516 LXXXIII. LABIATE [Plectranthics 



lobed, "blade 1-2, pet. J in. long. Whorls 6-10-fld., axillarjj calyx lO-ribbed, lobes 

 mncli enlarged in fr., spatliulate, rigid, reticulate. 



Elslioltzia polystachya, Bentli. ; Collett Simla Fi. 388, fig. 123. — Syn. Aphanochilus 

 j)oli}stachyus^ Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 33. Vern. Fathoi, Potha, Jauns. 

 Himalaya, also in tlie inner arid valleys. 7-9,500 ft. Kliasi liills. China. A slimb, 

 attaining 8 ft , bark peels off in long strips, branches, 1. and inflorescence pubescent. 

 L. sessile or nearly so, elliptic-lanceolate, serrate, 3-6 in. long. PI. shortly pedicelled 

 or sessile, in long iisiially fascicled or panicled spikes, bracts minute, corolla white, 

 pubescent. Fruiting calyx pedicellate, tubular, teeth erect. 



L PLECTRANTHUS, L'Herit. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 616. 



Mostly herbs, a few shrubs. Fl. small, cymes arranged in a terminal 

 nsnally compound thyrsus. Calyx enlarged in fr., corolla 2-lipped, upper lip 

 short, bi^oad, recurved, lower much longer, boat-shaped, narrowed at base. 

 Stamens 4, included in the lower lip. Species 90, tropical and subtropical 

 Asia and Africa. Australia, Polynesia. 



1. p. ternifolius, Don. Subhimala37an tract and ou.ter hills, ascending to 5,000 ft., 

 from Kashmir eastwards. Bengal. Ivhasi hills. Manipur. XJppcr Burma. Tonkin. 

 A strict, tomentose shrub, attaining 6 ft. L. in whorls of 3, nearl}'- sessile, lanceolate, 

 2-4 in. long. Fl. white, thyrsus long dense spiciform, panicled, fruiting calyx tubular, 

 equally 5-toothed. 2. P, rugosus, Wall. Vern. Boi, Bui, Haz. Baluchistan, Ivuram 

 valley. Western Himalaya, on dry slopes, 3-9,000 ft., also in the inner arid valleys. 

 Mt. Abu. A small shmb, stellately pubescent, 1. ovate, rugose above, white-tomentose 

 beneath, blade J-l, pet. J m. Fl. bluish- or purplish -white, in lax pedunculate axillary 

 cymes, fruiting calyx S-toothed, somewhat 2-lipped. 



Otostegla liml)ata, Benth. Punjab, Salt range, Hazara {CMH hoi), common in very 

 dry places. Kashmir, Ghamba, ascending to 6,000 ft. A small grey-pubescent spiny 

 shi-ub, 1. nearly sessile, lanceolate or oblanceolate, ^-1 in. long ; sharp pubescent often 

 trifid spines between petioles (transformed bracts). Fl. in distant axillary whorls, 

 calyx with a broad membranous 5-toothed limb, in fr. expanding into a reticulated 5- 

 angled cup, | in. diam. 



Leucosceptrum canum, Smith. Outer Himalaya, Kumaon to Bhutan 2-8,000 ft., 

 common in clearings and on deserted fields. Khasi and Manipur hills. Shan hills and 

 hills east of Bhamo, 4-000 ft.. Upper Burma. Yunnan. A shrub or small tree, attaining 

 80 ft., branches, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence densely clothed with short 

 usually white sometimes buif or brown wool, branches stout, nearly terete. L. elliptic- 

 lanceolate, entire or crenate, glabrous above, blade 6-12, pet. 1 in. Fl, in dense 

 cylindrical erect spikes 4-6 in. long, 1 in. diam. with the stamens, bracts large trans- 

 versely oblong, early caducous, imbricating and covering the very young buds. 

 Corolla white, filaments involute in bud, stout, yellow, | in. long, anthers reniform. 

 Bro|)s of viscid sweet liquid in each fl. 



Pogostemon plectrantltoides, Besf . Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, ascending to 

 5,000 ft., Simla to Nepal. Central provinces. Behar. Chutia Nagpore, Western 

 Peninsula. Upper Burma. Phmigli, Mar. A large gregarious, very aromatic shrub, 

 stem dark |>urple, pith large. Fl. in dense bracteate whorls, crowded in cylindric spikes, 

 forming large terminal panicles, bracts numerous, large, clothed with long soft hairs. 

 Calyx-teeth 5, equal, corolla J in. long, white, tinged with pink. Stems used for rab 

 (wood-ash manure) in paddy nursery beds. A species with small glabrous bracts, near 

 P. glahrum^ Benth,, Bhamo 4,000 ft. reported by Montague Hill to be a bbrub or small 

 tree with white fl. P, PatchottU^ Pelletier, believed to be a native of the Indian Archip., 

 yields the well-known perfume. 



2. COLQUHOUNIA, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii, 674. 



Prain in Joiirn. As. Soc. Bengal 62. BO. 



Tall, ramlDling or climbing slirnbs, hranches terete. Wliorls axillary or 

 forming lax-fid. spikes, fl. pink, orange, scarlet or brown. Calyx lO-nerved 

 equally 5-toothed, throat naked. Corolla 24abiate, tube narrowed, longer 

 than calyx, throat inflated. Stamens 4, anther-cells divergent. Nutlets com- 

 pressed, tip produced into a wing. Species 2. 



1. C. cocctaea, Wall. Bhilmora,' Kum. Himalaya, 5-9,000 ft., froxn Kumaon east- 



