449 



(1) L. KYAtiNA. (Neei.) 



lient. N. ah. E. III. Lepidag. p. 16 Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. 



p. 95. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 252. 



Spec. CHAa. Stem sufFruticasr, creeping: at the base : leave* 

 ovate-elliptic or oblong, attenuated fit bath, ends, repa,nd, sc^ibruus 

 above at the ribs : spikes ovate, axillary and terminal, agjjregate : 

 bracts ovate-oblong and with, the lanceolate bractcoles and calvx 

 awned, villosely ciliated, transparent at the base : calvx 4- parted ^ 

 lower segment deeply 2-cleft : flowers white, dotted with brown. 



Silhet. Mysore. Assam. Flowering nearly all the year.. 



(2) L. usiCLAXA. {Nees.) 



Ident. N. aJj. E. III. Lepidag. p. 18.— Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. 

 p. 95. — Dec. prod. XI. p. 253. 



Spec. Ghab. Stem fruticose, rreepinjj at the base : leaves oval 

 pr oblong, scabrous, lowest ones smaller, spathulate : spikes ovate, 

 terminal : bracts and bracteoles and the larger segments of the 

 almost 5-parted calyx lanceolate, acuminately awncd, nearly equal ; 

 alternate ones transparent and coloured: flowers white, doited wiii 

 brown. 



Goruckpore, flowering in September and October. 



(3) L. RUPESTRis. (Nees.), 



Ident. Dec. prod. XI. p. 256.— N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. 

 Ear. III. p. 96. 



Spec. Char. Stem, suffruticose, diffuse : leaves oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, sessile : spikes capitate, conglomerate round the rooti( 

 woolly: bracts and bracteoles ovate-orbiciilate or oval, cuspidately 

 mucronate: calyx 4- parted : segments densely woolly, minutely 

 mucronate, lower one deeply 2-cleft:. 



Among rocks, oii the hills near Ongole. 



(4) L. cusFiDATA. {Nees.) 



Ident. N. ab. E. 111. Lepidag. p. 31.— Wall. PI. As. Rar. III. 

 p. 97.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 258. 



Spec. Char. Stem fruticose, pubescent: leaves ovate-elliptic, 

 attenuated at both ends, pubescent : spikes terminal, compound 

 at the base, dense, glanduloso-pubescent : bracts oblung, ciliated at 

 the base, very densely pubescent: bracteoles and calyx spinoso- 

 mucronate: sterile bracts narrower : calyx. 5-parted, dorsal segment. 

 ovate, lovrerones oval,-3-nerved : flowers pale blue. 



Hills in the De£can, flowering in October. 



