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(5) S. GLABEATUS. (NeCS.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 85.— Dec. 

 prod. XI. p. 183. 



Spec. Char. Fruticose, glabrous : stem swollen at the joints : 

 leaves oblong, attenuated at both ends, denticulate : capitula 

 oblong, peduncled, axillary, opposite, quartern, nodding : bract^ 

 oblong, imbricated, covered : segmeqts of the corolla epiarglnate. 



Khasia hills. 



(6) S. LUPULiNUS. (Nees.) 



Tdent. N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. p. 85.— Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 184. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, glabrous : leaves elliptic, acute, 

 passing into the petiole, erenate, glabrous, closely lineolate : spikes, 

 axillary, fascicled, ovate, hirsute : bracts oval, ventricose, emargi- 

 nate, lowest ones oblong, more remote, spreading : calycine segr 

 jnents 2- toothed at the apex, 



Near Courtallum. 



(7) S. HOMOTRopus. {Nees.) 



Jdent. Dec. prod. XI. p. 187. 



Spec Char. Fruticose, erect : stem above, as well as the 

 liranches of the inflorescence pubescent-glandular: leaves oblong, 

 acuminate, repandly subserrate, embracing at the narrower and 

 somewhat cordate base : spikes terminal on the branches and stem, 

 compound, distant-flowered : flowers opposite, secund ; calyx 

 equalling the joints, a little longer than the oval bract : flowers 

 blue. 



Common on the outskirts of the' woods near Ootacamund, flow- 

 ering from November to March. 



(8) S. scaber. (Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. ia Wall. PL As. Rar. III. p. 84.— Dec 

 prod. XI. p. 177. 



Spec Char. Fruticose : stem hispid : leaves obovate-elliptic, 

 dentato-crenate, lineolate above, rough with distant bristles, pale 

 below : spikes infraterminal, apposite, terminal ones tern, glandu- 

 lose : bracts lanceolate, with an obtuse acumen : corolla pubescent, 

 purplish. I 



Khasia hills, flowering in the cold season. 



