630 cxir. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [AmsocMlus. 



#**# IBVuiting calyx slit in front, mouth very oblique, \-lipped, lip 

 decurved, 5-tootAed, not closing the mouth. 



13. A. polystachyus, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 19, Lah. 66, 

 and in DO. Prodr. xii. 82 ; finely tomentose, stem tall branched, leaves 

 subseasile lanceolate acmninate membranous serrate, spikes panicled long 

 pednncled, flowering narrowed upwards, fruiting calyx curved upwards 

 tomentose. Wall. Gat. 2755. 



TBOPlCAli HiMAiATA, from Nepal, Wallich, to Mishmi, Griffith. KhasiA Mts. ; 

 J. J>. S. S; T. T. Assam ; Jenkins. 



Amiaal. Stem strict, 3^9 ft., subsimple below. Leaves 3-6 in., mucli narrowed at 

 the base, almost petioled. Fanicles of spikes sometimes much branched branches 

 and pedundes stout, stifif, snberect. SpiJces 1-lJ in., hoavy-tomentose, fruiting 

 thickened, cylindric. Corolla cream-coloured, form as in A. pallidas, but tube 

 longer. Fruiting calgx ^ in. long, month vertical, teeth subeqnal. Nutlets ellipsoid. 



DOTTBTPTIL SPECIES. 



A. srEFBTTllcostiS, Thwaites Mnum. 238, is not Wight's plant of that name, but 

 more like A. paniculatus. The specimen is too imperfect for determination. 



A. ADBNANTHtrs, Dalz. (^ Gibs. Somb. Fl. 206 ; spikes dense, pyramidal, floral 

 leaves lanceolate acuminate pubescent 3-nerved 3 lines long, calyx minute oblique 

 truncate scarcely toothed tomentose, corolla glandalar-dotted 5 lines long tomentose, 

 lower lip long entire boat-shaped, upper 3- or 4-lobed rounded obtuse short. — Baba- 

 boodan Hills, near Darwar, Dalzell. 



10*. KVFTXS, Jacq. 



Herbs or shrubs. Inflorescence various, capitate in the following species. 

 Corolla 5-lobed, lower lobe or Kp abruptly deflexed, saccate, contracted at 

 the base. Stamens 4, dechnate; anther-cells confluent. Style subentire 

 or 2-fid. Nutlets various. — Species 250, all American. 



1. K. brevipes, Poit.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 107 ; erect, stem 

 pilose or glabrate, leaves petioled ovate oblong or lanceolate serrate hispid 

 above or glabrate, peduncles equalling the globose heads or shorter, bracts 

 lanceolate, calyx pubescent, teeth erect subulate. 



Malacca, Griffith; introduced. Sin&apobe; Anderson. — Disteib. Mexico to 

 Brazil, introduced into Tropical Africa and the Malay Archipelago. 



An erect annual. Leaves 2-3 in. long, nerves beneath hispid or glabrous. Seads 

 J in. diam. ; bracts often as long, inner and calyx oiliate. Corolla about equalling 

 the calyx. 



2. H. suaveolens, Pott.; Benth. in DC. Proir. xii. 126; stem hairy, 

 leaves petioled broadly ovate sinuate and serrulate pubescent villous or 

 tomentose lower cordate, peduncles racemose equalling the globose heads, 

 bracts minute setaceous, calyx striate, mouth villous, teeth erect subulate. 

 Bysteropogon graveolens, Blume Bijd. 824. Schauera graveolens, Sassk. 

 in Flora, 1842, ii Beibl. 25. 



Deccait Peninsula, Cachab and Nioobab Islands ; introduced. — Disteib. 

 Trop. America, introduced into Trop. Asia. 



A rigid annual, 2-3 ft. Leaves 1-3 in., very variable. Heads secund, fruiting 

 J in. long, sometimes reduced to a few flowers. 



11. IiAVANDTTIiA, Linn. 

 Herb or shrub. Leaves entire or out. Flowers in 2-10 fld. whorls 



