minate at the apex, the margins furnished with hroad 

 serratures, intermixed with others smaller, entire, and nar- 

 rowed at the base into a petiole about half an inch long, 

 nearly glabrous on the upper surface, hoary and dotted 

 underneath, with prominent and hairy midrib and nerves ; 

 the upper leaves smaller, narrower, and more entire, often 

 bearing only one or two deep indentures, the floral leaves 

 perfectly entire. Spikes slender, three to six inches long, 

 semicylindrical. Fascicles of flowers approximate, secund, 

 containing each about twenty minute, blue flowers. Bracteas 

 subulate. Calyx nearly cylindrical, pubescent, with five 

 linear teeth. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, pubescent, 

 with resinous dots inside. Upper lobe emarginate, lateral 

 ones slightly reflexed, lower one concave. Stamens distant, 

 scarcely projecting beyond the mouth of the corolla. Wall. 

 MSS. 



This plant was first introduced by Dr. Wallich into the 

 Botanic Garden of Calcutta in the year 1819, from seeds 

 sent from Nepal under the name of Nutchoo by the Hon. 

 Edward Gardner. From thence Dr. Wallich sent seeds 

 to the Royal Gardens at Kew, which produced the specimen 

 here figured. A species closely allied to this, but differing 

 in its shorter and broader leaves, cylindrical spikes, and 

 strong smell, has been also sent to this country by Dr. 

 Wallich, and described in the Transactions of the Horti- 

 cultural Society, and figured by Professor De Candolle 

 (PI. Rar. Hort. Genev. p. 23. t. 8.) under the same name of 

 Mentha blanda. As far as can be ascertained from the 

 figure itself, it appears to have been taken from the A. 

 /ceteris (Benth. in 1. c.) or Mentha fattens (Wall. MSS.). 



Fig. ]. Flowers. 2. Single Flower -.—More or less magnified. 



