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GENUS XXIV. ANISOMELES. 



Dldynaniia G>-innoBpei*niia. Sex; Sysi f 



Deriv. From Anisos, unequal, and Melos, a member. 

 Gen. Char. Calyx ovate-tubular, 5-tootbed : corolla tube 

 squalling tbe calyx witb a liairy ring inside, limb 2-lipped, upper 

 lip erect, oblong, entire, lower longer, spreading, lateral lobes 

 Qvate, obtuse, middle one emarginate, somewbat 3-cleft : stamens 

 exaerted : anthers approximated by pairs, of the longer stamens 

 dimidiate, of the lower ones 2-celled, cells parallel : style 2-cleft : 

 puts dry, smooth. — Herbs : verticils sometimes densely many- 

 flowered racemose, or very lax consisting of long-peduncled cymes, 

 Qr axillary, few-flowered : flowers purplish. 



(1) A. Heyneana. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. p. 59.— Dec. prod. XII. 

 p. 455. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous or very slightly pubescent : leaves ovate 

 or oblong-lanceolate, narrow at the base : cymes long peduncled, 

 secund, few-flowered : ealycine teeth lanceolate acute : branches 

 elongated, slender, acutely quadrangular ; leaves pale-green on both 

 sides, serrate-crenate : cymes, unilateral at the apex of the 

 peduncles. 



Bombay. Salsette. 



(2) A. OVATA. {R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. II. p. 364.— Dec. prod. XII. 

 p. 455. 



Syn. A. disticha, Heyne in Both. — Nepeta Amboinica, Linn.— 

 Ballota disticha, Linn. — Ajuga disticha, Roxb. — Marrubium Indi- 

 cam, Burm. — B. Mauritiana, Pers. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 865. 



Spec. Char. Hirsute, more rarely subglabrous : leaves ovate, 

 acuminated or rounded, truncate, subcordate or rounded at the 

 base, broadly crenate : verticils many-flowered, dense : ealycine 

 teeth lanceolate-acute : corolla purple, the lip darker in colour. 



Coromandel. Bombay. Bengal. Western Coast, Travancore, 

 Flowering nearly all the year. 



