680 cxii. LABiATJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Otostegia. 



lower spreading, 3-ficl, midlobe broad. Stamens 4, ascending ; anthers con- 

 niving, cells at length divaricate. Style snbequally 2-fid. Nutlets obovoid, 

 obtuse. — Species 8, Oriental. 



O. limbata, Benth. mss.; hoary, leaves subsessile elliptic-lanceolate 

 obtuse quite entire nerveless, bracts spinesoent. Ballota limbata, Benth. 

 Lab. 743, and in BO. Prodr. xii. 521. 



Panjab; lower hills in rocky places west of the Jhelum to the Salt range, 

 Falconer^ Jaequemont, &c. 



A small grey spiny bush ; branches tomentoae, white, terete ; spines i-| in. 

 Leaves 1 in., base narrowed, hoary on both surfaces, floral exceeding the calyces. 

 Whorls distant; lower bracts spinescent, upper dilated, pungent. Calyx villous, 

 throat bearded j flowering ^ in., turbinate, with a broad membranous 5-toothed limb, 

 which in fruit expands into a reticulated 5-angled cup, § in. diam., with often toothed 

 margins. Corolla \ m., tube short; upper lip very long, villous. Stemeas exserted. 

 NuUets 5 in., solitary ?, flattened, smooth. 



45. IiEUCAS, Br. 



Woolly or villous rarely glabrate herbs or undershrubs. Whorls 

 axillary, usually distant. Calyrc 10-nerved, striate ; mouth equal or 

 oblique, equally or unequally 6-10-toothed. Corolla-tuhe included, annu- 

 late or not within ; upper lip erect, concave, crown villous ; lower spreading, 

 3-fid, midlobe very large. Stamens 4, ascending ; anthers conniving, cells 

 divaricate at length confluent. Style subulate, posterior lobe obsolete. 

 Nutlets ovoid, triquetrous, obtuse. — Species 50, Asiatic and African. 



Sect. 1. Hemistoma. Calyx membranous, mouth obhque, split 

 above, produced below. Whorls dense, many-fld., bracteoles equalling 

 the calyx. 



1. Xi. urtlcsefolia, Br. Prodr, 504; annual, leaves ovate coarsely 

 toothed, whorls remote globose, calyx cylindric reticulated g-J in. pubescent 

 or' villous, lower lip truncate, teeth minute. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 

 524 ; Wight III. t. 176 b. i. 10, and ib. 1. 1451 ; Balz. S( Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 212 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 778. L. membranaoea, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 2052. 

 Pblomis urticffifolia, Vahl Symb. iii. 76 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 11. 



UrpEE Gangetio Plain ; from Patna to the Panjab, and southward to SciNDE, 

 CoBOMANDEL and MaI/ABAB. — DlSTElB. Beluchistau, Arabia, Abyssinia. 



Annual. Stem 6-18 in., hoary. Leaves 2-3 in., petioled, glabrous or hoary. 

 Whorls 1 in. diam. ; bracts cili&te. Corolla white, not annulate. 



Sect. 2. Ortholeucas. Calyx straight, mouth nearly equal, throat 

 naked ; teeth 10, triangular, subulate or lanceolate. Whorls numerous, 

 axillary ; bracts usually minute, setaceous (long in 4. Melferi, 13. marru- 

 bioides and 16. pubescens). 



* Perennial rooted. Branches terete. Calyx-teeth not I the length of 

 the tube. 



2. Zi. teres, Benth. in Wall. Fl. As. Bar. i. 62, Lab. 608, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xii. 526; shrubby, hoary-pubescent, branches very slender terete, 

 leaves very shortly petioled elliptic obtuse subserrate, whorls f ew-fld., bracts 

 minute, calyx-teeth minute subulate. Wall. Cat. 2060. 



BttrmA; banks of the Irawaddi, Wallich, 



Branches long, hairs deflexed. Leaves J-l in., scaberulous above, tomentose 



