554 



(3) N. ctiNOPODioiDES. {Royle.) 



Ident. Hook. Bot. Misc. III. p. 79.— Dec. prod. XIT. p. 382. 



Spec. Char. Ascending, slightly pubescent: leaves jpetioled, 

 ovate, obtuse, crenated, broadly subcordate at the base, green on 

 both sides, slightly pubescent : racemes somewhat simple : verticils 

 rather loose, many-flowered, subsecund : cymes peduncled, loose : 

 bracts subulate, shorter than the calyx : mouth of the pubescent, 

 tubular calyx oblique, the tipper teeth lanceolate, lower subulate: 

 corolla shortly exceeding the calyx. 



Banks of the Jumna. 



GENUS XXI. PHUNELtiA. 



mdynamia Crynuionpermiat Sex: SysH 



Deriv. Altered from Brunella, derived from the German die 

 Braune, a disorder in the jaws and throat which this plant was 

 supposed to cure. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx tubuloso-campanulate, about lO-nerved and 

 reticulately veined, flat above, bilabiate, the upper lip broad, 

 truncated, shortly 3-toothed, the lower one half bifid with the 

 lobes lanceolate, throat naked within : tube of the corolla large, 

 Bub-exgerted, ascending within, near the base, annulate with 

 scales or hairs : upper lip erect, galeate, somewhat keeled above, 

 entire, the lower one 3-lobed dependent, the lateral lobes oblong, 

 (leflexed, the middle one rounded, concave, crenulate : stamens 

 exserted, filaments edentulate at th,e base, glabrous, shortly bi- 

 dentate at the apex, the lower tooth bearing the anthers : anthers 

 approximated by pairs under the upper lip, free, two-celled : cells 

 distinct, divaricated : gynobase, equal, straight : style glabrous, 

 bifid at the apex, lobes subulate : nuts oblong, dry, smooth. — ■ 

 Herbaceous plants : verticillasters e-flowered, densely spicate : 

 floral leaves bract-like, orbiculate, persistent, equalling the calyxes 

 and imbricated with them. 



(1) P. VULGARIS. (£»■«».) 



Ident. Linn. Spec. p. 837. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 410. 



Engrav. Wight's Spicil. II. t. 200. Icon. t. 1448. 



Spec Char. Leaves petioled, ovate or oblong, entire, dentate 

 ?)r inciso-pinnatifid : teeth of the upper lip of the calyx truncated, 

 aristate, or submnticous, or rarely sub-lanceolate : corolla from » 

 Ijalf to twice as longer the calyx : flower purplish. 



Common by road sides and in pastures on the Neilgherrie;^, 



