Bean, Revision of Anisomeles 
375 
end, 0.7-1 mm long at sinus end, sinus hairs 
absent, inner surface of tube with dense ring 
of long hairs in medial section. Nutlets 2-2.2 
mm long. Figs. 5J, 11C. 
Additional specimens examined : Australia: Northern 
Territory. 2 miles [3 km] N of Katherine, Apr 1967, 
Adams 1755 (CANB, L, NT); Attack Creek, W of Stuart 
Hwy, c. 66 km N of Tennant Creek, May 1996, Albrecht 
7633 & Latz (NT); ‘Nickson’s Place’, across river from 
Katherine, Apr 1956, Burbidge 5111 (BRI, CANB, 
PERTH); Seven Emu Station, 34.3 km (by road) from 
junction with main road to Wollogorang, May 1993, 
Conn 3767 & Doust (DNA, NSW); Robinson River 
Station, May 1983, Cowen 6 (CANB, DNA); Settlement 
Creek (below jump-up) on road between Redbank Mine 
and Wollogorang, May 1984, Halford 845123 (NT); c. 30 
miles [48 km] E of Borroloola, Jun 1973, Henry 836 (NT); 
Whittington Range, 70 km N of Tennant Creek, Oct 
2006, Latz & Albrecht 22238 (MEL, NT); Wollogorang 
Station, Branch Creek gorge, Jul 1998, Michell & Risler 
1640 (DNA); Nitmiluk NP, Mar 2001, Michell 3349 & 
Deichmann (DNA); Gibson Creek, 35 miles [56 km] N 
of Tennant Creek, Jul 1968, Must 209 (MEL, NT); 15 
miles [24 km] S of McArthur River station, Jul 1948, 
Perry 1735 (MEL, NT, PERTH); Hayward Creek, W 
of highway, Phillip Creek Station, Feb 1984, Strong 45 
(NT); Attack Creek, Banka Banka station, Jul 1983, 
Thomson 353 (NT). Queensland. Burke District: 
Cloncurry, Nov 1935, Blake 10133 (BRI); Westmoreland 
Station, just W of Hells Gate, 15 km SE of HS, May 
2005, Booth 4293 (BRI, NSW); Norfolk Station, on 
remote station track, Jun 2006, Booth 4619 & Kelman 
(BRI); Cabbage Tree Creek, Little Eva crossing, Apr 
1962, Cole 223 & Provan (BRI); Westmoreland, Lagoon 
Creek, off track to Camp Ridgeway, May 1997, Forster 
PIF21036 & Booth (BRI); 49 km from Mt Isa on Duchess 
road. May 1997, Forster P1F21172 & Booth (BRI, DNA, 
MEL); 12 km S of Mt Isa, on road to Duchess, Jun 1991, 
Halford Q519 (BRI); Lawn Hill Station, Jul 1971, Latz 
1607 (CANB, MEL, NSW, NT); 2 miles [3 km] S of Mt 
Isa township. Mar 1954, Lazarides 4377 (BRI, CANB, 
MEL, NT); Mt Isa, Aug 1928, MacGillivray 2213 (BRI). 
Distribution and habitat: Anisomeles 
xerophila is widely distributed from Katherine 
south to Tennant Creek in the Northern 
Territory and to Cloncurry in north-western 
Queensland (Map 1). In the more inland 
areas, it is confined to creek banks, but closer 
to the coast, it inhabits eucalypt woodland on 
flats or sandstone scree slopes; occasionally it 
sometimes grows in limestone areas. 
Phenology: Flowers mostly recorded from 
January to July, but with a single record from 
November; fruits from January to October. 
Notes: Anisomeles xerophila is closely related 
to A. leucotricha , but differs by the leaves 
broadest towards the base, leaves with fewer 
marginal lobes, the longer hairs of the lower 
leaf surface, the well separated verticils 
(verticils overlapping for A. leucotricha ), 
and the more widely spaced fruiting calyces. 
A. xerophila is also closely related to A. 
brevipilosa , and possibly intergrades with it in 
the Wollogorang - Borroloola area, but differs 
by the mostly broader leaves, the longer hairs 
on the upper and lower leaf surfaces, and the 
shorter lower lip of the corolla. 
This species usually has verticils that 
are short and compact, twice dichasially 
branched, but occasionally (e.g. Must 209, 
Booth 4293, Burbidge 5111 ) they are once- 
dichasial and elongate with a rachis up to 
25mm long. 
Conservation status: Least Concern. 
Etymology: From the Greek xeros (dry) and 
philus (loving). This species alone extends 
to the semi-arid parts of Australia, where the 
annual rainfall is about 450 mm. 
Excluded names 
Anisomeles australis Spreng., Syst. Veg. (ed. 
16) [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.) 226 (1827). = 
Teucrium corymbosum R.Br. 
Anisomeles furcata (Link) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 
[Loudon] 232 (1830). = Craniotome furcata 
(Link) Kuntze. 
Anisomeles glabrata Benth. ex Wall., Numer. 
List n. 2041 (1829), nomen nudum. 
Anisomeles indica f. albiflora Kuntze, Rev is. 
Gen. PI. 2: 512 (1891), nomen nudum. 
Anisomeles indica f. rubicunda Kuntze, 
Revis. Gen. PI. 2: 512 (1891), nomen nudum. 
Anisomeles intermedia Wight ex Benth., 
Labiat. Gen. Spec. 703 (1835). Type: India. 
Madurai [Madura], undated, R. Wight 2172/42 
(lecto: MM, fide Cramer (1981), n.v., isolecto: 
E, K). 
Bentham (1835) speculated that Anisomeles 
intermedia could be a hybrid between^, ovata 
(= A. indica) and A. malabarica, and I think 
that this must be the case. Its morphological 
characteristics are intermediate between 
A. indica and A. malabarica, and both 
