LABIATE. XCI LECCAS. 



SIT 



Very-soft Leucas. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. ? 



10 L. HAMILTON: A'XA (Benth. 1. c.) perennial; branches 

 clothed with adpressed tomentose villi ; leaves ovate, serrately 

 crenated, wrinkled, clothed with soft villi, canescent or rufes- 

 cent beneath ; whorls few-flowered ; calyx pubescent, a little 

 incurved, with an oblique mouth, and very short setaceous erect 

 teeth. 11 . S. Native of the East Indies, at Monghyr, Hamil- 

 ton. Differs from L. molllssima, in the larger more acute leaves, 

 and few-flowered whorls, and in the calyx. 



Hamilton's Leucas. PI. 1 to 14 foot. 



11 L. TE'RES (Benth. 1. c.) perennial or suffruticose; branches 

 totnentose, terete ; leaves ovate, subcrenated, green and pubes- 

 cent above, and canescent beneath, hardly wrinkled ; whorls 

 6-10-flowered ; calyx pubescent, with an equal mouth and very 

 short setaceous erect teeth. J? . ? S. Native of the Birman 

 Empire, on the banks of the Irawaddi. Allied to L. moUissima ; 

 but differs in the branches being terete; in the leaves being 

 smaller, and flowers fewer ; in the whorls being smaller, &c. 



Terete-stemmed Leucas. PI. 



12 L. STRIGOSA (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous; branches tetrago- 

 nal, clothed with adpressed pubescence; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 scarcely serrated, green and strigosely hairy above, but clothed 

 with rufous canescent adpressed tomentum beneath ; whorls 

 few-flowered ; calyx pubescent, with an equal mouth, and very 

 short teeth. 0. S. Native of the East Indies, near Prome, Wall. 

 Branches ascending. Leaves nearly sessile. Whorls remote. 

 2-6-flowered, rarely about 10-flowered. Flowers of L. pilosa. 



Strigose Leucas. PI. ascending. 



13 L. ASGCLA'RIS (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous, procumbent; 

 branches acutely tetragonal ; angles ciliated, subalate ; leaves 

 on short petioles, ovate, crenated, wrinkled, strigosely hispid on 

 both surfaces ; whorls few-flowered ; calyx tubularly campanu- 

 late, villous, with an equal mouth and setaceous teeth. . ? S. 

 Native of Ceylon, Macrae. Allied to L. strigbsa and L. pilosa, 

 but differs in the form of the leaves, and especially in the 

 calyxes. 



.dno-u/ar-stemmed Leucas. PI. procumbent. 



14- L. PILOSA (Benth. 1. c.) perennial, erect ; branches pilosely 

 pubescent ; leaves ovate, serrately crenated, green on both sur- 

 faces, pilose or canescently pubescent beneath ; whorls many- 

 flowered ; calyx pubescent, with an equal mouth, and very short 

 setaceously erect teeth. 7/ . S. Native of Bengal, and the 

 banks of the Irawaddi. Phlomis pilosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 12.? 

 Corollas white or pale purple. Whorls 2-20-flowered. 



Far. ,3, pubescent (Benth. 1. c.) leaves canescent from pubes- 

 cence beneath. %. S. Native of Deyra Dhoun, Royle ; Raje- 

 mahl, Wall. 



Pilo'e Leucas. PL If foot. 



15 L. DECEMDEXTA'TA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. Benth. lab. p. 

 609.) annual ? pubescent ; leaves ovate, crenated, clothed with 

 fine tomentum, green on both surfaces, or sub-canescent be- 

 neath ; whorls many-flowered : lower ones or all are shorter 

 than the petioles ; calyx pubescent, striated, with an equal 

 mouth, and short setaceous teeth. .? S. Native of the 

 Islands of the Paci6c ; as of Timor, Otaheite, Corollines, 

 Maiden, &c. Stachys decemdentata, Forst. prod. no. 526. 

 Phlomis decemdentata, Willd. spec. 3. p. 12-t. Leucas sta- 

 cliyoides, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 74-3. Floral leaves \ an inch 

 long, twice as long as the flowers. Allied to L. moU'usima. 



fen-toothed Leucas. PI. 1 to l foot. ? 



16 L. FLA'CCIDA (R. Br. prod. 505.) annual, nearly glabrous; 

 leaves ovate, crenated, membranaceous, green on both surfaces, 

 and nearly glabrous ; whorls many-flowered, shorter than the 

 petioles ; calyx nearly glabrous, with an equal mouth, and seta- 

 ceous teeth. 0. S. Native of tropical New Holland, Moluc- 

 cas, banks of the Irawaddi. Phlomis Moluccana, Roxb. fl. ind. 



