628 



(14) P, TERNIFOLIDM. (D. Don.) 



iAent, Don. prod. flor. Nep. p. 117. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 6i» 

 ^yn. Ocimum ternifolium, Spreng. 

 Engrav. Hook. Ic. pi. t. 460. 



Spec. Char. Tomentosely villotis, steiVi erectj somewhat branch- 

 ed : leaves ternately verticilled, subsessile, lanceolate-oblong, acu- 

 liiiilate, serrated, cuheate at the base, Wrinkled : panicles branchedj 

 densely pyramidal, many-flowered; fructiferous calyx cylindricj 

 erect, striated, teeth, equal, obtuse. 



Assam. Silhet. 



(l5) P. MELissoiiiEs. {B'enth.) 



Ment. Benth. Lab. p. 39. — Dee. prod. XII. p. 62, 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, angles rough : leaves petioledi 

 broad-ovate, cuneate at the base, rough : fioral ones conformable, 

 decrescent : verticils loose, remote : peduncles 3-cleft on both sides : 

 calyx campanulate, glabrous : teeth ovate, acute : corolla bent 

 i^wnwards> obtusely sparred above.' 



Silhet. Assam. 



(16) P. cotEoiDES. (jBentJi,') 



Ident. Dec. prod. XII. p. 64. 



Spec Char. Herbaceous : stem "erect, soinewhal fleshy, pube-. 

 lufous! leaves petioled-, ovate) crenate, subcordate at the base, 

 thickish, puberulous, floral ones deciduous : raceme panicled : cymes 

 many-flowered : uppermost tooth of the fructiferous calyx ovate, 

 decurrent, upper ones lanceolate, acute : corolla four times longer 

 than the calyx, tube bent downwards at the middle, throat dilated ; 

 flowers lilac. 



, Moist places on the Neilgherries. 



(17) P. suBiNcisus. {Bvnlh.') 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. II. p. 16. — ^Dec. prod. 

 XII. p. 66. 



,"Spbc. Char. Stem herbaceousj erect, scarcely fleshy: leaves 

 petioled, broad ovate, inciso-dentate, cordate at the base, floral 

 ones bract-shaped, ovate : racemes base, sub-panicled : verticils 

 secund : fructiferous calyx somewhat nodding, ovate, uppermost 

 tboth ovate, decurrent, lower ones ovate-laUceolate : corolla four 

 times longer than the calyx, tube bent downwaids at the middle, 

 sub-gibbous at the base. 



Shady places near Courtallum and Dindigul, 



