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1129. A. Ovata. Don's syst. 4. p. 822. Ajuga disticha. Rox. Flora. 3. p. 
“2 Marrubium indicum. Burin. Thes. Zey. t. 71, Tsjadaen. Rheed: Mal. 10. 
#. 88. Wight in Hooker’s Bot. Misc. 2. ¢. 19. 
An annual plant, growing to the heightof 3 or 4 feet; flowers in October and 
November; Malabar hill, Bombay. The ruins of Rosa, &c. 
The whole plant has a strong camphoraceous smell. N. 
1130. A. Marararica. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 822. Ajuga fruticosa. Rox. 
_ Blora. fnd.3.p. 1. Bot. Mag. ¢. 2071. Rheed. Mal, 10. ¢. 93? 
A shrubby plant; stems square, covered with a white woolly substance; 
leaves opposite, ovate, lanceolate, softand white beneath;—flowers pale pur- 
ple, appear in the cold season. 
The Katruj and Kamatkee Ghauts. At Nalutwar. (Mr. Law.) 
553. LEUCAS. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
From leukos—white; in allusion to the downy whiteness of the flowers. 
Phlomis. Lam. ¢. 510. Gaert. ¢. 66, 
1131. L. Loxeironia. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 847. 
Herbaceous, erect, villous; leaves linear; whorls 6, 10 flowered. 
Grows about Poona. (Jacquemont. ) 
1132. L. Birtora? Don’s. syst. 4. p. 847. L. procumbens. Don's, syst. 4. pe 
$17. Phlomis biflora. Rox. Flora, Ind. 3. p, 12. Burm. Zey. t. 63. f. 1. coms 
mon. 
1133. IL. AsPpera. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 849. Phlomis esculenta. Rox. Flora. 
Ind. 3. p. 849. Tumba. Rheed. Mal. 10. ¢. 91? 
Annual; flowers white; appear in the rains.~ 
1134. L. CepHaLotes. Don’s syst. 4, p, 849. Desf. Mem. Mus. 11. ¢. 4. 
Annual; flowers white.—Common at Ahmedabad. (Mr. Law.) 
1135. L. Linirotia. Don’s. syst. 4. p.849. Phiomis Zeylonica. Rox. Flora. 
5. p. 9. Herba admirationis. Rumph. Amb. 6. ¢. 16. f2 1. Jacq. Icon. Rar. 
1. é¢. Til. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 118. f. 4. 
A very common annual, with white flowers; grows in great abundance 
throughoutthe Deccan, during the rains; also about Bombay. Probably this 
is Rheede’s Tumba, It is a uative also of Madagascar, the Mauritius, and 
Eastern Islands. 
There are two new species of Leucas at Mahableshwur, one a suffruticose, 
the other a herbaceous plant: 
554. LEONOTIS. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
Leon—a lion, ovs—an ear;in allusion to a fancied likeness in the flowers. 
36. L. Nepetireria. Don's. syst, 4. p. 850. Phlomis nepetifolia. Rox. 
Flora, (nd. 3. p. 8, Bot. Reg. t. 281. Wild. spec. 3. p. 126. 
Matee-sool.—A tall, erect growing plant, with dark orange coloured flow- 
ers in globular whorls, with the calyces spinous-toothed; they appear in the 
cold season. 
Generally to be met with about hill Forts throughout the Deccan; but 
never at any distance from the habitations of man. (Dr. Gibson.) 
About villages in the Concan. 
1137. L. Leonurus, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 850. Phlomis leonurus. Linn. Bot. 
Mag. ¢. 478. Wild, spec. 3. p. 127. 
Flowers scarlet; native of the Cape, but common in Belgaum gardens, 
where it is naturalized. (Mr. Law.) 
655, HOLMSKIOLDIA. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia, 
{In memory of Holmskiold, a Danish Botanist. 
1138. H. Saneuinea. Don’s. syst- 4. p. 856. Hastingia coccinea. Rox, 
Flora. Ind. 3, p. 65, Smith’s Ex, Bot, ¢. 100. Bot. Peg. ¢. 792. 