3. p. 11. Leucas melissaefolia, Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. 

 p. 6'. L. parviflora, Benth. in Wall. 1. c. Hardly distinct 

 from L. decemdentata, except in the smoothness, and thinner 

 blunter leaves. Corollas white. 



Flaccid Leucas. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1823. PI. 1 to 2 

 feet. 



17 L. NEPETKroLiA (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous? clothed with 

 fine pubescence ; leaves numerous, petiolate, ovate-roundish, 

 crenated, green on both surfaces, or scarcely canescent ; whorls 

 few-flowered ; calyx tubularly campanulate, nearly glabrous, 

 with an equal mouth, and short acute teeth. 0. ? S. Native 

 of the Indian peninsula. Leaves an inch long, obtuse, truncate 

 or subcordate at the base, pubescent on both surfaces. 



Catmint-leaved Leucas. PI. ? 



18 L. LOXGIFOLIA (Benth. lab. p. 744.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, villous ; leaves linear, almost quite entire, nearly gla- 

 brous ; whorls 6-10-flowered ; calyx turbinately tubular, with 

 an equal mouth, and very short setaceous teeth. . ? S. Na- 

 tive of the North-east of India, at Pounah, Jacquemont. Allied 

 to L. hyssopifblia. 



Long-leaved Leucas. PI. erect. 



19 L. AKGCSTIPOLIA (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 62. Benth. 

 lab. p. 610.) herbaceous, diffuse; leaves oblong-lanceolate or 

 linear, narrowed at the base, nearly glabrous ; whorls 6-20- 

 flowered ; calyx tubular, with an equal mouth, and very short 

 setaceous erect teeth. . ? S. Native of Nipaul. Habit of 

 L. procumbent ; but differs in the much longer leaves, which 

 are narrowed at both ends ; and in the flowers being more nu- 

 merous ; in the whorls, &c. 



Narron-leated Leucas. PL diffuse. 



20 L. PROCU'MBESS (Desf. mem. mus. par. 11. p. 7. t. 3. f. 2.) 

 herbaceous, diffuse ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, subserrated, nearly 

 glabrous ; whorls 2-6-flowered ; calyx tubular, with an equal 

 mouth, and lanceolate-subulate erect teeth. Tf.. S. Native of 

 the East Indies, Bengal, Ceylon, Peninsula, Bundelgund, &c. 

 Phlomis biflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 12. and of many other au- 

 thors, but not of Vahl. Nepeta I'ndica, Burm. fl. ind. p. 126. 

 The whole plant nearly glabrous. Stems rising from a thick pe- 

 rennial base. Corollas as in L. biflora. 



Procumbent Leucas. PL procumbent. 



21 L. BIFLORA (R. Br. prod. p. 504.) herbaceous, diffuse; 

 leaves ovate, coarsely toothed, pubescent on both surfaces ; 

 whorls 2-flowered ; calyx tubular, with an equal mouth, and 

 subulate teeth. Q. ? S. Native of the peninsula of India and 

 Ceylon. Phlomis biflora, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 77. Burm. thes. 

 zeyl. p. 140. t. 63. f. 1. Leaves pale beneath, \ an inch long. 

 Corolla white ; tube obscurely annulate inside. 



Tro-Jloxxred Leucas. FL July, Sept. Clt. 1819. PL 

 diffuse. 



22 L. PUBE'SCENS (Benth. lab. p. 610.) herbaceous ; branches 

 clothed with fine pubescence ; leaves ovate, crenated, truncate 

 at the base, thin, green on both surfaces, or pale and pubescent 

 beneath ; whorls densely many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, 

 shorter than the calyxes ; calyx tubular, with an equal mouth, 

 and straight subulate teeth. .? S. Native of the peninsula 

 of India. L. marrubioides, /3, glabrior, Benth. in Wall. pi. 

 asiat. rar. 1. p. 61. This differs from L. marrubioides, in the 

 leaves and calyxes being finely pubescent, not clothed with 

 white wool, &c. 



Pubescent Leucas. PL 



23 L. MARB.I BIOI'DES (Desf. mem. mus. par. 11. p. 6. t. 3. 

 f. 1.) herbaceous; branches clothed with woolly pubescence; 

 leaves broad-ovate, crenated, subcordate at the base, wrinkled, 

 hispid above, but clothed with white wool beneath ; whorls 

 densely many-flowered ; bracteas subulate, about equal in length 

 to the calyxes ; calyx tubular, with an equal mouth, and straight 



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