, closely 

 pubescent, dark-blue when ripe. 



Dehra Dun and eastwards in the Sub-Himalayan tracts of Rohilkhand and 

 N. Oudh. Flowers April and May. DISTBIB. Punjab and outer 

 Himalayan ranges eastwards from the Indus to Bhutan, up to 5,00u ft., 

 also in N. Bengal. The wood has a fragrant scent like that of cherry. 



The following, belonging to genera not indigenous within the area of this 

 flora, are frequently cultivated in gardens : 



Stachytarpheta indicv, Vahl ; P. B. I. iv, 564 ; Pram Beng. PI 826 ; 

 Cooke Fl. Bomb. ii. 421. A nearly glabrous herb, 1-2 ft. high. Leaves 

 elliptic, serrate. Flowers dark-blue, in long slender terminal spikes. 

 A native of S. America, but cultivated in most tropical and subtropical 

 countries, and often occurring aa a naturalized weed. 



Duranta Plumieri, Jacq. ; Gamble Man. Ind. Timb- 524 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, 

 ii, 437. An erect shrub with spinose branches. Leaves oblong lanceo- 

 late, acuminate. Flowers blue or white, in terminal racemes. Berries 

 orange-coloured. A native of S. America and the W. Indies. It is 

 much cultivated in Indian gardens. 



Petrea volubilis, Linn.; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 437. A large woody climber 

 with very scabrous ovate or lanceolate leaves. Flowers in copious 

 racemes. Calyx large, persistent, blue. Corolla violet-coloured, 

 caducous. A native of Trop. America. A very handsome climber when 

 in flower. 



Congea tomentosa, Rpxb., var. azurea, F. B. I. iv, 604 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 

 437. A robust climbing shrub with densely tomentose branches. 

 Leaves ellipbic, acute Bracts lilac, oblong. Calyx toothed way down. 

 Corolla white. This plant is found wild in Manipur, Burma and in 

 Siam and is often cultivated in the gardens of N. India. 



LXXXVII. LABIATJE. 



Herbs, rarely shrubs, usually gland- dotted. Stems usually 

 4-angled. Leaves opposite or whoiied, stipules none. Flowers 

 2-sexual, irregular, solitary '^-nate or fascicled and axillary, or in. 

 centrifugal spicate cymes which by their union in pairs form false 

 whorls. Calyx inferior, persistent, more or less irregular, 4-5-cleft 

 or distinctly 2-lipped. Ccrolla hj'pogynous, gamopetalous, !imb 

 4-5-lobed or 2-lipped, lobes inbricate in bud. Stamens inserted in 

 the corolla-tube, didynamous or only 2 perfect, anthers with connate 



