105. LABIATA. 279 
1. Keiskea japonica, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 
p. 105; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap.i. p. 365. 
Krawasu (Poli ex Franchet in litt.). 
Japan. 
1. Perilla nankinensis, Decne. in Rev. Hort. 1852, p. 61, cum 
icone colorata. 
Perilla ocymoides, 8. crispa, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 164. 
Perilla arguta, Benth. loc. cit., et Fl. Hongk. p. 2/6 ; Mig. in Ann. Mus. 
Bot. Lugd.-Dat. ii. p. 104; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. C5; 
Henriques in Bol. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 144. 
Dentidia nankinensis, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 369. 
Plectranthus nankinensis, Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. p. 691. 
Mentha reticulosa, Hance in Walp. Ann. ii. p. 247. 
Kiawasr: Shanghai (Maingay! Carles!); SzEcnvEN: Ho- 
kiang (Faber !); Kwanetune (Silva ex Henriques); HONGKONG 
(Hance!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
From the authenticated named specimens before us, we do not 
hesitate to join Perilla arguta, Benth., to the old Dentidia nan- 
kinensis, Lour., and we suspect that it is only a cultivated condi- 
tion of Perilla ocymoides, Linn. 
2. Perilla ocymoides, Linn. Gen. Pl. ed. 6, p. 578; Benth. in 
DC. Prodr. xii. p. 163; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1870, p. 276, et 
1879, p. 14; Franchet, Pl. David. p. 294; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
iv. p. 646; Bot. Mag. t. 2395. 
Curnt1: Peking (Bretschneider !), Panshan (Bullock !) ; 
Kiane@su: Shanghai (Faber!) ; Curxtana: Chapu (Oldham!) ; 
KraNGsr: Kiukiang (David ex Franchet); Formosa (Oldham, 
357, 3603 D) ; Hurren: Ichang, Patung, Nanto and mountains to 
the northward (4. Henry!); Kwaxarune: Macao and other 
localities (Callery! Hance! Sampson!) Mus. Brit.; Herb. 
Kew. 
North India, Burma, and Japan. Commonly cultivated in 
China for the oil obtained from its seeds. . 
The plant named Melissa cretica by Loureiro (Fl. Cochinch. 
p. 368), and said to be cultivated in China, was probably Perilla 
ocymoides, Linn.; for, according to Bretschneider (Early Res. 
p. 167), the Chinese name cited by Loureiro is applied to the 
latter. 
