356 
Monarda zeylanica Burm.fi, FI. Ind. 
(N.L.Burman) 12 (1768). Type citation: 
Habitat in Zeylona. Types: Ceylon, 1672- 
1677, P. Hermann (syn: BM 000621817); t. 
71, J. Burman, Thesaurus Zeylanica (syn: the 
illustration). 
Marrubium indicum Burm.f., FI. Ind. 
(N.L.Burman) 127 (1768). Type citation: 
Habitat in Zeylona & Java. Types: Ceylon, 
1672-1677, P. Hermann (syn: BM 000621817); 
t. 71, J. Burman, Thesaurus Zeylanica (syn: 
the illustration). 
Nepeta amboinica L.f., Suppl. PI. 273 (1782). 
Type citation: Habitat in Amboina. Types: 
Nepeta indica rotundiore folio, PI. Hist. Univ., 
pt. 3, p. 415 (1699) (syn: the illustration, n.v). 
Lamium garganicum Lour., FI. Cochinch. 
365 (1790), nom. illeg., non L. (1763). Type 
citation: incultum in Cochinchina & China. 
Ballota mauritiana Pers., Syn. PI. [Persoon] 
2: 126 (1806). Type: Isle de France, P. 
Commerson s.n. (syn: P, image!). 
Anisomeles ovata R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, Hortus 
Kew. ed. 2, 3: 364 (1811), nom. illeg. [Ballota 
disticha L. cited in synonymy]. Type: 
probably a cultivated plant, n.v. 
Anisomeles ovata var. glabrata Benth. in 
Wall., PI. Asiat. Rar. 1: 59 (1830). Types: 
Nepal. Hetaundah, 13 December 1826, N. 
Wallich s.n. [Wallich Cat. No. 2041] (syn: K 
000674248); India. Goalpara, 14 November 
1808, F. Buchanan-Hamilton s.n. [Wallich 
Cat. No. 2041] (syn: K 000674247). 
Anisomeles ovata var. mollissima Benth. in 
Wall., PI. Asiat. Rar. 1: 59 (1830); A. indica 
var. mollissima (Benth.) Backer, FI. Java 2: 
624 (1965). Type citation: “Prome, Taong 
Dong et Sillet” Type: Bangladesh. Sylhet, N. 
Wallich s.n. [Wallich Cat. No. 2039] (syn: K 
[3 specimens]). 
Phlomis alba Blanco, FI. Filip. 474 (1837), 
nom. illeg., non Forrsk. (1775). 
Anisomeles cuneata J.Jacq. ex Fenzl, Eel. 
PI. Rar. 2: no. 27, t. 127 (1844). Type: 
the illustration, t. 127 (lectotype [here 
designated]). 
Austrobaileya 9(3): 321-381 (2015) 
Anisomeles malabarica var. albiflora Hassk., 
PI. Jav. Rar.: 485 (1848); Anisomeles albiflora 
(Hassk.) Miq., FI. Ned. Ind. 2: 976 (1859); A. 
indica var. albiflora (Hassle.) Backer, FI. Java 
2: 624 (1965). Type: not cited. 
Anisomeles ovata var. serratifolia Miq., 
FI. Ind. Bat. 2: 975 (1859). Type: Java, C.L. 
Blume (syn: ?L, n.v)\ Borneo, P.W. Korthals 
(syn: ?L, n.v). 
Lophanthus argyi H.Lev., Repert. Spec. 
Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 181 (1913). Type: China. 
Kiang-sou [Jiangsu Sheng]: Zou-se, Vous-sie, 
Sou-Tcheou, undated, P.C. dArgy s.n. (holo: 
E, fruiting material only). 
Anisomeles tonkinensis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. 
France 65: 65 (1918). Type: Vietnam. Tonkin, 
ad Hanoi, August 1908, A.C. DAlleizette 184 
(syn: P 04443001). 
Erect or spreading shrub, 0.8-2 m high. Upper 
stems and rachises without patent hispid 
hairs; short curved hairs retrorse, sparse to 
dense; stalked glandular hairs absent; sessile 
glands 8-64 mm 2 Cauline leaves 55-123 mm 
long, 27-76 mm wide, 1.3-2 times longer than 
wide, base obtuse or broadly cuneate (> 60°); 
marginal lobes crenate or dentate or serrate, 
irregular or regular, 11-22 on each side, acute 
or obtuse, 0.8-4 mm deep; petioles 12-40 
mm long, 22-35% of lamina length. Lamina 
upper surface indumentum erect or curved, 
eglandular or appressed, eglandular 0.6-1.2 
mm long, sparse (hairs >0.2 mm apart) or 
moderately dense (hairs 0.1-0.2 mm apart) or 
dense (hairs < 0.1 mm apart), sessile glands 
8-32 mm 2 ; lower surface indumentum erect or 
curved, eglandular or appressed, eglandular 
0.5-1.4 mm long, confined to veins or sparse 
(hairs > 0.2 mm apart) or moderately dense 
(hairs 0.1-0.2 mm apart) or dense (hairs 
<0.1 mm apart), sessile glands 8-64 mm 2 ; 
transition from leaves to floral bracts abrupt 
or gradual. Floral bracts ovate, 7-15 mm long, 
3-10 mm wide, not consistently exceeding 
verticils. Verticils (inflorescence clusters) all 
overlapping, forming continuous terminal 
inflorescence or overlapping near apex, cymes 
once dichasial at base then monochasial or 
twice dichasial (± globose), with 3-5 flowers 
per monochasium, peduncles 0-10 mm long 
