344 
S of Musgrave, May 2004, Wannan 3564 & Verdec 
(BRI); N of Musgrave, May 2004, Wannan 3568 & 
Verdec (BRI); W of Musgrave, Jun 2004, Wannan 
3598 (BRI); 0.5 km S of Bamboo Creek, 6 km SW of 
Spion Kop, Jun 2005, Wannan 4018 & Beasley (BRI); 
Telegraph Track, ‘Bamboo’, Cape York Peninsula, Jun 
2008, Wannan 5223 (BRI). 
Distribution and habitat : Anisomeles 
ajugacea is endemic to Queensland. Most 
records are within a 40 km radius of Musgrave, 
Cape York Peninsula, and there are a couple 
of records further south near Laura (Map 1). 
It inhabits low rises or flats in woodland of 
Eucalyptus tetrodonta F.Muell. and Corymbia 
spp. on white sandy soils. 
Phenology : Flowers are recorded from April 
to July; fruits between May and August. 
Notes : Anisomeles ajugacea is a highly 
distinctive species because of its short 
truncate leaves with just 2-4 pairs of lobes, 
the petioles 0-3 mm long, the exterior calyx 
hairs to 2.0 mm long, and the abundant 
antrorse to erect hispid hairs on the stems and 
leaves. It can produce prostrate stems up to 3 
metres long ( Wannan 3564 & Verdec). 
This species was placed in the genus 
Teucrium by F.M. Bailey and F. Mueller, but 
it clearly belongs in Anisomeles , due to its 
gynobasic style, 2-lipped corolla, 2-celled 
anterior anthers, and the nutlets with a very 
small, basal areole. 
Conservation status : Least Concern. 
2. Anisomeles antrorsa A.R.Bean sp. nov. 
habitu prostrato serpente, pilis antrorsis 
insidentibus cauli, foliis parvis, cymis 
perfecte monochasialibus et nuculis 2.5-27 
mm longis distinguitur. Typus: Australia: 
Queensland. Cook District: 13.7 km along 
New Pennefather River Road, N of Weipa, 11 
July 1998, A.R. Bean 13601 (holo: BRI). 
Prostrate shrub, 0.1-0.4 m high. Upper stems 
and rachises without patent hispid hairs, or 
with patent hispid hairs; short curved hairs 
antrorse, moderately dense or dense; stalked 
glandular hairs absent. Cauline leaves 17-33 
mm long, 9-21 mm wide, 1.4-2.4 times longer 
than wide, base obtuse or broadly cuneate (> 
60°) or narrowly cuneate (< 60°) or attenuate; 
marginal lobes crenate or dentate, regular, 
Austrobaileya 9(3): 321-381 (2015) 
3-8 on each side, acute or obtuse, 0.8-17 
mm deep; petioles 1.5-4 mm long, 5-15% 
of lamina length. Lamina upper surface 
indumentum erect or curved, eglandular, 0.6- 
0.9 mm long, sparse (hairs > 0.2 mm apart) 
or moderately dense (hairs 0.1-0.2 mm apart), 
sessile glands 64-80 mm 2 ; lower surface 
indumentum erect or curved, eglandular, 
0.6-0.8 mm long, sparse (hairs > 0.2 mm 
apart) or moderately dense (hairs 0.1-0.2 mm 
apart), sessile glands 48-112 mm 2 ; transition 
from leaves to floral bracts gradual. Floral 
bracts ovate or broadly ovate, 6-25 mm long, 
5-18 mm wide, not consistently exceeding 
verticils or consistently exceeding verticils. 
Verticils (inflorescence clusters) all separated 
on rachis, cymes entirely monochasial, with 
3-7 flowers per monochasium, peduncles 0-4 
mm long on lowermost cluster; bracteoles 
spathulate or linear, 4-5.8 mm long, 0.4-1.1 
mm wide. Corolla tube same length as calyx; 
annulus 1.9-2.5 mm from base of corolla, 
annulus hairs 0.15-0.2 mm long; upper lip 
ovate or elliptical, 5-5.6 mm long, with 
eglandular hairs on outer surface; lower 
lip 4.5-5.5 mm long to end of lateral lobes, 
9-10 mm long overall, with 1-20 eglandular 
hairs on platform. Longest stamens 11.5-12 
mm long from base of corolla tube; filament 
hairs 07-1.1 mm long, mainly at distal end. 
Style 11.5-12.5 mm long; longer stigma 
lobe 0.65-0.75 mm long, shorter stigma lobe 
0.4-0.5 mm long. Fruiting calyces 2-3.5 mm 
apart on rachilla; fruiting calyx cylindrical, 
7-7.3 mm long, 2-3.3 mm wide at lobe apices, 
2-3 times longer than wide, exterior surface 
with hairs of different sizes or types or with 
all hairs same size and type, hairs glandular 
or hairs eglandular, 07-1.3 mm long, sessile 
glands 80-192 mm 2 ; lobes acute, 2.3-3 mm 
long. Fruiting calyx fringe hairs about the 
same length throughout, 0.15-0.4 mm long 
at apical end, 0.15-0.4 mm long at sinus end, 
inner surface of tube with sparse long hairs 
in medial section or glabrous. Nutlets 2.5-27 
mm long. Figs. 51, 8B. 
Additional specimens examined : Australia: 
Queensland. Cook District: 4.3 km NW of Beagle 
North Camp, c. 41 km NNE of Aurukun, May 1982, 
Clarkson 4331 (BRI); Red Beach, Weipa area, in 1980, 
Herrman s.n. (CANB); Andoom, E of Botchitt Swamp, 
17.5 km NW of Lorim Point, Jan 1981, Morton AM1021 
