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(1) H. Nepaulense. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. Lab. p. 366.— Dec. prod. XII. p. 244. 



Syn. Cunila Nepaulensis, Don. prod. fior. Nep. — Lycopus Di- 

 anthera, Roxh. — Melissa Nepaulensis, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar^ 

 I. p. 66. — C. Buchaiii, Spreng. — Moschosma ocimoides, Benth- 

 Lab. p. 25, 



Engrav. Decsne. in Jacq. voy. t. 138. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, erect, branched: leaves petioledjj 

 6vate, narrowed at both ends, serrated, flat ; floral ones small ;: 

 %'erticils 2-flowered, secund, loosely racemose : flowers pale-rose. 



Assam. Khasia. Flowering in February and March.. 



GENUS XIX. SALVIA. 



Uiandria MonosyniA' Sex: Syst: 



Deriv. From Salvo, to save ; in allusion to the healing qua* 

 iities of the sage. 



Gen. Chab. Calyx 2-lipped, upper lip entire or with three 

 Small teeth, lower one 2-cleft : upper lip of the corolla erect, 

 concave or arched, lower one spreading, 3-lobed, middle lobe often 

 notched or divided : stamens two, anthers with a long slender 

 connectivum appearing like a filament fastened to the centre by 

 short real filaments having at one end a perfect anther-cell under 

 the upper lip of the corolla, and an abortive empty cell at the 

 other end. — Herbs or shrubs : flowers usually in 6 or more 

 whorls, forming terminal racemes or spikes : floral leaves 

 bracteiform. 



(1) S. PLEBEIA. (R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. prod. p. 501. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 209. 



Syn. S. brachiata, Roxb.flor. lud. \. p. 146. — Ocimum fasti- 

 giatum. Roth, 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, erect, branched, pubescent : 

 leaves petioled, oblong, wrinkled : verticils lax, about, 6-flowered, 

 racemose : racemes panicuUte : calyx campanulate : upper lip quite 

 entire ; teeth of the lower lip obtuse : corolla scarcely longer than 

 the calyx : flowers purple. 



Kandalla and Island of Caranjah. Hindostan, Oudet Silheti» 

 Bengal. I'lowering in the cold season, 



