,] cxii. LABiATiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 629 



NliaHlEl Mis. ; Sisparah, WigJif, Gardner ; Tinnevelly, Beddome (a dmwing). 



Branches (annual from a woody rootstook, Wight) as thick as a swan's quill, 

 covered with broad scars, spreading, tomentose above. Leaves towards the ends of 

 the branches, 1^-2 in. long ; petiole and midrib very stout. Spikes 1^-2 in., stout, 

 peduncles usually longer, rarely with 2 spikes, rusty brown when dry.— The Ceylon 

 plant referred to this by Thwaites seems quite different (see end of genus). 



9. A. sericeus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 82; erect, densely silkily 

 tomentose, leaves densely crowded sessile linear-oblong obtuse subcrenate or 

 entire, nerves stout parallel, spikes in terminal panicles, bracts mucli longer 

 than the flowers. 



Dbcoan Peninsula ; Courtallum, Wight. 



Stem stout, simple, 1-2 ft., densely leafy. Leaves \\-2^ in.^ rather thick, imbri- 

 cating, narrowed at the very base. Spikes 1-2 in., shortly peduncled ; bracts ovate 

 acute, J in. long, imbricating over the young flowers. — The material from which 

 Bentham described this consists of two very imperifect specimens of the true plant, 

 along with one of A. dysophylloides. Wight's later specimens are in full leaf, but 

 very young flower. 



10. A. robustus, Hook. f. ; snffruticose, very robust, densely tomen- 

 toees leaves very large stoutly petioled ovate crenulate thick reticulate above, 

 spikes slender in terminal panicles vrith a stout woolly rachis and short 

 peduncles, fruiting calyx ventricose, upper lip truncate recurved, lower 

 very short. 



Decoan Peninsitlaj Courtallum, Wight. 



Stem as thick as the little finger, densely woolly. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3J in., obtiise, 

 most densely woolly beneath, nerves diverging, base rounded; petiole 1-2 in., woolly. 

 Panicle of spikes 10 in. ; rachis woolly. SpiJces 2-3 in., slender, fruiting only seen. 

 Fruiting calyx ^ in., hoary ; upper calyx-lip contracted at the truncate tip. Nutlets 

 oblong. — A very singular species. 



11. A. verticillatus, Sook. f. ; silkily villous, stem stout erect 

 simple, leaves mostly whorled sessile narrowly lanceolate obtuse or acute 

 crenulate or entire, spike large solitary terminal, bracts large lanceolate, 

 fruiting calyx shortly cylindric, lips very short truncate. 



The CoNCAN ; Cheetah Hills, at Purwar Ghat, Sitchie, Dalzell, &c. ; Golconda, 

 Beddome. 



Stem 1 J-3i ft., channelled when dry. Leaves 4-6 in a whorl, 2-3 in. , spreading 

 and recurved, upper smaller rarely alternate. Spike 2-7 in., peduncled; bracts very 

 variable, sometimes 4 in. Corolla J in. long, pubescent, very pale blue. Fruiting 

 calyx ^ in. long, pubescent, mouth transverse, small. 



*** Fruiting calyx with the upper lip forming a narrow ^-toothed galeate 

 beak decurved closing the mouth ; lower very short. 



12. A. pallidas, Wall PI. As. Bar. ii. 18, and Cat. 2754; stem tall, 

 branched, puberulous, leaves long-petioled ovate-lanceolate acuminate mem- 

 branous toothed, spikes panicled long-peduncled, flowering narrowed upwards, 

 fruiting-calyx tomentose, midlobe of upper lip subulate. Benth. Lab. 60, 

 and ia DC. Prodr. xii. 82. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, alt. 1-5000 ft.; J. D. H., Clarke. Bfbma; Taong-dong, 

 Wallich; Patkoye Mts., Griffith; Prome Hills, Benson. 



Annual, 2-3 ft. Leaves 3-8 in. ; petiole 1-2 in., very slender. Spikes l^-S in-, 

 subtomentose, shorter than their peduncles ; fruiting cylindric, much thickened. 

 Corolla blueish, tube slender ; upper lip inflated, minutely toothed ; lower longer, 

 linear, obtuse. Fruiting calyx J in. long, like a cat's claw. 



