572 



(I) A. REMOTA. (Benth.J 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. I. p. 59.— Dec. prod. Xil. 

 p. 597. 



Spec. Char. Without suckers, branched at the base, procum- 

 bent, floriferous branches ascending, villous : leaves oblong-elliptic, 

 or ovate, nai'rowed at the base, floral ones ovate-cuneate exceeding' 

 the flowers, all thickish, sub-coriaceous, villous, coarsely few-toothed : 

 verticils remote, or the uppermost ones approximate : corolla tube" 

 exserted, lowest segment of the lower lip scarcely emarginate : flowers 

 violet, rose or whitish. 



Oude. . Hurdwur. 



(2) A. MACROSPERMA. (^Tfall.) 



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

 Xli. p. 599. 



Spec.' Char. Without suckers, erect, or ascending, branched : 

 stem leaves large, ovate, coarsely toothedy long narrowed at the^ 

 base, membrauaceous, glabrous or sparingly hairy, floral ones 

 somewhat agreeing, uppermost ones or even all bract-shaped, 

 shorter than the leaf: verticils spicate, or lowest ones somewhat 

 remote, calycine teeth obtuse : corolla tube shortly exserted. 



Khasia hills. Assam. 



(3) A. repens. ( Roxh.) 



Ident. Roxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 3. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 602. 



Spec. Char. Biennial, procumbent, villous : leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, narrowed at the base, coarsely and unequally serrated s 

 spikes terminal, cylindric : bracts oblong, ventricose, 5-flowered 

 (verticil 10 flowered :) 



Chittagong, flowering in January and February. 



ORDER CXXIII. PLlTMBAGlNACE-ffi. 



Calyx tubular, persistent, sometimes coloured, corolla (of 

 Very thin texture) monopetalous, with a narrow tube, or com- 

 posed of 5- petals, which have a long narrow claw : stamen^ 

 tleJiaue, oppogite the petals, in tlie mopoj^etaJous sixjciea J^;^ 



