250 LABIATE. [ LEDCAS* 



2. L. hyssopifolia, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. i, 60 ; F. B. I. iv, 690 ; 

 CollettFl. 8iml. 405; Prain Beng. PI. 855. 



An erect hispidly hairy much-branched perennial herb, 4-8 in. high, hairs 

 on stems usually spreading, rootstock woody. Leaves sessile, spreading 

 or ascending, 1-2 in. long, linear, obtuse, often rigid ; margins entire, 

 recurved. Flowers f in. long, in small axillary and terminal whorls |-f 

 in. in diam. ; bracts few, slender, subulate. Calyx % in. long, obconic, 

 glabrous ; mouth very oblique, wide, truncate, glabrous within ; teeth 

 minute, erect. 



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

 and N. Oudh to Gorakhpur. Flowers in Oct. DISTEIB. Subtropical 

 Himalaya from Jamu to Sikkim, up to 3,000 ft., also in Chota Nagpur. 



2. L. aspera. Spreng. Syst ii, 745 ; F. B. I. iv, 690 ; Watt E. D.; Prain 

 Beng. PI. 855 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 465. Phlomis esculenta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 Hi, 10. 



An annual, 6-18 in. high, very variable. Stem stout erect, diffusely 

 branched from below, hispid or scabrid, branches 4-angled. Leaves 

 subsessile or with distinct petioles, linear or oblong, obtuse, entire or 

 crenate, more or less pubescent, base tapering, petioles T \j- in. long. 

 Flowers sessile or nearly so, in terminal and axillary whorls up to 1 in. in 

 diam.; bracts nearly as long as the calyx, linear, acute and tipped with 

 a bristle, margins ciliate. Calyx |-| in. long ; tube curved, constricted 

 above the nutlets, lower portion usually glabrous, upper half ribbed and 

 hispid or scabrid ; mouth small, very oblique, not villous ; upper lip 

 produced forward ; teeth small, triangular, bristle-tipped, ciliate, the 

 upper one the largest. Corolla f in. long ; tube ^ in., enlarged and hairy 

 above, annulate within ; upper lip | in. long, densely white-woolly ; 

 lower lip longer than upper; midlobe obovate, larger than the acute 

 lateral ones. Nutlets y Q in. long, oblong with a subtruncate apex, smooth, 

 brown. 



Common within the area. Flowers Feb. to April. DISTRIB. Punjab 

 Plain, Behar and more or less throughout India, extending to 

 Mauritius, Java and the Philippine Islands. 



4. L. linifolia. Spreng. Syst. ii, 743; F. B. L iv, 690 ; Watt E. D.; Prain 

 Beng. PI. 856 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 465. Phlomis zeylanica, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 Hi, 9. 



An erect pubescent or tomentose annual, 1-2^ ft. high. Stem usually stout 

 and much branched below, branches 4-angled. Leaves sessile or shortly 

 stalked, If -4 in. long, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, entire or remotely 

 serrate, clothed with appressed hairs or subglabrous, base tapering. 

 Flowers shortly stalked, arranged in axillary and terminal whorls |-| in* 

 in diam., usually towards the ends of the branches ; bracts shorter than 

 the calyx, setaceous, finely pubescent. Calyx - in-, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent ; mouth very oblique, glabrous within ; upper tooth large, 



