Isodon lophanthoides var. sessilis Pendry

Pendry, Colin A, 2021, FLORA OF NEPAL NOTULAE III: ISODON LOPHANTHOIDES VAR. SESSILIS PENDRY (LAMIACEAE), A NEW VARIETY FROM NEPAL, Edinburgh Journal of Botany 78 (370), pp. 1-2 : 1-2

Isodon lophanthoides var. sessilis Pendry

Variety of Isodon lophanthoides (Buch. - Ham. ex D.Don) H.Hara distinguished from the other varieties by its sessile rather than petiolate leaves. – Type: Nepal. Sunsari: Sanguri Bhanjang – Dhara Pani, 1000 m, 16 x 1963, H. Hara et al. 6306483 (holotype E; isotypes BM, TI) .

Herb to 80 cm. Stem subglabrous to shortly, evenly pubescent. Leaves opposite, sessile, or rarely basal leaves petiolate to 7 mm, ovate, 4–10 × 2–6 cm, base cordate, apex acuminate,

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rather coarsely serrate, shortly, evenly hairy above, hairy only on veins below, glandspotted below. Inflorescence a lax terminal panicle of pedunculate cymes, to 50 × 20 cm. Inflorescence bracts leaf-like below, elliptic, entire, 3–12 mm above. Peduncles 5–12 mm, longer below. Calyx 1.5 mm, slightly 2-lipped, minutely pubescent on ribs or subglabrous, gland-spotted, teeth rounded, 0.5 mm. Fruiting calyx to 3 mm, teeth to 1 mm, slightly curving upwards. Corolla white with purple spots, 6 mm, straight at base, tube 4–4.5 mm, upper lip 1.5–2 mm, lobes 1–1.5 mm, lower lip 2 mm. Stamens exserted by 1.5–2 mm. Style

6–8 mm. Nutlets oblong, smooth, 0.8–1 mm.

Altitudinal range. 700–1300 m.

Ecology. Within forests and on forest margins.

Phenology. Flowering September to October, fruiting October to November.

Distribution. Endemic to Nepal.

Additional specimens examined. NEPAL. Jhapa: North of Chulachuli , 2500 ft, 15 ix 1967, L. H. J. Williams & J.D. A. Stainton 8514 ( BM) . Ramechhap: Near Ramechhap , 4000 ft, 8 x 1964, M. L. Banerji, T. B. Shrestha & A. V. Upadhyay 3038 ( BM) . Sunsari: Phusre , 16 x 1963, H. Hara et al. 6306482 ( BM) .