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violet, red or goMen-eoloured : calyx S-lobed, tube obcojiicaj; 

 ovoid or hemispherical : corolla longitudinally cleft above, 2-lipped, 

 tube cylindric or infundibuliform. straight, upper lip often less and; 

 erect, lower often patent, broader, 3-eleft or rarely 3-toothed, two, 

 lower anthers, sometimes all, bearded at the apex : ovary inferior 

 'Or half- superior. 



(1) L. iRXGONA. (i?qa;6.) 



Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. II. p. 1 U.— Dec. prod. VII- p. 359. 

 Syn. L. Zeylanica, Linn. — L. trialata, Ham. — L. micrantha, 

 JSook. — L. Subincisa, Wall. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. H70.— Spicil. II. t. 120. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous i branches diffuse, erect or asqending 

 and with the stem 3-cornered : leaves subsessile, ovate, subcordate, 

 repand-toothed, naucroHulate :. pedicels slender, longer than the 

 leaf, bibracteolate at the base : lobes of the calyx linear-acumiaate : 

 corolla small, slightly longer than the calycine lobes : anthers 

 included, all bearded at the apex : capsule obovoid : flovrers purple. 

 , Common everywhere, chiefly found in rice- fields and flowering^ 

 all the year. 



(2) L. AFFiNis. (Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 360. 



Spec Char. Pujbescent : stem procumbent, branched : leaves, 

 ovate-rotundate, short petioled, sub-cordate, repandly mucronato- 

 dentat? : pedicels longer than the leaf: lohes of the calyx linear- 

 acuminate, patent in the capsule : corolla slightly hairy above : 

 anthers included, hairy at the apex. 



Silhet mountains. Eastern Bengal. Flowering in the rainy 

 season. 



(3) h. COLOKATA. {Wof.ll.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VIJ. p. 380.— Wall. PL As. Rar. II. p. 42. 



. . Syn. L. purpurascens. Wall. — Bapuntium coloratum, Presl. 

 j)rod. Lob. p. 24. 



Spec Char. Stem erect^ simple, glabrous : leaves linear-lan- 

 peolate, subdentate, glabrous : racemes spiciform, long, few-flower-, 

 ^d : bracts . glanduloso-dentate, longer than the pedicel : pedicels, 

 hairy : calyx-tube ovoid : lobes linear, toothed,' hairy, 3 times, 

 shorter than the corolla : petals linear, narrow : anthers hairy, % 

 lower ones bearded at the apex : flowers purplish, 



Khasia mountains at 5 — 6000 feet, flowering in August. 



