648 cxi LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) | Mentha. 
2. M. arvensis, Linn.; hairy or glabrate, leaves shortly petioled or 
sessile oblong ovate or lanceolate serrate, whorls axillary capitate, calyx- 
teeth triangular or lanceolate. Benth. in DO. Prodr. xii. 171; Boiss. Fl. 
Orient. iv. 544, 
WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 5-10,000 ft.—DrsTRIB. Europe, N. and W. 
Asia to China. 
Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., obtusely or acutely serrate. Bracts acute, shorter 
than the flowers. Calyx hairy. Corolla hairy without and within. — 
VaR. javanica ; leaves lanceolate, calyx-teeth longer, often exceeding the tube. 
M. javanica, Blume Bijd. 826; Benth. 1. c. M. sativa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 6. M. 
arvensis, Thwaites Enum. 239.— Malacca, Griffith; Ceylon, Gardner, &c., borders 
of paddy-fields in the Central Province, Thwaites.—I suspect this is. introduced, 
and is M. sativa, L., to which Boissier refers as a synonym to M. arvensis, L. 
19. LYCOPUS, Tourn. 
Marsh perennial herbs. Leaves toothed or pinnatifid. Flowers small in 
dense axillary whorls. Calyx subequally 4-5-toothed, throat naked. 
Corolla campanulate, subequally 4-5-fid. Stamens 2, distant; anther-cells 
parallel; staminodes 2. Style 2-fid, lobes flattened. Mutlets smooth, 
obovate, compressed, margins thickened.—Species 2, N. temp. regions and 
Australia. 
L. europseus, Linn.; glabrous or puberulous, leaves sinuate-toothed 
or serrate, staminodes minute. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xi. 179; Boiss. Fl. 
Orient. iv. 545. 
Western HIMALAYA; Kashmir, alt. 1-6000 ft.— DrsTRIB. Europe, W. N. and 
Central Asia. eu 
Rootstock creeping or stoloniferous. Stem 1-8 ft. Leaves subsessile, elliptic- 
oblong, sometimes pinnatifid. Corolla blueish-white, dotted with purple, hairy 
within. Nutlets longer than the calyx-tube. 
YSI} VaR. exaltata; stouter, leaves more pinnatifid, staminodes capitellate. L. 
exaltatus, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 179; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 545. — 
Kashmir, alt. 3-6000 ft.—Distrib. of L. europaeus. 
20. ORIGANUM, Tourn. 
Aromatic herbs or undershrubs. Leaves entire or toothed. Cymes 
corymbose, bracts large, imbricating. Calyx 10-13-nerved, 5-toothed or 
2-hpped; throat villous. Corolla obscurely 2-lipped, upper lip notched or 
2-fid; lower spreading, 3-fid. Stamens 4, distant, ascending ; anther-cells 
distinct, spreading. Style-lobes acute. Nutlets smooth.—Species about 25, 
of N. temperate regions. 
. The Marjoram, O. Marjorana, L. (O. Wallichianum, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 1565) 
is extensively cultivated in India. 
O. vulgare, Linn.; erect, villous or glabrate, corymbosely branched, 
leaves broadly ovate. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 193; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 
551. O. Watsoni, T. A. Schmidt in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1868, 234, t. 82, 
f. 5-7. O. normale, Don Prodr. 113; Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 31, 
in Lab. 335, and in DO. L ce; Wall. Cat. 1564. O. laxiflora, Royle in 
Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 376; Benth. Lab. 336, and in DC. l. c. 194. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 7-12,000 ft.—DISTRIB. 
Europe, N. Africa, W. and N. Asia. 
Stoloniferous, erect or prostrate; stem 1-8 ft. Leaves 4-1 in., entire or toothed, 
