PUdmnthus.] Oxii; labiat^e. (J. D.' Hooker.) 619 



12. •p.Vrislxti\,Benth. Lab. 41, and.inDC. Prodr. xii. 56; tall.rolDust, 

 branclied, glabrous or scaberulons, leaves petioled broadly ovate or cordate 

 crenate-tootlied rather rigid, cymes lax-fld. often leafy, large pyramidal 

 panicles, corolla-tube short broad, fruiting calyx ^^ in. seaberulous, teeth 

 obtuse, nutlets oblong. Wight Ic. t. 1429. 



NiLSHiBi and Pulnet Mts., alt. 1-7000 ft. ; Wight, &c. 

 The var. maorophylla, Beuth., is only a larger-leaved specimen. 



13. P. nilg'hiricus, Benth. in BO. Frodr. xii. 57; villous, stem very 

 robust,_ leaves thick stoutly petioled broadly ovate-cordate rugose creuate, 

 cymes in pyramidal panicles, flowers rather crowded, corolla tubular, lobes 

 pubescent, fruiting calyx -{^ in. densely woolly, nutlets suborbioular. ? P. 

 bullatus, Benth. I. c. 



NUGHIRI and Anamallat Mts. ; Sir F. Adams, Wight, Beddome. 

 Apparently a very distinct species. Whole plant yellowish-brown when dry. P. 

 bttUatits, Benth., may be the same thing; I have seen no authentic specimens of it. 



14. P. capillipes, Benth. in DO. Prodr. xii. 57 ; annual, small, softly 

 pubescent, rather slender, leaves small petioled ovate or cordate crenate, 

 cymes in narrowly jDyramidal panicles, corolla tubular, lips subequal lower 

 very small, fruiting calyx iS, in. puberulous, teeth obtuse, nutlets oblong. 

 Ihwaites Enum. 237. 



Cbtion ; Central Province, alt. 3-5000 ft.. Walker, &c. 



Habit of F. striatus, which small specimens resemble, whilst larger ones approxi- 

 mate to F. Wigktii. Corolla white, with pink spots on upper lip. Stamens 

 exsei'ted. 



15. P. nepetaefolius, Benth. in BO. Prodr. xii. 57 ; villous with soft 

 spreading hairs, stem 1-2 ft. simple, leaves petioled ovate-cordate crenate 

 soft and softly hairy on both surfaces, cymes in narrowly pyramidal panicles, 

 corolla tubular, lips subequal, fruiting calyx ^ in. pubescent, teeth obtuse, 

 nutlets ovoid-oblong. 



DBOOAif PENiNStTLA, Wight, Perrottet ; Nilghiri and Anamallay Hills, Beddome. 

 A much smaller plant than P. Wightii, clothed with long hairs, and with a 

 tubular corolla J in. long. 



**** Fruiting calyx longer than hroad, 2-lipped or suhequally ^-toothed. 

 Corolla, ^— ^ in., tube declinate or abruptly decurved (except P. repens), base 

 usually gibbous. 



16. P. repens, Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 17, and Cat. 2746 ; pubescent or 

 villous, stem short, leaves long-petioled broadly ovate- or orbicular-cordate 

 obtuse crenate, cymes in narrow racemes which are longer than the stem, 

 corolla-tube nearly straight cyHndric obtusely spurred at the base above, 

 stamens included, fruiting calyx seaberulous, teeth short obtuse, nutlets very 

 minute broadly oblong. Benth. Lab. 43, and in BC. Prodr. xii. 68. 



Centbal and Eastebn Himalaya ; Nepal, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 6^9000 ff., 

 /. D. E., Clarke. 



Stem 4-6 in.,, prostrate below. Leaves lJ-3 in. broad,, membranous; petiole 

 1-3 in. Panicles solitary and terminal, or few axillary, 1 foot long and under, lax fld. 

 Corolla ^ in. Fruiting calyx ^5 in. — The corolla is not like that of F. Coetsa, nor are 

 the calyx-teeth lanceolate and acute (as described in DC. Prodr.). 



17. P. Coetsa, Ham. in Don Prodr. 117 ; tall, erect, branched, pubescent 



