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Notes : Anisomeles indica is a very 
widespread species and is accordingly very 
variable. It is most readily recognised by its 
obconical fruiting calyces, which are usually 
considerably less than twice as long as they 
are wide. All other species have fruiting 
calyces that are cylindrical or at most narrowly 
campanulate. The calyx fringe hairs of A. 
indica are very short throughout, in contrast 
to all other Asian species. 
The syntypes of A. indica var. mollissima 
possess a much denser indumentum and 
more numerous leaf lobes than the type of 
A. indica , and on that basis it is tempting 
to recognise it as a distinct species, but it is 
possible to find A. indica specimens with 
a range of indumentum densities and leaf 
lobe numbers, so that recognition even at 
varietal rank seems unwise. Furthermore, the 
tomentose specimens seem to have no ‘core’ 
distribution; they occur in Nepal, eastern 
India and Sumatra. 
From my study of herbarium specimens, 
1 conclude that the variation in fruiting calyx 
size, leaf size and shape, flower size, and 
indumentum density for A. indica appears to 
be continuous, and hence no infraspecific taxa 
are proposed. However, a careful field-based 
study may yet find that distinct taxa exist. 
Conservation status : Least Concern. 
13. Anisomeles inodora R.Br., Prodr. FI. 
Nov. Holl. 503 (1810); Anisomeles salviifolia 
var. denudata Domin, Repert. Spec. Nov. 
Regni Veg. 12: 98 (1913), nom. illeg ;; A. 
salviifolia var. inodora (R.Br.) Domin, 
Biblioth. Bot. 89: 567 (1928); Epimeredi 
inodorus (R.Br.) Rothm., Repert. Spec. Nov. 
Regni Veg. 53: 12 (1944). Type: [Australia: 
Northern Territory], Arnhem North Bay 
[Melville Bay], 14 February 1803, R. Brown 
s.n. [Bennett Number 2356] (lecto: BM 
001041066 [here designated]; isolecto: BM 
001041067, E 00649578). 
Procumbent or erect to spreading shrub, 0.6- 
2 m high. Upper stems and rachises without 
patent hispid hairs, or rarely with patent hispid 
hairs; short curved hairs retrorse, sparse or 
moderately dense; stalked glandular hairs 
absent; sessile glands 48-112 mm 2 Cauline 
Austrobaileya 9(3): 321-381 (2015) 
leaves 38-115 mm long, 12-43 mm wide, 
I. 9-3.4 times longer than wide, base obtuse or 
broadly cuneate (> 60°) or narrowly cuneate 
(< 60°) or attenuate; marginal lobes crenate 
or serrate, irregular or regular, 7-24 on each 
side, obtuse, 0.5-3 mm deep; petioles 7-42 
mm long, 20-60% of lamina length. Lamina 
upper surface indumentum erect or curved, 
eglandular, 0.15-0.25 mm long, confined to 
midrib or sparse (hairs > 0.2 mm apart) or 
moderately dense (hairs 0.1-0.2 mm apart), 
sessile glands 8-48 mm 2 ; lower surface 
indumentum erect or curved, eglandular, 
0.15-0.25 mm long, confined to veins or 
sparse (hairs >0.2 mm apart) or moderately 
dense (hairs 0.1-0.2 mm apart), sessile glands 
80-144 mm 2 ; transition from leaves to floral 
bracts abrupt. Floral bracts lanceolate or 
elliptical, 9-31 mm long, 3-11 mm wide, not 
consistently exceeding verticils. Verticils 
(inflorescence clusters) all separated on 
rachis, cymes entirely monochasial or once 
dichasial at base then monochasial, with 3-14 
flowers per monochasium, peduncles 0-19 
mm long on lowermost cluster; bracteoles 
spathulate or linear, 27-5.8 mm long, 0.3-1.1 
mm wide. Corolla tube longer than calyx, or 
same length as calyx; annulus 2.3-3.3 mm 
from base of corolla, annulus hairs 0.25-0.3 
mm long; upper lip elliptical, 4.8-5.8 mm 
long, with glandular hairs on outer surface or 
with eglandular hairs on outer surface; lower 
lip purple or pink, 6.3-76 mm long to end 
of lateral lobes, 11.7-13.6 mm long overall, 
glabrous on platform. Longest stamens 
II. 5-12.5 mm long from base of corolla tube; 
filament hairs 0.8-1.5 mm long, mainly at 
distal end. Style 12.5-13.5 mm long; longer 
stigma lobe 07-0.8 mm long, shorter stigma 
lobe 0.45-0.55 mm long. Fruiting calyces 1.3- 
3.8(—12) mm apart on rachilla; fruiting calyx 
cylindrical, 7-9.3 mm long, 3.1-3.5 mm wide 
at lobe apices, 2.1-2.9 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, 0.1-0.9 
mm long, sessile glands 112-208 mm 2 ; lobes 
acute, 1.5-2.8 mm long. Fruiting calyx fringe 
hairs longer at sinus end than at apical end, 
0.15-0.3 mm long at apical end, 0.6-1.1 mm 
long at sinus end, sinus hairs absent, inner 
