Pogostemon. | CXII. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 635 
rounded or subcordate, brown when dry ; petiole slender, 4-} in. Racemes 1-3 in. ; 
whorls 8-5-fld. Calyx %4 in. long. Corolla minute. 
13. P. hirsutus, Benth. Lab. 155, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 154; stem 
hirsute with reflexed hairs or glabrate, leaves small ovate or ovate-lanceolate 
coarsely serrate, spikes short stout usually dense-fld., bracts linear-subulate, 
calyx hispid, teeth lanceolate subulate ciliate. P. rupestris, var. 8. hirsutus, 
Thwaites Enum. 239. 
CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 5—7000 ft., Macrae, &c. 
Stem 1-2 ft., branched, decumbent and rooting below. Leaves 1-2 in., hairy above 
and on the nerves beneath, base rounded or acute; petiole 1-3 in. Spikes usually 
sessile and dense-fid., à in. diam., hirsute. Calyx } in. long, inflated. Corolla 
minute.—Thwaites regards this as a var. of P. rupestris, but this must be through 
inadvertence, 
14. P. paludosus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 154; stem sparingly 
pubescent or glabrate, leaves rounded-ovate obtuse coarsely crenate, base 
rounded, spike strict stiff, whorls small remote few-fld., bracts and bracteoles 
minute, calyx terete hispid, teeth triangular subacute ciliate. 
Nize@uiri HirLs ; Ootamacund, Perrottet, Wight. . . 
Stem stiff, erect. Leaves 2 in. long, and nearly as broad, sparingly hairy above 
and on the nerves beneath; petiole 4-3 in., slender. Spike 3—5 in., rachis and calyces 
hispid with spreading hairs; whorls 4 in. diam. Calya 3} in. long.—I have seen only 
indifferent specimens gathered by Wight. 
15. P. fraternus, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 963; much branched, 
branches above and racemes glandular-tomentose or hirsute, leaves ovate 
singly or doubly crenate or serrate, racemes terminating all the branches 
elongate, whorls distinct many-fld.; bracts and bracteoles linear, calyx 
pedicelled hirsute, teeth long lanceolate ciliate. Pogostemon n. 28, Herb. 
Ind. Or. H. f. & T. 
Sixxrw. HIMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft.; J. D. H., Clarke. Knasia Mrs.; Lobb. 
TENASSERIM; Beddome.—DISTRIB. Java. . 
Stem 2-3 ft. ; branches straggling. Leaves 2-44 in., base acute rounded or cor- 
date; petiole sometimes as long as the blade. Racemes 3-6 in. long, nearly } in. diam. ; 
Whorls close but distinct; bracts and bracteoles often as long as the flowers, but 
Very variable; pedicel sometimes as long as the calyx, which is j in. long or ess an 
angled. Corolla funnel-shaped, twice as long as the calyx.— Miquel descri es ihe 
laments as glabrous in the Javan plant; they are hairy towards the base in the 
ndian. 
16. P. Wightii, Benth. Lab. 155, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 154; hirsute 
with long lax E llular often glandular hairs, much branched, leaves ovate 
doubly crenate or sublaciniate, base rounded or broadly cuneate, spikes stout 
cylindric dense-fld., whorls densely crowded, bracts and bracteoles S M 
linear, calyx inflated membranous terete glabrous or sparsely hairy, y 
triangular ciliate. P. petiolaris, Benth, in DO.l.c. P. hirsutus, Wig c. 
t. 1442. 
NILGHIRI and AxaAMALLAY Mrs., Wight, &c., in wet places. 
Branches suberect or spreading, stout. Leaves 1-2 in., base rarely subeordate ; 
petiole half as long as the blade. Spikes 2-4 in., very stout, 4 in. iam.; lowest 
whorls sometimes remote. Calyx à in. long, sessile. Corolla-tube very s ort. Two 
Specimens were amongst the Concan collections of Stocks, but I suspect were 
south. 
17. P. mollis, Benth. Lab. 155, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 154; villous, 
