40 Rhodora {Marcu 
M. punctata L. Parker River Mills, Newbury (Mrs. C. N. S. 
Horner, September, 1885). Specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. 
NEPETA. 
N. CarARIA L. Pastures and waste ground, common throughout 
M. HEDERACEA (L.) Trevisan. Moist places, occasionally in woods, 
common. 
M. HEDERACEA (L.) Trevisan, var. PARVIFLORA (Benth.) Druce. 
In similar places at eight stations. See RHODORA, xxiii. 289, 1921. 
OCIMUM. 
O. Basticum L. Belmont (Wm. Booth, Aug. 21, 1866). Specimen 
in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. A garden annual introduced from 
India. 
ORIGANUM. 
O. vuLGARE L. Georgetown (Wm. Oakes, no date); specimen in 
herb. Gray, Bos. Soc. Nat. Hist. and Peabody Acad. Sci. Also 
reported at Hingham by T. T. Bouvé. 
O. MARJORANA L. S. Boston (C. E. Perkins, Aug. 12, 1878); 
specimen in herb. N. E. Botanical Club. Native in the Mediter- 
ranean countries. 
PERILLA. 
P. FRUTESCENS (L.) Britton, var. crispa (Bentham) Deane n. comb.! 
Waste place, Arlington (M. L. Fernald, Sept. 28, 1908). A native 
of China and Indo-China. 
PHYSOSTEGIA. 
P. VIRGINIANA (L.) Benth. Roadsides, occasional. 
PRUNELLA. 
P. vutearis L. See Ruopora, xv. 179-186, 1913. Fields and 
waste places, occasional. 
P. vutearis L., forma ALBIFLORA (Bogenhard) Britton. (Vide 
supra.) Allendale woods, Brookline (E. & C. E. Faxon, Aug. 6, 1885). 
1 PERILLA FRUTESCENS (L.) Britton, var. erispa (Benth.) Deane n. comb. 
Dentidia nankinensis Lour. Fl. Cochin. 369 (1790). 
Perilla ocymoides B crispa Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 164 (1848). 
Perilla nankinensis Descne., Rey. Hort. ser. 4, i. 61 (1852). 
"MP var. nankinensis Voss in Vilmorin, Blumengürtnerei 846 
Perilla frutescens nankinensis Britton, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club v. 277 (1894). 
The name crispa must be used for this variety because it is the earliest name in the 
varietal category applied to the plant. 
