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LXXV. LABIATE 
Colebrookea oppositifolia, Sm . ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 642. An 
erect, tomentose shrub, 5-10 ft. Leaves opposite or in threes, 
shortly stalked, lanceolate, 4-8 in., crenate, long-pointed ; upper 
surface pubescent, wrinkled, lower grey-tomentose. Flowers 
minute, white, 2- or 1-sexual, the male and female often on 
different plants, in large whorls crowded in long, cylindric, erect 
spikes, axillary or paniculate at the end of branches. Calyx 
deeply 5-lobed ; lobes linear, hairy, becoming much elongated and 
feathery in fruit when the tips often turn purple. Corolla pubescent ; 
tube as long as the calyx ; limb spreading, 4-lobed, lobes unequal. 
Stamens 4, equal, protruding in the male flowers, included in the 
female, filaments naked. Style protruding in the female flowers, 
wanting in the male. Nutlet usually only one, tip hairy. 
Valleys below Simla, Dharmpur, Suni ; flowers in the cold season. — 
Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft. 
7. ELSHOLTZIA. In honour of J. S. Elsholtz, a German 
botanist of the seventeenth century. — Chiefly temperate Asia. 
Erect herbs or undershrubs. Flowers very small, in large 
whorls crowded in cylindric or flat spikes often clustered 
towards the end of branches ; bracts small or conspicuous. 
Calyx bell-shaped, 5-toothed, small at flowering time, enlarged in 
fruit. Corolla-tube usually longer than the calyx ; limb 4-lobed, 
upper lobe nearly erect, notched, the others spreading, entire. 
Stamens 4 in unequal pairs, protruding, filaments naked. 
Spikes cylindric, bearing flowers all round. Flowers white 
or pale yellow. 
Spikes 2-6 in. Floral leaves bract-like, very small. 
Shrubby, 3-6 ft. Leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, 
3-5 in 1. E. polystachya. 
Herbaceous, 1-3 ft. Leaves long-stalked, ovate, 
1-2 in. . . . . . . . . . 2. E. incisa. 
Spikes f-1^ in. Floral leaves conspicuous, forming 
broad, overlapping involucres nearly concealing the 
purple flowers 3. E. strobilifera. 
Spikes flat, bearing flowers only on one side. Flowers 
purple . . . 4. E. cristata. 
1. Elsholtzia polystachya, Benth. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 643. A 
pubescent shrub, 3-6 ft. Leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate, 
3-5 in., toothed, acute. Spikes slender, cylindric, 4-6 in. Flowers 
white or pale yellow ; floral leaves bract-like, minute. Fruit- 
ing calyx elongated, tubular, curved. (Fig. 123.) 
Simla, common ; June-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 7000-9000 ft. 
2. Elsholtzia incisa, Beiith. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 644. A 
pubescent, slender herb, 1-3 ft. Leaves fragrant, long-stalked, 
ovate, 1-2 in., coarsely toothed, base tapering, entire, lower 
surface gland-dotted. Spikes very slender, cylindric, 2-4 in. 
