Hlsholtzia. | CI. LABIATE (BAKER). . 451 
2. E. schimperi, //ochst. in Schimp. Pl. Abyss. Exsicc. No. 1411. A 
tall erect pererinial herb, with stems pubescent upwards, Leaves large, 
thin, petioled, ovate, acute, slightly pubescent. Whorls forming dense 
thick spicate panicles at the end of the stem and from the axils of the 
upper leaves ; bracts orbicular, cuspidate, membranous, ciliate, densely 
imbricate, } in. diam. Flower-calyx } in. long; upper tooth oblong, as 
long as the campanulate tube; 4 lower teeth shorter, ovate. Corolla- 
tube cylindric, much exserted.—Vatke in Linnea, xxxvii. 325 ; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 363; Briquet in Bull. Herb. Boiss, ii. 1338. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder; Addi-Abun, 6500 ft, Schimper, 755! 
and without precise locality, Schimper, 694! 1411! 
3. E. aquatica, (. H. Wright. Stem herbaceous, fistular, 3 lin. 
diam., with numerous branches at the nodes. Leaves narrowly lanceo- 
late, irregularly dentate, pubescent on the upper side of the midrib, 
herves prominent beneath, 2 in. long, 4 lin. wide. Panicles spicate, 
terminal on the branches, about 1 in. long, 3 lin. diam.; bracts small. 
oblong. Calyx campanulate, 1 lin. long, pubescent outside; teeth 
triangular, acute. Corolla slightly longer than the calyx, pubescent 
outside in bud, pink; lobes obtuse. Filaments twice as long as the 
corolla ; anthers reniform, dark purple-brown. Nucules smooth. 
_ Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : between Unangu and Lake Shirwa. 
Mm water, 3000-4000 ft., Johnson, 15! 
23. MENTHA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. ii. 1182. 
Calyx campanulate or cylindric, 10-ribbed, 5-toothed. Corolla- 
tube funnel-shaped; lobes 4, the upper rather broader, emarginate. 
Stamens 4, subequal; filaments free; anthers 2-celled. Disk entire, 
equal. Style shortly bifid. Nucules ovoid, smooth.— Herbs, with toothed 
eaves. Whorls many-flowered, aggregated in spicate panicles or dis- 
persed and axillary. Stamens dimorphic. Flowers small. 
Species about 25, concentrated in the North Temperate zone of the Old World. 
Whorls of flowers forming a dense terminal spike . 1. ML. sylvestris. 
Whorls of flowers distant, subtended by large leaves . 2. M. Pulegium. 
1, M. sylvestris, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Prod. _Xxii. 166. A 
Perennial, with erect pubescent stems. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, 
densely pubescent, obscurely serrate. Whorls many-flowered, aggre- 
guted into cylindric terminal spicate panicles 2-3 in. long. Calyx 
lensely pubescent, jl, in. long; teeth lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla-tube 
a 
as long as the calyx; lobes orbicular.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 11. 187; 
Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 363. ; 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre ; near Adowa, on the banks of the Mai Tera 
Brook, Schimper, 403! Province of Shire, Quartin-Dillon § Petit, 15! Begemeder ; 
Anadebr, Schimper, 586; Beschilo Valley, near Magdala, Stewdner, 1421+ 
Throughout Europe and Western Asia, 
