LABIATAE. XLVI. Cuwa. 
short tomentum, as well as the branches. Corollas similar to 
C. Mariana. 
Loosestrife-leaved Cunila. — Pl. 1 to 14 foot. ‘ 
8 C. srri’cra (Benth. lab. p. 362.) herbaceous; stem erect 
strict ; leaves linear, obtuse, quite entire, stiff; whorls dense, 
many-flowered, approximate into a terminal spike, which is in- 
terrupted at the base. 2/. F. Native of Brazil, in marshes 
near Ricad de Senelon; also in the Missions of the Uruguay, 
St. Hil. Habit of Keithia. Plant quite glabrous. Leaves 1 
to 13 inch long, glandular. Floral leaves bractea-formed, 
ciliated. Corolla white, having the lower lip dotted with 
purple. 
Strict Cunila. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
9 C. spica'ta (Benth. lab. p. 362.) herbaceous, procumbent ; 
branches villous; leaves on short petioles, obovate-oblong, ob- 
tuse, remotely serrated, narrowed at the base; whorls densely 
many-flowered, approximating into terminal spikes. %. F. 
Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Stem beset with simple 
subfasciculate villi. Leaves scarcely 3 an inch long, subfasci- 
culate in the axils while young, clothed with adpressed pili 
above, and glandular beneath, and ciliated on the nerves with 
long hairs. Lower whorls remote. Calyxes ciliated. Tube of 
corolla villous inside. 
Spiked-flowered Cunila, Pl. procumbent. 
10 C. mentuorpes (Benth. lab. p. 363.) herbaceous, pro- 
cumbent; branches villous; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, ob- 
tuse, scarcely crenated, rounded at the base; whorls densely 
many-flowered, distinct, or the upper ones are approximate. Y. 
F. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Leaves X an inch, 
downy above, glandular on both surfaces, ciliated on the nerves 
beneath. Corolla villous inside. 
Mint-like Cunila. Pl. procumbent. 
11 C. carrorpzs (Benth. lab. p. 363.) suffruticose, procum- 
bent; leaves small, fascicled, lanceolate, bluntish, quite entire, 
whorls many-flowered, dense, approximate into an elongated 
spike, which is a little interrupted at the base. k. F. 
Native of Brazil, in fields and marshes in the province of 
St. Paul, from Castro to Curitiba, St. Hil. ; South of Brazil, 
Sello. Branches pubescent, and upper surfaces of leaves. 
Leaves 2-3 lines long, glabrous and glandular beneath. Corolla 
pale blue, pubescent outside, twice as long as the calyx ; throat 
villous inside. 
Galium-like Cunila. Shrub procumbent. 
12 C. rascrcunAWA (Benth. lab. p. 363.) suffruticose, pro- 
cumbent; branches pilosely hispid ; leaves nearly sessile, fasci- 
cled, oblong, obtuse, quite entire, with revolute edges, hispid on 
both surfaces ; whorls dense, many-flowered, collected into ovoid 
terminal heads. h.F. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. 
Inner bracteas linear, striated, ciliated. Corolla downy out- 
side, and villous inside. 
Fascicled-leaved Cunila. Shrub procumbent. 
13 C. microce’PHALA (Benth. lab. p. 364.) procumbent ; 
branches scarcely pubescent; leaves petiolate, oblong or obo- 
vate, obtuse, quite entire, or subsinuately serrated, narrowed at 
the base, glabrous, flat; whorls dense, many-flowered, forming 
small, globose, nearly terminal heads. 3j. G. Native of the 
South of Brazil and Peru. Stems much branched. Leaves 
distant, subfasciculate in the axils, glandular beneath, Corolla 
white: throat villous inside. 
Small-headed Cunila. PI. procumbent. ; 
14 C. vEnTIcILLATA (Moench, ex Steud. nom. p. 899.) this 
plant is entirely unknown at the present day. Ziziphora verti- 
cillata, Steud. nom. 
Whorled Cunila.  Pl.? 
