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GENUS XXIX. TEUCRIUM. 



Didynaiuia Ciyninoapermia. Sex: Syaf: 



Beriv. Named after Teucer, son of Scamander, father-iii-la\r 

 X>i Dardanus, king of Troy. 



• Gett. Chae. Calyx tubular or oampanulate, rarely inflatied, 5- 

 toothed, teeth equal or the upper one often broader : tube of the 

 corolla short, exannulate within, the 4 upper lobes of the limb 

 about equal, or the upper ones longer and broader, sometimes 

 oblong, declining, sometimes very short, nearly erect, the lower 

 one large, roundish or oblong, often concave : stamens 4, protend- 

 ing between the upper lobes, didynamous, the inferior pair longer : 

 'cells of the anthers confluent : style equally bifid at the apex : 

 nuts in most of the species coarsely reticulato-rugose, in a few 

 liowever with the reticulations scarcely elevated, in all obliquely 

 attached by the interior side of the base. — Herbs or under shrubs 

 Tariable in habit and inflorescence. 



(1) T. TOMENTOSUM. (Heyne.) 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. p. 58. — Dec. prod. XII. 

 p. 582. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1458.— Spicil. II. t. 202. 



Spec. Char. Sufi'ruticose, erect, branches toitientosely pubes- 

 cent : leaves ovate, rounded at the base, villous above, tomentosfely 

 pubescent, whitish beneath or rarely sub-glabrous ; racemes panicu- 

 lately branched : calyx declinate, pilose, bilabiate, the upper tooth 

 broadest : flowers pale-rose or nearly white. 



Neilgherries, flowering after the rains. 



(2) T. MACROSTACHYUM. {Wall.') 



Ident. Wall, in Bentb. Lab. p. 664. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 574. 



Syn. Leucosceptrum canum. Smith. — Clerodendron Leucoscep- 

 trum, D. Don.flor. Nep. p. 103. 



Engrav. Sm. Exot. Bot. t. 116. 



Spec Char. Fruticose: branches hoary : leaves oblong, dense- 

 ly white, tomentose beneath : verticils many-flowered, densely spiked : 

 calyx somewhat equally dentate, incurved : uppermost segments of 

 the corolla very short, erect : floral leaves bract-shaped, ovate- 

 rotund, sessile, shorter than the calyx. 



Kbasia hills. 



