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GENUS XXVII. I^EQIifOTIg. 



Didynamla CrymnoHpernila. Sex.- Sysf: 



Heriv. From Leon, a lion, and Ous., a ea^r ;, from a fancied re-» 

 penablance in the Corolla. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx ovate-tubular, lO-nerved, incurved at th® 

 top, mouth, oblique, somewhat 10-toothed, uppermost tooth longer ; 

 eorolla tube usually exserted, naked or incompletely ringed in^ 

 side, limb 2-lipped, upper one concave, erect, long, entire, loweir 

 one short, spreading, 3.-cleft, middle segment sparcely longer : 

 stamens ascending under the helmet : filaments exappendiculata 

 at the base : anther approximated by pairs under the upper lip^ 

 2-celled, cells divaricate, acute : upper lobe of the style very 

 short : nuts obtuse at the top. — Herbs or shrubs : verticils many, 

 flowered, usually very dense : bracts very numerous, subulate j 

 porolla showyj scarlet or yellowish. 



(1) L. Nepet/efolia. {R. Br.) 



Jdent. R. igr. prqd. p. 504. — Piec. prod. XII. p. 535, 



Syn. Phlomis Nepetsefolia, Linn. — Leonurus globosus, Meenoh^ 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 867. — Bot. Reg. t. 281. 



Spec. Chak. Herbaceous, 6 feet high : leaves membranaceous^ 

 ovate crenate : verticils large, globular : teeth of calyx spinous, 

 uppermost largest, ovate : corolla orange-coloured, about twice the 

 Jength of the calyx. 



Peninsula. Western coast. Silhet. Flowering jnthe cold season. 



GENUS XXVm. GOMPHOSTEMMA. 

 Didynamia Crymiioaiierniia. Sex: Syst' 



Deriv. From GompJios, a club, and Stemma, a crown ; in refe« 

 rence to the tube of the corolla being inflated above the middle. 



Gen. Chais. Calyx ovate-campannlate or tubular, 5-toothed, 

 ttroat naked : corolla tube straight, usually exserted, exannulatei;" 

 within, inflated above the ' middle, bilabiate, lips nearly equal, 

 upper one erect, entire, forked, lower one spreading, 3-cleft :. 

 anthers approxiniated by pairs, 2-celled : cells parallel, transverse : 

 style 2-cleft. — Perennial herbs : stems usually erect, simple or 

 procumbent at the base, rooting : leaves usually large, thick \ 

 villous or tomentose : flowers largish : verticils spicate or axil. 



