LEONUEUS.] LABIATE. 247 



up to 2 in. long. Floral leaves of upper whorls usually entire ; 

 bracts in. long, spinescent. Calif x -3 in. long, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent ; teeth triangular, spine-tipped. Corolla red, up to in 

 long; tube as long as the limb, annulate within; upper lip hooded, 

 hairy ; lower equalling the upper, the 2 lateral lobes rounded. Nutlets 

 Y'U in. long. 



Widely dispersed within the area, but often as a naturalized plant. 

 Flowers after the rainy season. DISTRIB. Plains of India from 

 Bengal and Sylhet to Kurg, but doubtfully indigenous. The plant has 

 spread to Africa and America from trop. Asia. 



16. ROYLEA, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 679. 



A tall hoary shrub or undershrub. Leaves shortly petioled, deeply 

 crenate -toothed or lobed. Whorls axillary, 6-10-flowered ; bracteoles 

 small, subulate. Calyx-tube cylindric. 10 -nerved; lobes 5, large, 

 obovate -oblong, obtuse, rigid, reticulate-veined. Corolla white or 

 pinkish ; tube included, cylindric, annulate within ; upper lip erect, 

 hooded, entire ; lower spreading, 3 -fid.; midlobe longest, entire. Sta- 

 mens didynamous, lower pair longer ; anthers conniving, the cells 

 diverging. Style-lobe* subequal, subulate. Nutlets ovoid- oblong, 

 obtuse, smooth. A single species, restricted to the Western Himalaya 

 ascending to 5,000 ft. from the base of the outer ranges. 



R. calycina, Briquet in Engl. and Pranil. Pflanzenf. iv, 3 a, 260. R- 

 elegans, Walt.; F. B. I. iv, 679 ; Kanjilal For. FL 271 ; Gamble Han- 

 Ind. Timb. 54S ; Colled Fl. Siml. 404 ; Brandis Ind. Trees 515. Phlomis 

 calycina, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 11. Ballota cinerea, Don Prod. 111. V em. 

 Kaur (Punjab), karanoi (Jaunsar), titpati (Garhwal). 



An erect much-branched shrub with grey bark, 3-5-ffc. high ; branches 

 slender, terete, pale-brown, finely tomentose. Leaves 1-1 in. long, 

 ovate, acute, deeply crenate or lobed, finely tomentjse beneath, base 

 cuneate, petioles -$ in long. Flowers % in. long. Calyx (in flower) 

 nearly as long as the corolla ; lobes erect, oblong, obtuse, much 

 enlarged in fruit. Corolla | in. long, white or pinkish, hairy, upper lip 

 hooded. Nutlets % in. long. 



Dehra Din DISTRIB. W. Himalaya from Kashmir to Nepal up to 

 5,000 ft.; abundant on hill-sides and often gregarious. Stewart states 

 that the plant is used medicinally for its bitter tonic properties. 



17. EREMOSTACAHYS, Bunge.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv, 694. 



Erect herbs, usually not much branched. Kadical leaves broad, 

 toothed or incised ; cauline few, smaller. Whorls densely many- 

 flowered, axillary or in a terminal spike. Calyx subcampanulate, 



