Mosla. | CXIL LABIATE, (J. D. Hooker.) 647 
short, upper notched, lower 3-fid. Stamens 2, posticous, short, erect, distant ; 
anther-cells 2, divaricate; staminodes 2. Disk a large posticous gland. 
Nutlets globose, smooth or reticulate.—Species 6, East Asiatic. 
M. dianthera, Marimovicz in Bull. Imp. Acad. Petersb. ix. 430; 
slender, sparsely pubescent, leaves petioled ovate acute serrate, nutlets 
reticulate. M. ocimoides, Ham. mss. in Benth. Lab. 366. Hedeoma nepa- 
lensis, Benth. Lab. 366, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 244; Dene. in Jacquem. 
Voy. Bot. 133, t. 188. Melissa nepalensis, Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 
66; Wall. Cat. 2194. Moschosma ocimoides, Reichb. in Wall. Cat. 2712. 
Lycopus dianthera, Ham. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 144. Cunila Buchanani, 
Spreng. Syst. i. 54. C. nepalensis, Don Prodr. 107. 
TROPICAL and TEMPERATE HIMALAYA and N. BENGAL Prarys; from Kashmir 
to Bhotan, alt. 1-6000 ft.  KuasIA Mrs., alt. 0-5000 ft. CHITTAGONG, J. D. H. & 
T. 7.—Disrris. Burma, China. . 
A very strong-scented strict erect herb, 1-3 ft. Leaves 1-1} in. ;, petiole $-} in. 
Racemes very slender, terminating the branches, lax-fld. Corolla } in. Jong, white 
or purplish, tube short. Fruiting calyx 3 in., hemispherical. Nutlets as in Perilla.— 
The other described species are all extremely near JM. dianthera, and perhaps forms 
of it. 
18. MENTHA, Linz. 
. Strong-scented perennial herbs, rootstock creeping. Whorls many-fid., 
m axillary and terminal spikes, bracts various; flowers small. Calyx cam- 
panulate or tubular, 5-toothed, throat naked or villous. Corolla subequally 
4-lobed. Stamens 4, equal, erect, distant; anther-cells parallel. Style-arms 
Short. JVutlets smooth or reticulate.—Species about 25, N. temp. regions, 
Introduced in many countries. 
Mentha viridis, L. (spear-mint), M. piperita, L. (peppermint), M. sativa, L., and 
M. aquatica, L., occur in Indian gardens, and as escapes. 
l. M. sylvestris, Linn.; leaves broadly or narrowly oblong obovate 
or lanceolate subacute serrate hoary beneath, whorls in terminal spikes, 
calyx-teeth triangular or lanceolate, corolla hairy glabrous within. Benth. 
Lab. 171, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 166; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 82. 
TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET ; from Kashmir to 
Gurwhal, alt. 4-12,000 ft., Royle, &c,. —DisrRIB. Affghanistan, Temp. Europe and 
W. and Central Asia. 2a: 
Stem robust or slender, 2-3 ft., hoary-tomentose. Leaves 1-3 by 3-2 in., base 
rounded or cordate. Spikes 1-3 in., 1-4 in. diam. ; bracts lanceolate ; pedicels hairy: 
Corolla lilac, about din. diam. Nutlets usually pale, smooth, sometimes brown an 
conspicuously delicately reticulate. EM 
I have vainly endeavoured to find any character whereby to distinguish M 
incana and Royleana from M. sylvestris, the only available one afforded by the ca N 
being excessively variable. Boissier unites them under one-variety à. petiolata. NE 
Orient. iv. 543), distinguished from sylvestris proper by the hoariness and pe tioo 1 
eaves, but I think the slender spike and usually minute calyx of incana are (Niti 
varietal characters. Strachey and Winterbottom s. specimens from Garw al (Aiti, 
alt. 11,500 ft.) appear to be typical M. sylvestris with purplish calyces. 
VAR. i) PP niformly hoary-tomentose, spikes slender much interrupted, calyx 
Very small, teeth short. M. incana, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 609 i " e ae 
170, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 169.— Simla to Murree, Mooltan, Bagewort .—50 
densely woolly, Peshawur specimens have small capitate spikes. . 
Var. Royleana ; uniformly hoary-tomentose, spikes stout usually all 
calyx-teeth lanceolate or triangular with subulate lip. M. Royleana, , E . . 
Pl. As. Rar. i. 29, and Cat. 1537 ; Lab. 171, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 169. 
