( 2395. ). 
PerRILLA Ocymorprs. BALM-LEAVED 
PERILLA. 
KEK EEE EEE ERE KEREE 
Class and Order. 
Dipynam1a GyMNoSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus (in fructu auctus, turgescens) : lacinie suba- 
quales: inferiores demum elongate. Cor. bilabiata: lab. 
sup. subfornicatum. Stam. distantia. Stylus apice bifidus. 
Sem. orbiculata. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Peritta ocymoides. Lin. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. p. 533. Willd. 
Sp. Pl. 3. p. 83. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 390. Per- 
soon Syn. 2. p. 120. Smith in Rees’ Cycl. 
Meuissa maxima ; foliis ovato-oblongis serratis utrinque 
acutis basibus mucronato-glandulosis, spicis secundis. 
Arduin. Spec. 2. p. 28. t. 13. ce 
Mentaa perilloides ; racemis secundis lateralibus. Lam. 
—— Eneyel. 4. p. 112. 2.18. Saltem quoad descriptionem. 
a 
_,,Descr. Root annual. Stem upright, two or three feet 
high, square, with rounded es and excavated sides, 
» branched. Leaves opposite, ovate - acuminate, 
Coarsely serrate, rugosely veined and y uuderneath, 
toughish above. Petioles long, channelled, hairy. Ra- 
yomes axillary and terminal, often compound. ‘Bractes 
lanceolate. gg re looking one way, white, very small. 
Yx five-cleft half way down: segments nearly equal. 
Corolla very small: upper-lip concave. Stamens distant. 
Style 1, divided at the tip. As the fruit ripens the calyx 
‘such increased in size, the tube becomes very turgid, 
the lower segments are more lengthened than the 
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