210 



Syn. S brachiata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p 4 ; Fl. Ind. i, 146; Ocimum 

 fastigiatum, Roth. nov. sp. p 277 ; Lumnitzera fastigiata, Spr. 

 syst. ii, 687. Seeds used for killing vermin. 



16. SCUTELLARIA, Linn. 



1. DISCOLOR, Coleb. in Wall. PL As. rar. i, p 66. Stem rooting 

 at the base, leafy, ascending, rather naked above ; leaves petioled, 

 ovate-obtuse, crenated, rounded or cuneate at the base, strongly 

 nerved and purple beneath ; floral leaves minute ; racemes elongated, 

 somewhat branched at the base; flowers scattered, secund. Parwar 

 Ghaut, Mahableshwur, &c. ; in Canara, plentiful. Syn. S indica, 

 Don Prod. Fl Nep. p 109. 



17. AN1SOMELES, R. Br. 



1. HEYNEANA, Benth. in Wall. PL As. rar. i, p 59. Glabrous 

 or very slightly pubescent; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, narrow 

 at the base ; cymes long-peduncled, secund, few-flowered ; calycine 

 teeth lanceolate-acute. Bombay, Salsette, &c., common. Branches 

 elongated, slender, acutely quadrangular; leaves pale-green on both 

 sides, serrate-crenate ; cymes unilateral, at the apex of the peduncles. 



2. OVATA, Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ii, 364. Hirsute, more 

 rarely subglabrous ; leaves ovate-acuminate or rounded, truncate, 

 subcordate or rounded at the base, broadly crenate ; verticels many- 

 flowered, dense ; calycine teeth lanceolate-acute ; corolla purple, 

 the lip darker in colour. A suffruticose plant 2 to 4 feet high. 

 Very common everywhere. Syn. A disticha, Heyne in Roth, 

 nov. sp. p 254 ; Nepeta amboinica, Linn. Suppl. 273 ; Ballota dis- 

 ticha, Linn. Mant p 83 ; Ajuga disticha, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 2 ; 

 Marrubium indicum, Burm. Ind. 127 ; Ballota mauritiana, Pers. 

 Syn. p 2. 



3. MALABARICA, Br. in Bot. Mag. t. 2071. Tomentose and 

 villous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrow at the base, serrato-crenate 

 in the upper part, soft, tomentose or woolly; verticels many-flowered, 

 dense, or cymes large, at length elongated ; floral leaves and bracts 

 subulate, very soft ; corolla rosy or purple, the throat hairy within. 

 On the Ghauts, pretty common. Syn. Nepeta malabarica, Linn. 

 Maut. 566; Ajuga fruticosa, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, p 1. 



18. LEUCAS, Benth. 



1 . LONGIFOLIA, Benth. Lab. p 744. Stem herbaceous, erect, 

 villous; leaves linear-subentire, rather glabrous; verticels 6 to 10- 

 flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx turbinate, tubular, the mouth equal ; 

 teeth very short, setaceous, straight. Half a foot to a foot high ; 



