46S 



(1) L. Wailichii. (Nees,) 



Idem. N. ab. E. ia Wall. PL As. Rar. III. p. IQ3.— Dec. 

 prod. XI. p. 379v 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1543'^ 



Spec. Char. Sl>?uhby, plabrous, terete, smooth : leaves oli^ 

 long or oval- oblong, rou^h above, tapering ut both ends, thin, sub- 

 membranous: panicles racemose, branchlets {^hmduloso-pubescent: 

 flowers opposite: bracts, and bracteoles shorter than the calyx. 



Courtallujn. 



GENUS XLVm. ADHATODA. 

 Dlaiidrla lllonogjriiia.. Sex: Sytti 



Deriv. The name in Malaba.ri 



Gen. CMae. ' Calyx deeply 5-cleft, lobes equal : cftrolla ringenfcj, 

 tuba shortish, upper lip concave, lower 3-lobed : stamens two, 

 inserted below the middle of the tube : anthers 2-celled, cells 

 oblique on the coniieotive, one somewhat above the other, the 

 lower ones spurred :. stigma obtuse, capsule depressed, 4-iSeeded 

 in the middle : seeds either Itenticular or' flat. — Herbs' or shrubs : 

 fljwera various in form : leaves quite entire : spikes either axil- 

 lary, opposite, or the flowers axillary, or the spikes terminal : 

 bracts and bracteoles often large, longer than the calyx : flower? 

 either opposite, or, by abortion, l-ranked. 



(1) A. Neilgherrica. (Nees;) 



Ident. Dee. prod. XI. p. 38G.— N. ab. E. in Wall. PI. As. 

 Rar. ill. p. 103. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1544. 



Spi'c. Char. Lrtw, procumbent t leaves lanceoTate, sessile,, 

 glabroiis, smooth.: spikes leimiual, 4-,-! led : bracts and biacteolc&. 

 ovate, acuminate, yenoaely S-ncivcd, ylabrous. 



Neilijherries, freq^uent in pastures about Ootacamund, flowerings 

 nearly all the year. 



(2) A. WvNAUDENSis. fNecs.) 



Ident. N. ab. R. 1. c. p. 104.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 40,3. 

 Sun. Gendarussa Wynaudensis, N. ab. E. I. B. 

 Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1545. 



Spec Char. Shrubby : stems long;, slender, terete, smooth : 

 leaves oblong, attenuated at both, ends, lower ones creuate-dentat^i t 



