Qomphostemma.'] cxii. LABiATiE. (J. D. Hooker-) ' 699 



Steiin 2-3 ft., flexuous, rooting for half its length. Leaves membranous, sometimes 

 sparsely hairy above, nerves beneath puberulous, base acute ; petiole J-l in. Bracts 

 ovate or lanceolate. Corolla \\ in. long, pubescent ; throat inflated, J in. diam. 

 Nutlets scarlet. 



13. Cr. velutinum, Senih. in Wall. PI. As. Mar. ii. 13, Lab. 649, 

 and in DC. Prodr. xii. 552_; densely velvety-tomentose, stem prostrate 

 rooting below, leaves li-2 in. thick petioled elliptic subacute crenate, 

 whorls few-fld., bracts ecLualUng the calyx slender, calyx ^ in. villous, teeth 

 lanceolate. Wall. Cat. 2709. 



Assam, Silhbt and Khasia Mts., ascending to 4000 ft. ; Wallich, &c. 



Stem flexuous or tortuous. Leaves the smallest of the Indian species, equally 

 velvety on both surfaces J base cuneate ; petiole J-1 in. Corolla 1 in., tube rather 

 short ; throat long, moderately inflated, 



14. Gr. ovatum, Wall. Cat. 2155 ; stem short subereot, petioles whorls 

 and leaves beneath softly tomentose, leaves 4-6 in. long-petioled broadly 

 elliptic obtuse crenate puberulous above, whorls few-fld., bracts longer than 

 the calyx ovate leafy, calyx j in., teeth narrowly lanceolate, corolla li in., 

 tube and throat long. 



Teopicai HiMAiATA ; Nepal, Wallich j Sikkim, alt. 3-4000 ft., J. D. M. 



Stem ascending or suberect, not creeping, 10-12 in. Leaves membranous, base 

 cuneate ; petiole 1-3 in. Bracts as in &. strohilinum. Coro lla pale yellow, 

 pubescent, tube gradaally dilating into the funnel-shaped throat. 



15. G. nZastersii, JBenth. in Serb. Ind. Or. M.f. ^ T. ; stem short 

 ascending and leaves beneath and whorls pubescent or tomentose, leaves 

 petioled 4-8 in. broadly (rarely narrowly) elliptic ovate obtuse toothed or 

 crenate pubescent or setose or subsilky above, whorls few-fld., bracts equal- 

 ling the calyx lanceolate with filiform points, outer sometimes ovate, calyx 

 i-i in., teeth lanceolate, points very slender, corolla 2 in., tube long, Gr. 

 melissasfolium, Wall. Cat. 2157, in part. 



Sikkim Himalata, alt, 3000 ft. ; J. D. B. Assam, Khasia Mts., ascending to 

 4000 ft., SiLHET and Cachae ; Wallich, &c. 



A very variable plant, possibly not distinct from Q. ovatitm, Soot-tuhers fusiform, 

 J-1 in. long. Leaves in some specimens with long spreading hairs on the upper 

 surface, in others with deep irregular crenatures, in others with a rounded or even 

 cordate base ; petiole 1-2J in. Whorls occasionally shortly peduncled (as in O. 

 pedunculatum). Corolla pubescent, ochreous, yellow, tube gradually dilating into 

 the throat. 



52. Z.EUCOSCEPTXtVnX, 



A tomentose or villous shrub or small tree. Leaves large. Whorls in 

 dense cylindric terminal spikes, bracts large, transversely oblong caducous. 

 Calyx campanulate decurved, teeth rounded. Corolla minute, 5-lobed; 

 lobes rounded, upper largest. Stamens very far exserted, filaments very 

 long, straight in flower, diverging, pubescent below; anthers reniform, 

 1 -celled, very short. Style-arms minute, subulate. Nutlets elongate- 

 , cuneate, triquetrous. 



It. canum, Sm. Exot. Bot. ii, 113, t, 116 ; Benth. in Wall. PI. As. 

 iJar, i.'68; Wall. Cat. 2023. Teucrium macrostachyum, Wall, in Benth. 

 Lah. 664; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 574; Gamble Ind. Timbers, 302, and 

 List of Trees, Sfc, of Ba/rjeeling, 62. Clerodendron Leuoosoeptrum, Don 

 Prodr. 103. Buddleia, Qriff. Notul. iv. 125 ; Itiri. Notes, 107 (n. 94 a). 