Cult. A light rich soil is the best for these plants; and the 
XLVII. Hzproma. 715 
species may either be increased by cuttings, seeds, or by divid- 
ing at the root. All of them require protection in winter. 
Tribe V. 
MELISSI'NEJE (the genera contained in this tribe agree 
with Melissa in the characters given below.) Benth. lab. p. 
365. Calyx 13, rarely 10-nerved, 5-toothed, bilabiate, rarely 
equal; upper lip tridentate; lower lip bifid. Tube of corolla 
exserted, rarely inclosed, exannulate inside; limb  bilabiate: 
upper lip straight, entire, or emarginately-bifid, flattish, rarely 
galeate: lower lip spreading, with flat, nearly equal lobes, or 
the middle lobe is generally the broadest, entire or emarginate. 
Stamens ascending, didynamous ; superior ones the shortest, 
and sometimes abortive. 
XLVII. HEDEO'MA (a Greek name for Mint.) Pers. 
ench. 2. p. 134. Benth. lab. p. 365. Cunila species of Lin. 
Ziziphora species of Roem. et Schultes. 
Lin. syst. JDiándria, Monogijnia. Calyx ovate-tubular, 
somewhat gibbous below at the base, 13-striped, bilabiate ; 
upper lip tridentate, or rather trifid: lower lip bifid; throat 
villous inside. Tube of corolla equalling the calyx, or a little 
exserted ; limb bilabiate : upper lip erect, entire, emarginate or 
almost bifid, flat: lower lip spreading, trifid, with nearly equal 
lobes, or the middle lobe is rather the broadest, entire, or emar- 
ginate. Stamens 2, fertile, ascending; anthers 2-celled : cells 
diverging or divaricate; rudiments of the two upper stamens 
wanting or sterile, short, subulate, and capitate. Lobes of 
style nearly equal, or the lower one is elongated, or a little flat- 
tened, stigmatiferous at top and margin, involving the upper 
one at the base, which is very short. Achenia dry, smooth.— 
Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves small, quite entire, or a little 
toothed. Whorls loose, few-flowered, axillary, approximating 
into terminal racemes. 
Secr. I. Mósra (the Nipalese name of H. Nepalénsis.) 
Benth. lab. p. 366. Calyx ovate; upper lip spreading, flat- 
tish, shortly tridentate.—Herbs, with toothed leaves. 
1 H. NzParz'wsrs (Benth. lab. p. 366.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, branched, almost glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, nar- 
rowed at both ends, serrated, flat, nearly glabrous; floral leaves 
small; whorls 2-flowered, secund, loosely racemose. @.? H. 
Native of the Himalaya, Deyra Dhoon, and Cashmere. Cunila 
Nepalénsis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 107. Lycopus dianthéra, 
Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 145. Melissa Nepalénsis, Benth. in Wall. 
pl rar. asiat. 1. p. 66. Mósla ocymoides, Hamilt. mss. Cu- 
nila Buchanàni, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 54. Stem roughish on the 
angles. Leaves j to 1 foot, green above, and paler beneath. 
Corolla hardly equalling the calyx. 
Nipaul Hedeoma. Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
2 H. pureciorpes (Pers. ench. 2. p. 131.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, narrowed at 
the base, subserrated, flat, pubescent; floral leaves similar to 
the others; whorls axillary, 6-flowered ; corolla equalling the 
calyx. (O. H. Native from Canada to Carolina, in dry fields, 
and on the mountains. Melissa pulegioides, Lin. spec. ed. Ist. 
p. 593. Cunila pulezioides, Lin. spec. p. 30. — Ziziphora pule- 
gioides, Reem. et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 209. Habit of Melissa 
A'cinos. Leaves 3 an inch long. Corolla downy outside, bluish : 
upper lip subemarginate. Rudiments of upper filaments short, 
subulate, capitate. Lower lobe of style elongated. 
Pennyroyal-like Hedeoma. PI. 3 foot. 
3 H. prrerrra (Benth. lab. p. 730.) stem herbaceous, pubes- 
