698 cxii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gomphostemma. 



Stem very stout. Leaves narrowed into a stout petiole 1-2 in. long. C^meg 

 laxly fascicled ; peduncle ^IJ in. ; flowers often pedicelled ; bracts longer than the 

 calyx, from linear to orate-lanceolate. Corolla very slender, ochreous, throat and 

 limb small. Nutlets usually solitary, ellipsoid, rugose. 



9. G. crinitum. Wall. Cat. 2159 ; stem and leaves beneath finely 

 tomentose, leaves petioled 8-12 by 2i-4i in. elliptic and decurrent on the 

 petiole or oblanoeolate subacute entire or toothed, whorls sessile many- and 

 dense-fld., bracts exceeding the calyx long linear, calyx k in., teeth capillary 

 exceeding the terete tube. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii, 12, Lab. 648, 

 and in JOG Prodr. xii. 552. 



Tenasseeim ; Tavoy, WaUich, Mai^acca, Mount Ophir and Cheboo Forest, 

 Griffith, 



Stem stout. Leaves in Wallich's specimen broad, toothed, suddenly narrowed 

 into a wing, in Griffith's narrow subentire and narrowed into a stout petiole. Whorls 

 in Wallich's glabrate, in Griffith's pubescent or villous. Corolla | in., lemon-coloured, 

 tube very slender, limb subglobose. 



10. G. Thomsoni, Eenth. in Herl. Ind. Or. Sook. f. Sf T.; stem 

 woody, and leaves beneath pubescent or tomentose, leaves long-petioled 

 6-12 by 2^-8 in. membranous oblong or orbicular ovate acute crenulate 

 pubescent above, whorls in dense crowded masses in the lower axils and on 

 the stem below then sessile very many-fld., bracts as long as the calyx 

 linear and lanceolate, calyx J in., tube narrow, teeth subulate as long as the 

 tube, corolla slender, limb small glabrous. 



Khasia Mts. ; Churra, alt. 3-5000 ft., J. D. S. ^ T. T. 



Stem as thick as the little finger, hoary ; wood hard. Leaves the largest of the 

 genus, very variable in breadth. Whorls in globose or irregular clusters 1 in. long 

 and broad, subcrinite from the slender tips of the bracts and the calyx-teeth. Calyx 

 small in flower, tube in fruit oblong. Corolla glabrous, pale yellow, tube extremely 

 slender, throat hardly inflated j upper lip narrow, lower small. Nutlets | in., 

 oblong, rugose. 



11. G. eriocarpum, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 12, Lab. 649, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xii. 552; stem rather slender tomentose, leaves 3-5 in. 

 shortly petioled elhptic-oblong or lanceolate acute toothed glabrous above 

 softly tomentose beneath, nerves reticulate, whorls small sessile few-fld., 

 bracts broad and narrow, calyx ^ in., teeth filiform as long as the tube, 

 corolla slender, limb small pnberalous, nutlets globose tomentose. Wall. 

 Cat. 2710. G. oblongam, Wight Ic. 1. 1457. 



SouTHEEN Dbooan j Courtallum, Wight, &c. ; Anamallays and Tinnevelly Hills, 

 Seddome. 



Stem 2-3 ft., leafy. Leaves narrowed into the petiole of 1-2 in. Whorls J-| in. 

 diam., subcrinite. Calyx-tuhe cupular in fruit, with one globose nutlet ^ in. diam. 

 clothed with grey pubescence. 



ft Stem very short, or slender prostrate, rooting at the base and ascending 

 above. 



12. Ct. melissaefolium, Wall. Cat. 2157; puberuloua or glabrate, 

 stem slender prostrate, leaves petioled 2-3J in. elliptic acute faintly 

 toothed, whorls 2-5 fid., calyx j in. puberulous, teeth lanceolate, corolla very 

 large. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. ii. 12, Lab. 649, and in DC. Prodr. 

 xii. 552. Prasium melissifohum, Boxb. PI. Ind. iii. 26. 



SiKKiM HiMAiATA, alt. 2000 ft. ; J. B. H. Assam, Silhet and Caohae, 

 Wallich, &c. 



