378 The Philippine Journal of Science 1921 
The pre-Linnean references to Dillenius, Plukenet, and Ray 
probably do not belong here; and from one of those Dunal, who 
placed Burman’s species as a synonym of Solanum virginianum 
Linn., doubtless interpreted Burman’s species. 
LABIATAE 
BALLOTA Linnaeus 
BALLOTA PERSICA (Burm. f.) Benth. Lab. Gen. Sp. (1836) 598, DC. 
Prodr. 12 (1848) 520. 
Molucella persica Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 128, t. 28, f. 2. 
Bentham’s amplified description is based on Burman’s specimen 
in the Delessert herbarium. 
ANISOMELES R. Brown 
ANISOMELES INDICA (Linn.) O. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 512. 
Nepeta indica Linn. Sp. Pl. (1758) 571. 
Anisomeles ovata R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 2 (1811) 364. 
Ballota disticha Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 83. 
Ballota disticha Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 126. 
Marrubium indicum Burm. f. op. cit. 127. 
Ballota disticha Burm. f. was from Java‘and Coromandel and 
was described one year earlier by Linnaeus under the same bi- 
nomial; both descriptions were doubtless based on material of 
similar origin. Marrubium indicum Burm. f. was from Ceylon 
and Java; and from the excellent figure cited, Burm. Thes Zeyl. 
(1737) 153, t. 71, f. 1, it is, like Ballota disticha, clearly identical 
with the very common and widely distributed Anisomelis indica 
(Linn.) O. Kuntze. 
POGOSTEMON Desfontaines 
POGOSTEMON BENGHALENSE (Burm. f.) 0. Kuntze Rev. Gen. Pl. (1891) 
529. 
Origanum benghalense Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 128, t. 38, f. 8. 
“Habitat in Benghalia.” 
Pogostemon plectranthoides Desf. in Ann. Mus. Paris 2 (1803) 155. 
Bentham, in DC. Prodr. 12 (1848) 151, cites Burman’s species 
with certainty as a synonym of Desfontaines’s Pogostemon plec- 
tranthoides, adding that the figure is very poor. Burman’s 
specific name should be retained. 
DYSOPHYLLA Blume 
DYSOPHYLLA AURICULARIA (Linn.) Blume Bijdr. (1826) 826. 
Mentha auricularia Linn. Mant. 1 (1767) 81. 
Mentha foetida Burm. f. Fl. Ind. (1768) 126. “Habitat in Java.” 
