hi 



' Spec. Char. Herbaceous : stem erect, branched : leaves pcti- 

 bled, ovate acuminate, coarsely toothed, cuneate at the base, or 

 appermost ones subcordate : racemes loose : corolla thrice longei 

 than the calyx, tube straight, upper lip dilated : stamens long-- 

 exserted : flowers white or lilac. 

 Lower Assam, flowering in the rainy season. 



GENUS Vn. PLBCTEANTHUS. 



I 

 Diilynainla Anslospermfa. Sex: SysU 



Deriv. IVom Plektron, a cock's spur, and Anthos, a flower,' 

 Gen. Char. Calyx campanulate, 6-toothed, teeth equal ox 

 Ihe upper one larger ; enlarging with the seed and then decli- 

 ning, straight, incurved, or inflated with the teeth, equal or 

 variously 2-lipped, sometimes erect, tubular, or campanulate, 

 equally 5-toothed : tube of the corolla exserted, gibbous above 

 the base, or calcarate, then abruptly declining or nearly straight; 

 throat equal or rarely inflated, the upperlip 3-4-cleft, the lower 

 one entire, often longer, concave : stamens declinate, didynamous, 

 the lower ones longer : filaments free, edentulate : anthers ovate, 

 j-eniform, cells confluent, or rarely somewhat distinct, divaricate : 

 style 2.clefit at the apex, lobes about equal, subulate with minute 

 terminal stigmas. — ^Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs . racemes ter- 

 minal, simple or ramous : verticils lax, many-flowered, usually 

 producing cym.es on each side, rarely contracted into dense 

 yerticfls. 



(1) P. WiSKTU. (Benth.) 



Ident, Benth. Lab. p. 41. — ^Dec. prod. XIL p. 56. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1429. 



Spec Char. Stem herbaceous, erect, branched : leaves petiole J,' 

 broadly ovate or rounded-acuminate, cordate at the base : lower 

 floral leaves like them, upper and the bracts membranaceous, 

 rounded spathulate, shorter than the peduncle and pedicels : calyx 

 oblong, incurved, striated ; mouth oblique, bilabiate : corolla inflat- 

 ed, declinate. 



Sam Ghaut. 



(2) P. ROTUNDIFOLIUS, (Spr.) 



Ident. Spr. Syst. II. p. 690.— Dec. prod. XIT. p. 65. 



i Syn. Gerraanea rotundifolia. Fair. — Nepeta MadagasoarieiisiiJ 

 tarn. — Coleus rugosus, Benth. in Wall, PI. As, Rar, II. p. 15, 



Engrav, Rheede Mai. XI. t. 25. 



