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634 CXII. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Pogostemon. 
149; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 207; Thwaites Enum. 239; Wight Ic. t. 1440. 
? Origanum indicum, Roth Nov. Sp. 265.—Rheede Hort. Mal. x. 77. 
WESTERN PENINSULA, from Bombay southwards, wild and cultivated. CEYLON, 
common. (Maracca and SINGAPORE, cult.)— DrisTRIB. Sumatra and Borneo 
cult. ?). 
) A Warb, 2-3 ft.; stem more or less softly hairy. Leaves 2-3 in., rarely more, 
subglabrous, membranous, sometimes incised ; petiole 3-13 in. Spikes 3-6 in., rarely 
short and dense; whorls } in. diam., usually distant ; bracts elliptic, acute, equalling 
the calyx or shorter. Calyx 4 in., teeth acute. Corolla very small, tube shortly 
exserted.—Perhaps only a var. of P. parviflorus. A tracing of Pelletier’s figure 
kindly sent me by M. de Candolle enables me to identify P. Heyneanus with P 
Patchouli. lt isa common Indian garden plant, noted for its perfume, often muc 
altered by cultivation. . 
4949 VAR. suavis; leaves larger more rounded 3 in. long and broad, margin lobulate 
and crenate, spike much broader, whorls 2 in. diam., calyx } in. angular more 
pubescent, teeth subulate-lanceolate, P. suavis, Tenore in Giorn. Bot. Ital. (1847), 
ii. 56. P. Patchouli, Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. i. 328, t. ll, excl. syn. Putcha-pat. ; 
Wallich in Kew Journ. i. 22. —Cult. in Palermo and Kew Bot. Gardens.— This more 
resembles parvifforus in the shape of the calyx-teeth, but it has the scent of 
Patchouli. 
10. P. amarantoides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 153; glabrous or 
minutely pubescent, leaves ovate or oblong acuminate incised-serrate, 
whorls small few- or many-fld. separate or confluent on the long slen v 
panicled spikes, bracts short, calyx small terete glabrous or hoary, teet 
short triangular pubescent within, edges not ciliate but with finely pubes- 
cent margins. 
Sikkim HIMALAYA, alt. 5-6000 ft. Kasra Mrs., alt. 5-6000 ft. ; Griffith, Ke. 
A tall leafy herb. Leaves 3-6 in., serrate or biserrate, membranous ; petio’ 
1-2 in.,slender. Spikes 2-6 in. ; whorls 1-3 in. diam. ; bracts elliptic. Calyz yg-16 pu 
campanulate, terete, more pubescent in the Khasia form. Corolla minute, white O 
pink. Filaments purple. —Flowers much smaller, and whole plant more glabrous than 
in its allies, 
11. P. elsholtzioides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 153; erect, branched 
stem above young parts and inflorescence hoary-tomentose, leaves petio i 
lanceolate long-acuminate serrulate glabrous, whorls small subsecund many 
fid. separate or confluent in very slender spikes, calyx small terete hoary, 
teeth narrow subacute not ciliate. 
poras, Griffith. Kuasta Mrs., Grifith; Churra, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. 
, Very leafy; stem and branches slender. Leaves 4-6 in., petiole rather Pella 
Spikes 3—4 in. ; whorls sometimes all secund, 4-1 in. diam. Calyx jy in. long. Core ll 
very short, purple. Filaments sparingly hairy.— The very narrow leaves and sma 
secund hoary spikes well distinguish this. 
** Spikes or racemes simple, axillary and terminal or solitary. 
+ Filaments bearded. 
12. P. rupestris, Benth. Lab.156, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 154; glabrous, 
leaves small ovate or ovate-lanceolate coarsely obtusely serrate, racem 
slender, whorls distant few-fld., bracts and bracteoles minute, calyx glabrous, 
teeth short ovate. 
CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 5-8000 ft., Macrae, &c. 
Stem 1-2 ft., often decumbent below. Leaves 1-1} in., obtuse, base cuneate 
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