688 cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [LeuKos. 



upper part projecting forwards, throat glabrous or nearly so, teeth erect 

 (mouth straight in 28. stricta, 34. diffusa). 



* Annuals. Whorls terminal or axillary. Calyx-teeth long and 

 slender. 



28. Xi. stricta, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 61, Lab. 614, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 531 ; annual, slender, erect, hispidly hairy, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate or linear, whorls solitary terminal, calyx J in. hispid between 

 tubular and fuunel-shaped nearly straight, teeth long very slender ciliate. 

 Wall. Cat. 2045. Phlomis stricta, Heyne mss. 



Deccan Peninsula; Pallicat Mis., Seyne ; Sandstone Hills, N.E. of Belgaum, 

 Ritchie, &c. ; Bellary, Seddome. 



Stem 6-10 in,, branches acutely 4-gonous. Leaves i-lj in., obtuse, floral like 

 the cauline, bracts filiform rigid ciliate. Calyx slightly hairy within; teeth some- 

 times nearly as long as the tube, much longer than the villi of the mouth. Corolla- 

 tube included, upper lip very short, lower twice as large. 



29. Ii. Clarkei, SooTc. f. ; annual ? slender, sparsely appressedly 

 pubescent, branches ascending scabrid, leaves linear or linear-lanceolate 

 entire or subserrate, whorls terminal globose, calyx short \ in. pubescent 

 turbinate subdeourved, teeth very slender, 3 upper much the longest, mouth 

 laxly hairy. 



Behae ; on Parusnath, alt. 1500 ft., Clarice. 



branches 1-2 ft., up-curved, 4-gonous, hairs short deflexed. Leaves 1-2 in., 

 obtuse, floral many, like the cauline. Whorls subglobose, ^1 in. diam. ; bracts 

 very slender, ciliate, tips and of calyx-teeth acicular. Cah/m broad; teeth rather 

 squarrose, scabrid, longer than the villi of the mouth. Corolla-tube included, upper 

 lip short, lower j in. long, widely spreading. 



SO. Zi. nutans, Spreng. Syst. ii. 743; annual, dwarf, diffusely 

 branched, laxly hairy, leaves 1-2 in. shortly petioled oblong or linear-oblong 

 obtuse subserrate, whorls terminal and axillary dense-fld., calyx ^ in. 

 falcately deourved hispid deeply striate, teeth subequal lanceolate ciHate. 

 Benth. Lab. 616, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 532. L. decurva, Benth. 

 in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 60, and Cat. 2050. Phlomis nutans. Both Nov. 

 8p. 263. 



N. and N.W., India, from the upper Gangetic plain to the Indus. Scinde; 

 Stocks. The Deccan; Heyne. Behae; on Parusnath, Clarke. BuBMA; on the 

 Irawaddi, Wallich. 



A small often straggling species. Leaves sometimes petioled. Whorls conspicuous 

 for the sharply decurved calyces, the teeth of which are less slender than in L. 

 Ciarkei or martinicensis. Bracts ciliate, very slender. Calyx membranous, teeth 

 much longer than the hairs of the mouth. Corolla small. 



31. Xi. martinicensis, Br. Prodr. 504 ; annual, tall, stout, scabe- 

 rulous, leaves 3-4 in. petioled ovate or ovate-lanceolate obtuse coarsely 

 crenate-serrate, whorls axillary globose, bra.cts and calyx-teeth spinescent 

 ciliate, calyx ^-f in. pubescent -tubular sigmoidly curved, teeth slender, 

 uppermost longest. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 60, Lab. 617, and in 

 DC. Prodr. xii. 533. L. polycephala, Wall. Cat. 2061. 



Sporadic in India, doubtfully indigenous. The Decoan; from the Concan 

 southwards, Seyne, &c. Ava; Wallich. — Disteib. Tropical Africa and America. 



A stout herb, 2-4 ft. ; branches 4-gonous, sometimes hispidly hairy. Leaves 

 membranous, base cuneate ; petiole J-J in. ; floral sessile, more lanceolate. Whorls 

 numerous, J-1 in. diam. ; bracts slender, tips pale, often hooked. Calyx much 



