712 
of India, Heyne. Raceme 2-3 
inches long. 
Clothed Pogostemon. PI. ascending. 1 
9 P. noruNpA'ruM (Benth. l. c.) villous; stem ascending ; 
leaves roundish, doubly crenated, truncate at the base or cor- 
date; upper floral leaves shorter than the calyxes; racemes 
simple; whorls equal, rather remote; bracteas linear-subulate ; 
calyx villous, with lanceolate teeth ; filaments bearded. ©.? 
S. Native of the peninsula of India, Heyne. Stem procum- 
bent at the base. Raceme 2-3 inches long. Corolla small. 
Roundish-leaved Pogostemon. PI. 1 foot. 
10 P. wórrr (Benth. lab. p. 155.) clothed with soft villous 
tomentum; stem ascending ; leaves broad-ovate, crenated, round- 
edly cuneated at the base: floral ones rather longer than the 
calyxes; racemes simple; whorls equal: lower ones remote: 
upper ones approximate ; bracteas linear-subulate ; calyx vil- 
lous, with lanceolate-subulate teeth; filaments bearded. ©.? 
S. Native of the peninsula of India, among the mountains of 
Madura, Wight. Stem more branched than that of P. rotundi- 
folium ; and the leaves more numerous, and not half the 
size, &c. 
Soft Pogostemon. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
11 P. mirsu'rum (Benth. lab. p. 155.) hairy from adpressed 
pili; stem ascending; leaves petiolate, ovate, acuminated, ser- 
rated, rounded at the base ; upper floral leaves shorter than the 
calyxes ; racemes simple; whorls equal, distinct; bracteas 
linear-subulate ; calyx hispid, with lanceolate, acute teeth ; fila- 
ments shortly exserted, bearded. ©.? S. Native of Ceylon, 
Macrae. Racemes 2-3 inches long. Corollas small. Filaments 
densely bearded with purplish hairs. 
Hairy Pogostemon. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
12 P. rupr’strE (Benth. lab. p. 156.) glabrous; stem creep- 
ing ; branches ascending ; leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, 
coarsely-toothed, narrowed at the base: floral ones and brac- 
teas minute ; racemes simple; whorls remote, few-flowered ; 
calyx glabrous, with ovate, short teeth; filaments bearded. 2. 
S. Native of Ceylon, among rocks at Nuera Ellia, Macrae. 
Leaves 1 to 13 inch long. Corollas minute. 
Rock Pogostemon. PI. creeping, 1 foot. ? 
13 P. srrciósuw (Benth. l. c.) plant pilosely hispid; stem 
erect; leaves broad-ovate, cordate at the base, doubly cre- 
nated; racemes simple; whorls terete, loose, approximate ; 
bracteas minute : calyx nearly glabrous, tubular, with subulate 
teeth; filaments naked. (2.? S. Native of the peninsula of 
India, among the mountains of Madura, Wight. This differs 
from the following, in the leaves being larger and broader, 
and cordate at the base; also in the spikes being dense, and 
in the genitals being much exserted. 
Showy Pogostemon. Pl. 1 to 3 feet.? 
14 P. Wirentn (Benth. lab. p. 156.) plant pilosely hispid ; 
stem erect?; leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, doubly toothed or 
cut, roundly cuneated at the base; racemes simple; whorls 
equal, approximate, or the lower ones are remote; bracteas 
linear-subulate ; calyx glabrous, with lanceolate-setaceous, his- 
pid teeth; filaments naked. ©.?S. Native of the peninsula 
of India, among the mountains of Madura. Leaves like those 
of Làmium. Corollas minute. Filaments glabrous, or finely 
pubescent. 
Wight's Pogostemon.  Pl.? 
15 P. wrNTHor'prs (Blum. bijdr. p. 825.) stem herbaceous ; 
leaves ovate, acutish at both ends, doubly toothed above the 
base, pubescent ; spike terminal, elongated, simple: whorls 
approximate ; *filaments naked. ©.? S. Native of Java, in 
humid woods on Mount Gede. 
Mint-like Pogostemon. | Pl.? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Elshélizia, p. 714. 
Stems woody at the base. 
LABIATA. XVIII. PocosrEMOoN. 
