( 3091 ) 

 Aphanochilus blandus. Mild Aphano- 



CHILUS. 



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Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Labiate. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. subaequalis, 5-dentatus. Cor. tubo calycem aequante, 

 breviter 4-fida, lobo superior! suberecto subconcavo emar- 

 ginato, inferioribus patentibus. Stam. 4, saepius exserta, 

 distantia. Antherarum loculi divergentes vel divancati, 

 demum confluentes. Benth. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Aphanochilus* blandus; canescens, foliis oblongis utrinque 

 attenuatis, verticillastris secundis laxe spicatis, spicis 

 paniculatis. Benth. ' 



Aphanochilus blandus. Benth. in Wall. PL Asiat. Bar. I. 

 p 29 



Mentha blanda. Wall. MSS. ann. 1821. non D C. 



Perilla elata. Don, Prod. Fl. Nepal, p. 115. 



Descr. Whole plant hoary, with short, very soft and 

 transparent hairs, and yielding a slightly aromatic smell 

 especially the spike, on account of the great abundance of 

 glands on the calyces, corollas, and bractes. Stem two to 

 three feet hiffh, erect as well as the branches, quadrangular, 

 furrowed on each face, and slightly thickened at each divi- 

 sion. Leaves about three inches long, narrowed and acu 



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minate 



* From «, not, <p*w, to appear, and #*6 « % ^m the imperfectly 

 formed lips of the corolla. 



