646 cxi. LABIATE, (J. D. Hooker.) [ Elsholtzia. 
Pl. As. Rar. i. 29, and Cat. 1560; Lab. 164, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 163; 
Bot. Mag. t. 2560. Mentha ovata, Cav. Ic. 36, t. 360, f. 1. Hyssopus 
ocymifolius, Lamk. Dict. iii. 187. Perilla polystachya, Don Prodr. 115. 
TEMPERATE and TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Mishmi, alt. 1-9000 ft. 
WESTERN TIBET, alt. 9-11,000 ft. (Nilghiris, introduced.)—Di1sTRIB. N. Europe, 
N. Asia, China, Japan. . 
An erect fragrant herb, very variable in size, from 6 in. to 2 ft.; stem simple or 
branched. Leaves 1-3 in., membranous, base cuneate; petiole half as long as the 
blade or more. Spikes 1-3 in., fruiting } in. diam. or less, rather villous ; bracts 
shortly petioled, cusps acicular. Calyx minute in flower, in fruit vesicular, teeth 
triangular. Corolla pink or purplish, tube exserted, curved ; limb villous. Nuélets 
1, in., oblong, smooth.—Some N. Chinese specimens are almost woolly. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. ' 
E. LEPTOSTACHYA, Benth. Lab. 713, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 160; Cambess. in 
Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 128, t. 32, from Kashmir (Jacquemont). 1 have seen no speci- 
mens Bentham compares it with Æ. polystachya, from which the extremely slender 
spike distinguishes it, as do the distant whorls, and leaves contracted above the base. 
Is it an Elsholtzia ? 
16. PERILLA, Linn. 
Herbs. Leaves opposite. Whorls2-fid.,in secund axillary and terminal 
simple or panicled racemes; flowers and bracts small. Calyx campanulate, 
5-toothed; fruiting greatly enlarged, 2-lipped, base gibbous, upper lip 
dilated 3-toothed, lower of 2 lanceolate-subulate teeth. Corolla-tube short, 
throat bell-shaped, 5-fid. Stamens 4, subequal, erect, distant, hardly 
exserted; anther-cells distinct, parallel, at length diverging. Disk a large 
posticous gland. Style equally 2-fid. Mutlets subglobose, coarsely reticu- 
late.— Species 1 (or 2), Eastern Asiatic. 
P. ocimoides, Linn.; Benth. Lab. 166, in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 1. 
29, and Cat. 1558, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 163; Grah. Cat. Bomb. Pl. 150; 
Don Prodr. 114; Bot. Mag. t. 2395. P. macrostachya, Benth. in Wall. 
Cat.1559. Ocimum frutescens, Linn. Sp. Pl. ii. 832, excl. syn. Rheede. 
Melissa maxima, Arduin Sp. ii. 28, t. 13. Mentha perilloides, Willd. ; 
Lamk. Dict. iv. 112; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 7. 
TROPICAL and TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 1-10,000 ft., 
common, often cultivated. Kasra Mrs., alt. 3-6000 ft.—)DuisTris. Burma, China, 
apan. 
A coarse aromatic often shaggy annual, 2-4 ft. Leaves 3-6 in. ovate or rounded, 
obtuse toothed serrate or coarsely crenate ; petiole 1-3 in. Racemes 3-8 in., erect; 
bracts lanceolate. Corolla white, à in. Fruiting calyx 4-4 in., villous. Nutlets 
ay in.—Some Japan specimens are nearly glabrous ; others have fruiting calyx à 12 
and nutlets nearly iin. 
DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 
PERILLA FRUTICOSA, Don Prodr. 115, see under Elsholtzia polystachya, p. 613. , 
PERILLA ELATA, Don Prodr. 115, see Elsholtzia blanda, p. 643. 
17. MOSLA, Ham. 
„Annual fragrant herbs. Leaves opposite. Whorls2-fid., in terminal and 
axillary secund racemes ; flowers and bracts very minute or the lower leafy . 
Caly campanulate, 5-toothed, fruiting enlarged, subequal or 2-lipped, 
base gibbous ; upper lip truncate or 3-toothed, lower of 2 longer teeth ; 
throat closed with hairs. Corolla-tube naked or with a ring of hairs; lips 
