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CHINA. 



[Labiata. 



terminata. Stylus filiformis. Stigma indivisum, spathulatum, lateribus tenuioribus incurvis. 

 Capsula bilocularis, loculicide bivalvis, polysperma, ovata, apice acuminata, compressius- 

 cula, bisulcata. Placenta magna, scrobiculata. Semina minuta, ovalia, ruguloso-scabra. 

 Albumen oleosum. 



Pterostigma grandiflorum. Benth. Scroph. Ind. p. 21. (Tab. XLV.) — Spathestigma 

 glutinosum. Hook, et Am. olim, in Herb. Henslow. (cum syn. sequ.) — Gerardia glutinosa. 

 Linn. — Digitalis Chinensis. Lour. Fl. Coch. (ed JVilld.) 2. p. 459? 



Hab. Canton and Islands near Macao; Mr. Millett; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 244. 



Herba perennis ? erecta, parce ramosa. Caules ramique obtusiuscule quadranguli, viscide pubescentes vel 

 villosi. Folia opposita, petiolata, ovata, acuminata, obtuse serrata, supra pubesccntia viridia subtus magis 

 pubescentia atque viscida pallider glanduloso-punctata. Pedunculi inferiores axillares, superiores in race- 

 mum terminalem foliis floralibus caulinis paullo minoribus instructum dispositi, petiolo duplo longiores. 



Loureiro says that the stems are terete and glabrous, but the remainder of his character appears to agree 

 very well with the plant before us. The whole is about a foot or a foot and a half high; the stem, although 

 herbaceous, is in some specimens of so hard a nature at the base, that we suspect the plant to be perennial. 



Tab. XLV. Pterostigma grandiflorum. Fig. 1. Flower; fig. 2. Imperfect stamens; fig. 3, 4. Back and front 

 view of the anthers of the perfect stamens; fig. 5. Pistil; fig. 6. Calyx, including the capsule; fig. 1. 

 Capsule : — magnified. 



Ord. LXI. LABIATE. Juss. 



1. Ocymum Basilicum. y. glabratum. Benth. Labiat. p. 4. — O. caryophyllatum. Roxb. 

 Fl. Ltd. S.p. 16. 



1. Majorana hortensis. Mcench. — Benth. Lab. p. 338. — Origanum Majorana. Linn. 

 1. Scutellaria Indica. Linn. — Benth. Labiat. p. 428. 



1. Leucas linifolia. Spr. Syst. Veget. 2. p. 743. — Benth. Labiat. p. 617. 



2. Leucas Benthamiana ; perennis ? herbacea diff usa adpresse canescenti-pubescens, 

 ramis tetragonis, foliis late ovatis supra medium grosse dentatis laevibus molliter ac densius 

 pubescentibus, verticillastris subsex-(4-8)-rloris omnibus petiolum 2-3-plo superantibus, 

 bracteis minutis, calycibus tubulosis pubescentibus striatis, ore sequali dentibus brevibus 

 setaceo-acuminatis recurvo-patulis. — Ballota pilosa. Lour. Fl. Coch. 2. p. 442 ? 



Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett. Lappas island; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 172. 



Allied to L. bifiora, but with more flowers in the verticillastrum: also to L. mollissima, but the leaves are 

 much thinner, not rugose, and not tomentose underneath. From L. deccmdentata, it is known by the shortly 

 petioled floral leaves. It may possibly prove to be L. Javanica, Benth., or Phlomis Chinensis, Blume; but of 

 that no character is given by Mr. Bentham, nor any, we believe, by Blume himself. 



1 . Leonurus Sibiricus. Linn. — Benth. Lab. p. 520. 



Hab. Canton; Mr. Millett. Lappas Island; Rev. G. H. Vachell, n. 162. 



1. Anisomeles ovata. E. Br. — Ajuga disticba. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p. 2. 



1. Teucrium stoloniferum. Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3. p. 3. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. 1. p. 58. 



