Leucas.] cxii. labiate. (J. D. Hooker.) 685 



* Leaves quite entire. 



18. Xi. suffrutlcosa, Senth. Lab. 611, and in BO. Prodr. xii. 528 ; 

 a low shrub, branches densely fulvous-tomentose and hispid, leaves 1 in. 

 sessile coriaceous linear obtuse hispid above white-tomentose beneath, 

 whorls 1-2 terminating very long scapiform branches, calyx i in. villous 

 turbinate, teeth spinulose erect. Wight Ic. t. 1454. 



South Deccan ; Nilghiri Hills, commou in pastures, alt. 7000 ft., Wi^ht, &c. 

 Anamallay Hills, JBeddome. 



Mootstock very long and stent ; branches ascending, rigid, terete, 4-6 in. (without 

 the scape), appressed hairs erect, bristles spreading. Leaves quite entire, margins 

 recurved. Scwpes 6-10 in., tomentose only. Whorls J-l in. diam., with one or a 

 pair of floral leaves ; bracts setaceous, half the length of the calyx. Calyx sessile, 

 villi of throat shorter than the teeth. Corolla-tube included, galea most densely 

 villous. Nutlets'^ in., oblong, terete, smooth. 



19. Xi. rosmarlnifolia, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ba/r. i. 61, Lab. 

 612, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 528 ; a low excessively branched strigosely 

 tomentose shrub, leaves 1 in. sessile fascicled linear obtuse softly villous 

 beneath, whorls 1-2 terminating short scapiform branches, calyx 4 in. 

 turbinate hispidly villous, teeth very minute erect. Wall. Cat. 2521 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 1455. 



NiLOHiBi Mts.; alt. 7-8000 ft., in any soil, Wight, &o. 



Stem woody, terete, fastigiately branched, hairs erect. Leaves ^-^ in. diam., 

 rigid, grey; margins quite entire, revolute. Whorls often solitary, |-1 in. diam., 

 hemispheric, villous, with a pair of floral leaves ; bracts linear, rigid, nearly equalling 

 the calyr. Calyx sessile, closing over the fruit, villi of throat white, much 

 exceeding the teeth. Nutlets oblong, j'j in., obtusely trigonous. 



20. Ii. helianthemifolia, Desf. in Mem. Mus. xi. 2, 1. 1, f. 1 ; a low 



shrub, densely softly aubsilkily villous (white or buff) tomentose, leaves 

 opposite and ternate f-lj in. sessile coriaceous hnear-oblong obtuse, whorls 

 few few-fld., calyx 5 in. turbinate densely woolly, teeth minute erect. Benth. 

 Lab. 612, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 528. L. ternifolia, Desf. Z. c. t. 1, f. 2 ; 

 Bent II. c. ; Wight Ic. t. 1453. 



South Deccan j Pulney, Nilghiri and Anamallay Hills, alt. 5-7000 ft., 

 Wight, &c. 



Stem woody, terete, much branched; branches 6-12 in., rigid, erect; hairs 

 spreading or erect. Leaves ^-^ in. diam., sometimes narrowed from the middle 

 downwards ; margin revolute, quite entire. Whorls J-f in. broad, often crowded, 

 dense-fld.; bracts almost equalling the calyx, subulate, tomentose. Calyx sessile, 

 villi of the mouth as long as the teeth. Corolla very short. Nidlets | in., oblong. 



21. Ii, laenceaefolia, Desf. in Mern. Mus. xi. 5, t. 2, f. 2; tall, erect, 

 shrubby, stem stout rufous-tomentose, leaves 3^ in. petioled coriaceous 

 lanceolate subacute scabernlons above White-tomentose beneath, nerves 

 distinct, whorls axillary many- and dense-fld., calyx \ in. campanulate 

 pubescent or tomentose, teeth minute spinulose spreading. Benth. Lab. 

 61, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 612; Wight le.t. 1452. L. lanciformis, Wall. 

 Cat. 2759. 



NiiaHiEi Mts., alt. 6-8000 ft., Wight, &c., common. 



Tall, 6-8 ft., very stout, "forming great clunips" (Wight); stem terete, hairs 

 erect. Leaves J-l in. diam., subacute, dark above when dry, grey beneath with 

 reddish silky veins ; floral similar. Whorls 1 in. diam.; bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 shorter than the calyx. Calyx sessile, hairs of mouth shorter than the teeth. 

 Corolla small, tube included. 



