536 



Spec. Char. Stem decumbent: branches ascending, silky- 

 villous : leaves sessile, obovate-spathulate, tapering at the base : 

 spikes axillary and terminal : bracts lanceolate-acute about the 

 length of the calyx : corolla deciduous, tubular ; tube hairy within : 

 upper lip of the fructiferous calyx deflexed, 3-toothedj teeth 

 reflexed at the point : flowers white or pale, straw colour. 



Neilgherries about Oonoor and Kaity, flowering in February and 

 March. 



(12) A. SUFFRUTICOSUM. ( E. W.) 



Ideni. Wight's Icon. Vol. IV. & t. 1437. 



Spec. Char. Suffruticose, erect, branched : young shoots and 

 leaves densely villous: leaves short-petioled, ovate-lanceolate: 

 spikes numerous, long-peduncled, congested on the ends of the 

 branches : corolla tubular, deflexed from the base ; middle lobe of 

 the upper lip larger, under entire, obtuse : upper lip of the fructi- 

 ferous calyx much larger, entire, round at the apex, deflexed. 



Western slopes of the Neilgherries, in rocky places among long 

 grass, flowering in December and January. 



GENUS X. LAVAJSTDULA. 

 Didynamia Crymnospermla. Sex: Sj/si: 



Deriv. From Lavo, to wash ; in allusion to the use made of 

 its distilled water. 



Gen. Ohab. Calyx ovate-tubular, 13 (rarely 15) nerved, shortly 

 5-toothed, 4 lower teeth nearly equal or two lowest ones narrower, 

 uppermost one sometimes a little broader than, the lateral ones, 

 Bometimes produced at the top into a dilated appendage : corolla 

 tube exserted ; throat somewhat dilated, limb oblique, 2-lipped, 

 upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, all nearly equal ; spreading : 

 stamens 4, enclosed, declinate : filament free, without teeth : style 

 shortly 2-clefb at the apex : disc hollow furnished at the margin 

 with 4 fleshy scales : nuts smooth. — Perennial herbs, shrubs or 

 undershrubs : floral leaves bracteiform, 1-5-flowered on each 

 Bide, opposite or rarely alternate : flowers approximate on termi- 

 nal spikes, simple or branched at the base : bracts small, bristly, 

 or none. 



(1) L. Perottetii. {Benih.) 



Ident. Benth. Lab. p. 151. — Dec. prod, XII. p. 147. 

 Engrav, Wight'^ Icon. t. 1439, 



