650 CXII LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Micromeria. 
distant in slender spikes, lower peduncled. M. Malcolmiana, Benth. in PI. 
Hohenack. n. 1402; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 209. Marrubium Malcolmu, 
Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 109. 
BEHAR; or Parusnath, alt. 4500 ft., Clarke. WESTERN HIMALAYA; Dehra 
Doon, Duthie. WESTERN GHATS; from the Concan to the Nilghiris, Wight, &c. 
Rootstock woody; stem 1-2 ft, Leaves }-1 in., ovate or oblong, flat; floral 
small; petiole short. Bracts small. Flowers } in. Calyx villous; teeth long, 
subulate, erect; fruiting à in.—Very aromatic. 
2. M. biflora, Benth. Lab. 378, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 220; glabrous, 
hairy or puberulous, stems short dense leafy, leaves small sessile ovate sub- 
acute, whorls axillary small flew-fid. Dene. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 129, 
t. 134; Wight Ill. t. 176 bis, f. 5, and Te. t. 1446. M. ovata, Beck. in 
Schimp. Pl. Iter Abyss. n. 12. Thymus biflorus, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 
1556, Don Prodr. 112; Benth. in Wall. Pl. As. Rar. i. 91. 
TROPICAL and TEMPERATE HIMALAYA (exclusive of Sikkim); from Kashmir to 
Bhotan, alt. 1-7000 ft. NILGHIBRI and ANAMALLAY HiLLS.—DISTRIB. Affghanistan, 
Arabia, Abyssinia, S. Africa. : 
Dwarf. Rootstock woody, stems or branches excessively numerous, 3-6 in. 
fastigiate, filiform. Leaves i-i in. margins thickened. Flowers small, often soli- 
ty pedicelled. Calyx hirsute, fruiting & in.; teeth subulate, very variable in 
ength. 
3. M. hydaspidis, Falc. mss.; Benth in DC. Prodr. xii. 224; 
pubescent, stem erect, leaves shortly petioled ovate obtuse subcrenate, 
whorls spicate many-fd. shortly peduncled, flowers pedicelled. 
WESTERN Kasumir; Jhelum Valley from Patlee to Nashga Valley, Falconer. 
Stem 10-18 in., erect, rather stout, subsimple. Leaves }-3 in. Spikes con- 
tinuous or interrupted. Calyx 4 in. long, erect, puberulous ; teeth lanceolate. 
24. CALAMINTHA, Moench. 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves entire or toothed. Whorls dense and axillary 
or loose and panicled or spiked. Calyx 13-nerved, 2-lipped, upper lip 
3-toothed, lower 2-fid, teeth narrower than of the upper; throat naked or 
villous. Corolla-tube straight, throat villous; upper lip erect, flattish ; 
lower spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 4 (or 2 upper imperfect), ascending under 
the upper lip; anther-cells parallel or diverging. StyJe-lobes equal, or the 
lower larger. JNutlets minute, subglobose, smooth, dry.—Species about 40, 
of N. temperate regions. 
1. €. Clinopodium, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 233; erect, softly 
hairy, whorls dense-fld., bracts filiform equalling the calyx, calyx-teeth sub- 
equal in length all very slender. Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 579; Reichb. Te. F L. 
Germ. t. 1274, £. 1. Melissa Clinopodium, Benth. Lab. 392. Clinopodium 
vulgare, Linn. 
WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 4—12,000 ft.— 
Disrris. Europe, N. Africa, N. and W. Asia, Canada. 
Rootstock woody, stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft., slender, subsimple. Leaves 
remote, 1-2 in., ovate, subacute, subcrenate. Whorls terminal and axillary, 4-1 !n- 
diam., depressed. Calyx 4 in. usually curved, hispid. Corolla $-1 in., purple, hairy. 
— Wiid Basil. 
.2. C. umbrosa, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xi. 232; procumbent, laxly 
hairy, whorls globose lax or dense-fd., bracts short or long, upper calyx- 
teeth with triangular teeth, lower with often longer subulate ones. Boss. 
