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DYSOPHYLLA stellata. 
Starry Dysophyll. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. LAMIACEE. 
DYSOPHYLLA, Blume. Calyx ovatus, æqualis, 5-dentatus, intüs 
fauce nuda. Corolla tubo incluso limbo quadrifido subæquali, lobo supremo 
integro v. emarginato, infimo subpatente. Stamina 4, exserta, recta v. vix 
declinata. Filamenta medio barbata. Anthere terminales, uniloculares, 
rima transversali dehiscentes. Stylus apice subæqualiter bifidus, lobis subu- 
latis, stigmatibus minutis terminalibus.—-—— Herbs. Folia opposita v. verti- 
cillata. Verticillastri multiflori, in spicis terminalibus dense approximati v. 
embricatt.— Benth. Lab. p. 156. 
D. stellata (Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. rar. 1. 30.) ; glabra v. superne pubes- 
cens, caule repente, ramis erectis simpliciusculis, foliis 6-8 verticillatis 
anguste linearibus internodia subæquantibus integerrimis floralibus 
subulatis, calycis villosi ovati dentibus erectis acutiusculis.— Benth. Lab. 
p. 159. 
Mentha quaternifolia, Roth. nov. sp. 256. ? 
Herba humilis, pusilla, facie Galii veri. Caules basi repentes, radicantes. 
Rami adscendentes v. erecti, 3-6-pollicares, basi glabri, sub spica pubescentes. 
Folia crebra, inferiora glabra, suprema sub spica pubescentia, 2-3 v. vix 4 lin. 
longa, linearia, acuta, margine integerrima, subrevoluta, basi subdilatate, 
floralia calycem sabæquantia. Spica densa, 1-3-pollicaris, villosa. Calyx 
Jfructifer parum elongatus. Corolla parva, purpurea, dente supremo emar- 
ginata.— Bentham. 
The Dysophylls are common in the warm parts of India, 
where they were originally regarded as Mints, an error which 
Dr. Blume was the first to correct. Mr. Bentham, however, 
includes them in the Menthid division, distinguishing the 
genus from Pogostemon by its more regular corolla. That 
part is indeed very little irregular, as will be seen by referring 
to the fig. 1 at the bottom of the accompanying plate. 
The starry Dysophyll is mentioned by Botanists as inhabit- 
ing Malabar and Mysore. The specimen from which the figure 
was made flowered in the garden of the Right Honourable 
the Earl of Auckland in October last. It was a delicate little 
light green plant, looking something like a Bedstraw, but 
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