565 



"Spec. CilAR. Erect, rnfous-canescent : leaves Hnear-laneeolate, 

 lo'btuse, serrated, hoary-pubescent above, white-tomentose beneath : 

 calyx tubular, hoary-pubescent, a little inflated above the middle ; 

 throat equal, villous within ; teeth short, and together with the 

 bracts revolute at the apex. 



Peninsula. 



(23) L. LANCE^FOLiA. {Desf.) 



Menu Desf. Mem. Mus. Par. XI. p. 5. t. 2. fig. 2. — Dec. prod, 

 XII. p. 529. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1452. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, rufous-tomentoSe : leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, almost quit0 entire, green and pubescent above, canes- 

 "cent and tomentosely pubescent beneath : bracts equalling the 

 calyx : calyx mfous-villous, mouth truncated, pubescent; teeth 

 Very short and together with the bracts stiffly mucronulate. 



Neilgherries. 



(24) L. tAMiiFOLiA. (Desf.) 

 Ident. Desf. 1. c. t. 2. fig. 1.— Dec. prod. XII. p. 529. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous : rufous-villous : leaves cordate-ovate,' 

 yufous-villous above, hoary tomentbse or villous beneath : bracts Ian- 

 ceolate- linear equalling the calyx : mouth of the silky calyx trun- 

 cated, equal, villous within ; teeth subulate, afterwards stellately 

 spreading. 



Neilgherries. 



(25) L. HiRTA. {Spre^g.^ 



Ident. Spreng. Syst. II. p. 743.-^Dec. prod. XII. p. 530. 



Syn. Phlomis hirta, Ileyne in Roth. — Leucas helianthemifoliaj 

 Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. I. ^. 61. (not Desf.) 



Spec. Char. Suffruticose? branches rufescent villous: leaves) 

 ovate or oblong, subcrenate, green and hairy on both sides : bracts 

 equalling the calyx : calyx villous ; throat truncated, very villous ; 

 teeth subulate, stellately spreading, muticous. 



Peninsula. 



(26) L. VESTiTA. {Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. p. 61.— Dee. prod. XII^ 

 {). 530. 



. Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 338. 



I Spec. Char. Herbaceous, erect : stem rufescent, very hirsute } 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, crenated, hairy, green or scarcely 

 canescent beneath : bracts linear, ciliately hairy : calyx hairy ; throat 



