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Gen. Char. Calyx ovate or campanula fce, S-tootlied, fruit-bear* 

 Ing' often elongated : corolla tube equalling' the calyx or rarely 

 exserted, limb shortly 4-cleft, oblique or sub-bilabiate, uppermost 

 lobe Suberect, somewhat concave, emarginate, lower ones spread- 

 ing : stamens four, usually exserted, ascending, diverging or dis- 

 tant, lower ones somewhat longer : filaments naked : cells of the 

 anthers divergent or divaricate, at length confluent : style 2- 

 cleft : nuts ovoid, smoothish. — Herbs or undershrubs : verticils 

 many-flowered, arranged in loose or in densely imbricated spikes. 



(1) E. BLANDA. {Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. Lab. p. 162. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 160. 



Syn. Perilla elata, Don. prod.Jlor. Nep. — Aphanochylus blan- 

 dus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar, I. p. 19. 



Engrav. Bot. Mag. t. 3091. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, hoary: branches 4-cornered, erect: 

 leaves oblong or lanceolate, narrowed at both ends ; floral ones subu- 

 late : verticils loose, secund : spikes panicled : fructiferous calyx 

 ovate-inflated, membranaceous, pubescent : teeth very sharp : 

 flowers white. 



Silhet. Assam. 



(2) E. FLAVA. {Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. Lab. p. 161. — Dec. prod. XH. p. 160. 



Syn. Aphanochylus flavus, Benth. in Wall. PL As, Rar. I. pi 

 28. & t. 34. 



Spec. Char. Erect : leaves petioled, broad-ovate, acuminate ; 

 floral ones bract-shaped, ovate or lanceolate : spikes loose, axillary 

 and terminal : corolla nearly twice longer than the calyx : fructi-» 

 ferous calyx inflated, tubular : flowers yellow. 



Khasia hills. 



(3) E. POLYSTACHYA. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. Lab. p. 161.— Dec. prod. XH. p. 160. 



Syn. Perilla fruticosa, Don, prod. flor. Nep, p. 115. — Benth, in 

 Wall. PI. As. Bar. I. p, 28. t. 33. 



Spec Char. Erect : branches pubescent or tomentose : leaves 

 short-petioled, oblong, narrowed at both ends ; floral ones bract* 

 shaped, minute : spikes loose, panicled : corolla twice longer thai} 

 the calyx : fructiferous calyx narrow tubular, 



KhasiQ, hillst 



