644 cxi LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Elsholtzia. 
jin. pedicelled urceolate glandular-pubescent, teeth erect lanceolate. 
Aphanochilus blandus, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 19, and Cat. 
1550; Bot. Mag. t.3091. P Perilla elata, Don Prodr. 115. Mentha blanda, 
Wall. mss. . 
CENTRAL and Eastern HIMALAYA; Nepal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 3-7500 ft. 
J. D. H., &c. Kuasta Mrs., alt. 2-6000 ft., De Silva, ke. Tenasserim, Beddome. 
— DISTRIB. Ava, Sumatra. . 
Bushy, 2-5 ft. high; branches slender, obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 1-4 ìn. ; 
petiole short. Spikes 2-5 in., flowering } in. diam., fruiting broader, whorls lax or 
dense; bracts subulate-lanceolate. Corolla white, sparingly pubescent. Fruiting 
calyx short, mouth contracted. Nutlets broadly eltipsoid.—Bentham refers Don’s 
Perilla elata to this, but the description of the leaves “ scabrid above, tomentose 
beneath," does not agree. He also quotes “ Arabia" on Forskél’s authority as à 
habitat, which is most improbable. 
6. E. incisa, Benth. Lab. 162, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 161; puberulous, 
leaves long-petioled broadly ovate obtuse coarsely crenate-toothed, petiole 
winged above, spikes terete, flowering very slender terete, corolla-tube short, 
fruiting calyx urceolate à in. sessile glandular-pubescent, teeth erect lan- 
ceolate. Aphanochilus incisus, fcetens & paniculatus, Benth. in Wall. 
Pl. As. Rar. i. 29, 30, and Cat. 1551, 1552, 1557. Perilla leptostachya, 
Don Prodr. 115. Hyptis stachyodes, Link Enum. ii. 106. Mentha 
paniculata, Rowb. Fl. Ind. ii.4. M. blanda, DC. Pl. Rar. Hort. Genev. 
27, t. 8. 
TEMPERATE and SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA; often in cultivated fields, from 
Kishmir to Mishmi, alt. 3-5000 ft. CHITTAGONG; Roxburgh.—DIstTRIB. Ava. 
A tender herb, 1-3 ft., branches 4-gonous. Leaves 1-2 in., membranous, 
base entire, cuneate, produced into the slender petiole, which is as long as the blade. 
Spikes panicled, 4-6 in., flowering 4 in. diam., fruiting 4 in.; bracts setaceous, 
often exceeding the flowers. Corolla minute, tube short, lobes glabrous. Nutlets 
ellipsoid. . 
VaR.? major; tall very stout, stem with soft spreading hairs, fruiting spikes 
very stout, į in. diam., fruiting calyx -nearly 4 in.— Kumaon, near Dol, alt. 6500 ft., 
Strachey. Sikkim, at Ryang, alt. 6000 ft., Clarke.—l have seen only fruiting 
ranches, 
7. E. Griffithii, Hook. f.; hoary-pubescent, leaves short-petioled 
lanceolate subacute, spikes short terete dense-fld., calyx in flower narrow; 
teeth lanceolate, 2 upper much the longest. 
UPPER Assam; Mishmi Hills, Griffith. A 
Habit of E. incisa, but leaves rigid, 1 by 4 in., narrowed into a petiole not one-third 
the length of the blade. Spikes 1-2 in., flowering 4 in. diam., very dense-fld. ; bracts 
setaceous, exceeding the flowers. Calyx hoary-pubescent; fruiting not seen. 
Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx, lobes pubescent, 
8. E. pilosa, Benth. Lab. 163, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 162; coarsely 
hairy, leaves petioled ovate obtuse coarsely crenate, spikes subsolitary short 
stout terete dense-fid., bracts subulate awned ciliate longer than the flowers, 
fruiting calyx } in. urceolate hispid, teeth lanceolate. Aphanochilus pilosus. 
Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Kar. ii. 30, and Cat. 1556. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ft., Wallich, &c. 
KnasiA Mrs., alt. 4—6000 ft. . 
A coarse herb, 1-2 ft.; stem stout or slender, hairs flaccid. Leaves 1-2 by 3-3 1" 
membranous, base cuneate; petiole }—} in. Spikes 1-1} in., stout both in flower an 
fruit, hispid, very dense-fld.; bracts rigid, with a stout pale midrib. Calya-teeth 
very unequal. Corolla minute, lobes hairy. 