XIX. DysoPHYLLA. 
XIX. DYSOPHY'LLA (from ôvooðnc, dysodes, fetid ; and 
QvAXov, phyllon, aleaf; probably in reference to the offensive 
smell of the leaves.) Blum. bijdr. p. 826. Benth, lab. p. 156. 
— Chotékia, Opiz. et Corda, in bot. zeit. 1830. 1. p. 38.— 
Méntha species of Lin. : 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx ovate, equal, 
5-toothed ; throat naked inside. Corolla with an inclosed tube, 
and a nearly equal, quadrifid limb : upper lobe entire or emar- 
ginate: lower one spreading a little. Stamens 4, exserted, 
straight or hardly declinate ; filaments bearded in the middle; 
anthers terminal, l-celled, dehiscing by a transverse chink. 
Style somewhat equally bifid at top: lobes subulate ; stigmas 
minute, terminal.—Herbs, with opposite or verticillate leaves. 
Whorls many-flowered, densely approximate, or imbricate into 
terminal spikes. This genus differs principally from Pogostémon 
in the more regular corolla. 
§ I. Ovrositirér1z. Leaves opposite. 
1 D. srricdsa (Benth. in Wall. pl. rar. asiat. 1. p. 30. lab. 
p. 157.) clothed with strigose, adpressed hairs; stem erect; 
leaves opposite, nearly sessile, lanceolate-ovate, coarsely ser- 
rated: floral ones lanceolate, shorter than the flowers; spikes 
thick, rather loose; calyx ovate, hairy, with subulate, erect 
teeth. 2/. ? S. Native of Silhet, Wall. Leaves 13 inch long. 
Spikes somewhat interrupted, 3-4 inches long. Corolla some- 
what irregular. Intermediate between Pogostémon and Dysso- 
phylla. 
Strigose Dysophylla. Pl. 13 foot. 
2 D. wvosunor prs (Benth. |. c.) clothed with silky tomen- 
tum; stem erect; leaves opposite, on short petioles : floral 
ones ovate, minute ; spikes dense ; calyx tomentose, with short 
straight teeth. 21. ? S. Native of the peninsula of India, 
Méntha myosuroides, Roth, nov. spec. p. 257. Leaves irregu- 
larly subcrenated. Corollas very minute. 
Mouse-tail-like Dysophylla. P1. 4 to 1 foot. ; 
3 D. auricura’ria (Blum. bijdr. p. 826.) clothed with soft 
spreading hairs; stems procumbent; leaves opposite, nearly 
sessile, ovate-oblong, coarsely serrated: floral ones ovate-lan- > 
ceolate, about equal in length to the flowers; spikes very 
dense; calyx villous, with ovate teeth, which connive after flo- 
rescence. 4. S. Native of the East Indies, in the peninsula 
and islands of the Indian Archipelago, in ditches and bogs; 
Ceylon, Bengal, Penang, Bournou, Amboyna, and Moluccas. 
Méntha auricularia, Lin. mant. p. 81.  Méntha foe'tida, Burm. 
ind. p. 126. Majana foe'tida, Rumph. amb. 6. p. 41. t. 16. 
£19: 
Auricled Dysophylla. PJ. procumbent. 
$ 2. VznTICILLA rm. Leaves verticillate. 
4 D. cruca`ra (Benth. 1. c.) clothed with soft spreading 
hairs; stems elongated, procumbent, nearly simple; leaves 4 1m 
a whorl, rarely 5 or 6, lanceolate, obtuse, quite entire, with re- 
volute margins: floral ones lanceolate, about equal in length to 
the flowers; spikes dense; lower whorl distinct ; calyx villous, 
with bluntish erectish teeth. 21. S. Native of Nipaul. Méntha 
quadrifólia, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 113. but not of Roxb. 
Corollas purple. 
Cruciate-leaved Dysophylla. Fl. July, Aug. Cit. 1820. 
Pl. procumbent. 1: 
5 D. euapriròLIa (Benth. |. c.) clothed with tomentose villi; 
stem erect; leaves 4 in a whorl, elliptic-linear, quite entire, OF 
remotely serrated, narrowed at both ends: floral ones linear, 
shorter than the whorls; spikes elongated, rather interrupt 
at the base; calyx ovate, with narrow-lanceolate, acute, erect 
teeth. 21. S. Native of the East Indies, in stagnant water 
