535, 



Spec, Chab; Stem procumbent at the base : branches ascendl-. 

 Jng, silky-viilous : leaves shot't-petioled, oblong-laoceolate, obtuse,, 

 quite entire, narrowed at the base, thick, densely silky -villous : 

 spikes a::^iUary and terminal : upper lip of the woolly calyx 8taall> 

 acute ot slightly obtuse : flowers purplish. 



Neilgherries, flowering in January and February. 



(8) A. SERICEUM. {Benth.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XII. p. 82. 



Spec. Char. Stem ascendent (?) silky-tamentose : leaves sessile, 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly narrowed at the base, thick, densely silky- 

 tomentose : spikes axillary and terminal, scarcely pedunded ; lowei 

 teeth of the calyx short, upper one longer, incumbent. 



Peninsula. 



(9) A. POLYSTACHYUM. ( Bentli. ) 



Idem. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. p. 19.— Dec. prod. XII. 

 p. 82. 



Spec. Char. Stem straight, branched : leaves subsessile, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, serrated, cuneate at the base, very thinly pubes- 

 cent, nerved below : spikes panicled : calyx incurved above ; mouth 

 oblique, 5-toothed, uppermost tooth scarcely longer. 



Assam. 



(10) A. PURPUREUM. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. Vol. IV. & t. 1345. 



Spec. Char, Stem procumbent at the base : branches ascending 

 or erect : leaves petioled, obovate-spathulate, obtuse or suborbicu- 

 lar, entire, fleshy : spikes axillary and terminal, peduncled : bracts 

 lanceolate, acute, hairy, about the length of the calyx : corolla 

 withering, tubular, upper lip 4-lobed, erect, under entire, deflexed ; 

 under lip of the fructiferous calyx minute, upper larger, deflexed, 

 3-toothed : flowers purple. 



Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries about Conoor, flowering ip 

 February and March. 



(11) A. ALBIDUM. (U. W.) 



Ueni. Wight's Icon. Vol. IV. &. t. 1346. 



