1890.] D. Prain — Some aildi I tonal species of hMai%. 299 



4 b. Dysophylla communis Gall. ^' Ilemsl. ; annual, puberulous, 

 loaves large, membranous, oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base into a 

 long winged petiole, margin widely crenate, sparsely hirsute with flaccid 

 white hairs on both surfaces, spikes I — 3^ in., calyx cylindric, puberulous, 

 equally 5-toothed, corolla tube not exceeding calyx. — Dysophy 11a com- 

 munis Coll. 8," Ilemsl. , Jour. Linn. Soc. xxviii, 114 (1890). 

 Burma : — Shan hills at 4000 feet, very common. 



Sparingly branching, branches 4-angled, internodes usually shorter 

 than the leaves ; leaves as much as 3f in. long, paler beneath, the 

 lateral nerves (about 4 pairs) prominent, flowers rose-pink subsessile 

 and aggregated in dense spikes, corolla 1^—2 lines long, externally 

 pilose; filaments shortly exserted, glabrous. Nutlets not seen. 



"This approaches D. auricularia Blume, which is easily distin- 

 " guished by the thicker substance of the leaves and by being densely 

 " villous all over " {Hemsley 1. c). 



There is no example of this plant at Calcutta. It differs from 

 all other species of Bysophylla in having naked filaments. The descrip- 

 tion is taken from the paper by General Oollett and Mr. Hemsley on 

 plants from Upper Burma and the Shan hills collected by General 

 Collett. 



t t Leaves in whorls of three or four {rarely more). 

 9 b. Dtsophylla peguana Prain ; slender, erect, simple or branched, 

 uniformly adpressed puberulous, leaves 4 in a whorl sessile linear entii^e, 

 spikes elongate, uninterrupted, tomentose, teeth of fruiting calyx erect. — 

 Dysophylla verticillata Benth. VAR. ? gracilis Benth., DG. Prodr., xii, 158. 

 Pegu ; Maclelland, B. Scott n. 354, Kurz nn. 2401, 2405 ; Moulmein, 

 Griffith. 



Stems 30 — 40 cm. high, slender, as thick as a crowquill, branches 

 erect, leaves 2'5 — 3 cm. long, 025 c:n. wide not deflexed, spikes 3*5 — 5 cm. 

 long, 0'5 cm. wide, never interrupted, corolla tube very short, filaments 

 far exserted, calyx densely hirsute externally, teeth in fruit erect, 

 nutlets narrowly ovate, pale, shining. 



Most like D. verticillata but very distinct owing to its adpressed 

 hairy stem, its calyx more densely hirsute with teeth erect and not stellate 

 patent in fruit, and its shining nutlets which are paler in colour rather 

 longer and much narrower. One of the most distinct species of the genus, 



15. ELSHOLT^IA Willd. 



7. Elsholtzia Griffithii Hook. f. var. typiga ; add to localities of 

 Flora of British India, iv, 644. 



Upper Burma ; Maymyo, 4000, King's collector. 



var. SACRA Prain ; glabrate, leaves petioled or sessile, linear, spikes 



