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GMUS IX. ■ ANISOCHlLUg, 

 llidyiiainia Crymnosp^ritlta. Six ; Syit i 



l)eriv. From Anisos, unequal, and Cheil'os, a lip. 



Gen. Chae. Fructiferous calyx ovate, suberect, the base oi 

 niiddle inflated, contracted above : limb either bilabiate, the upper 

 lip incumbent on the truncated lower one, closing the cialyx, or 

 •obliquely 5-toothed, the upper one longer, incurved or incumbent : 

 tube of the corolla slender, abruptly bent beyond the calyx, 

 throat dilated, upper lij) short, obtuse, 3-4-cleft, the lower one 

 elongated, concave : stamens 4 : filaments free, edentulate : style 

 Bubulate at the apex, equally bifid : hypogynous disk lobed, the 

 posterior lobe often higher than the ovaries. — Herbs (or under- 

 shrubs ?) verticiliasters densely imbricated, forming ovate, oblong, 

 or cylindrical spikes : floral leaves bract-like, caducous, shortei' 

 than the flowers, or rai'ely the upper ones longer forming a 

 terminal tuft. 



(1) A. CARNOSUM. {Wall.) 

 Ident. Wall. PI. A,s. Rar. II. p. 18.— Dec. prod. XII. p. 8l, 



Syn. Lavandula carnosa, Linn. — Pleotranthus dubius, Spreng, 

 P. strobiliferus, Roxh. 



Engrav. Rheede Mai. X. t, 90. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, tetragoiial : leaves petioled, ovate-^ 

 rounded, obtuse-crenated, cordate at the base, or rounded : thick, 

 fleshy, hoary and tomeutose, or villous on both sides : spikes long- 

 peduncled, at length cylindric: floral leaves ovate->obtnse : upper 

 lip of calyx acute, glabrous, membranaceous, ciliated on the margins: 

 flowers bluish-purple. 



Clefts of rocks in the Circar mountains. Western Ghauts, Flow; 

 ering nearly all the year. 



(2) A. DECussATUM, {Dais.') 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 206. 



Spec Char. Stem round, coloured, smooth below, hoary above : 

 leaves on longish petioles, broad ovate, acute, truncate or cordate at 

 the base, crenated, shortly tomentose beneath, sprinkled on both 

 sides with ruby-coloured glands : spikes shortly-cylindric, pointed 

 on long-naked peduncles, brachiately disposed ; floral leaves cor- 

 date-acute : calyx densely woolly, upper lip deflexed, rounded with 

 a sudden point, lower truncate : corolla bluish-purple, velvetly 

 aiid villous : anthers 4, perfect, blue : stigmas 2, filiform, acute. 



On the highest Ghauts opposite Bombay, in rocky places ; flower« 

 ing in August, 



