612 cxu. LABU-T-s;. (J, p. Hooker.) [AcrocepJudtu. 



Throngliont Iitdia from Kashmir to Bhotan in the Himalaya, ascending; to 

 5000 ft. ; and in hilly districts from the Khasia Mts. to Cape Comorin and Pegn. 

 fNot seen from Ceylon or the Hal«y Peninsnla.) — DlsiBEB. Mnneypoor, Burma, Java, 

 Borneo. 



Stem 6-12 in., simple or branched from the base ; branches ascending or 

 decumctent. Leav&f j^—l in., ovate or lanceolate, coarsely serrate, narrowed into the 

 petiole. Meads |-| in. diam., rarely cylindric, often with two spre»ding leaves at 

 the base ; flowers imbricating, snberect, ^ in. long, pale purple. 



2. A. axillaris^ Bent A. in DC. Prodr. xii. 48; stems and leaves 

 beneath pubescent, leaves small lower oblong tipper orbicular many-nerved, 

 heads asillarj sessile. 



ASSAM; JenMns, Mact, 



Stem slender, erect, simple, a foot long and upwards. leaves in distant pairs, 

 lower I in., upper J in. ; nerves very strong beneath, forming salient parallel ribs. 

 Heads ^-^ in. diam. — A very singular plant, with the habit and ribbed leaves of a 

 Spermacoce ; the corollas have fallen away. 



6. DKOSCHOSnCA, Seichh. 



Herbs, annual or perennial. Whorls 6-10-fld., secund, in axillary and 

 terminal panicled racemes, flowers very minute ; bracts small. Calyx ovoid 

 or campanulate, 5-toothed, fruiting declinate, upper or 3 upper teeth largest, 

 margins not decurrent ; throat naked. Corolla-tube very short ; upper lip 

 shortly 4-fid ; lower entire with 4 flat lobes. Stamens 4, declinate, filaments 

 free, toothless; anther-cella confluent. Style clavate-capitate, tip 2-fid. 

 Outlets compressedi smooth. — Species 6, Tropical Asiatic, African and 

 Australian. 



K. polystacbynm, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Sar. ii. 13, Lab. 24, 

 708, and in 1)C. Prodr. xii. 48 ; nearly glabrous, stem acutely 4-aiigled, 

 leaves long-petioled ovate long-acuminate coarsely serrate, racemes very 

 slender. Beiehb. in Wall. Cat. 2711 ; Dah. Sc Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201. Oei- 

 mum tenuiflorum, Burm. Fl. Ind. 129, excl. syn. Bumph., not of Linn. O. 

 polystachyum, lAnn. Mant. 567 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 18. Plectranihus parvi- 

 florus, Br. Prodr. 506, not of Willd. P. micranthus, Spreng. Sj/st. ii. 

 691. 



Wet places in Bengal ; Bacca, Clirke. Dbccah PKNlirsui.A, Buema and 

 Tbuassbeim. Ceyiok. — Distbib. Java, China, Philippine Islands, Trop. Africa 

 and Australia. 



A very slender much-branched annual glabrate or pnberulous herb, 2-3 ft.; angles 

 of stem often scabrid. Leaves 1—2 in., very membranous, base cuneate, roaoded or 

 subcordate, quite entire, narrowed into \ filiform petiole as long as the blnde. 

 Racemes 3-6 in.; peduncles and rachis filiform ; whorls about 6-fld.; bracts minnte, 

 caducons ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Flowers -^ in. long. Fruiting cali/s 

 ^-^ in. Corolla flesh-coloured. Nutlets black, smooth, eUipsmd. 



7. ORTKOSXFKON, Benth. 



Under-shruhs or shrubs. Whorls 6- or fewer-fld., racemose. Calyx 

 ovoid, campanulate or tubular, fruiting deflexed, upper tooth broad mem- 

 branous, margins decurrent on the tube, lateral and lower distinct or shortly 

 connate, usually subulate. Corolla-tube often slender, straight or incurved ; 

 upper lip 3-4-fid ; lower entire, concave. Stamens 4, declinate, filaments free, 

 toothless; snther-eeUs confluent. IXsc usually gibbous. Style with a 



