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to be but one species. The perigonium, instead of being caducous, as 
stated by the founder of this genus, often increases with the fruit. 
Nat. Ord. LABIATZÆ. 
MARRUBIUM. 
M. Malcolmianum ; herbaceum, ramis elongatis simplicibus gracilibus 
villosis, foliis parvis breve petiolatis ovatis obtusis crenatis utrinque 
pubescentibus, floralibus eonformibus minoribus acutioribus, verticil- 
lastris bifariis distantibus dichotomo-cymosis subumbellatim contractis 
pedunculatis paucifloris (8-10) folia floralia æquantibus vel superan- 
tibus, pedicellis pedunculo (3 lin.) brevioribus, bracteis linearibus 
acutis ciliatis calycem æquantibus. 
Rami pedales. Folia distantia, majora, cum petiolo bilineari 8-9 lin. 
longa, 5 lin. lata, grosse crenata, utrinque pilis artieulatis com- 
planatis subtus glandulis conspersa. Calyx obscure bilabiatus, 1 
lin. longus, hispidus, 10-nervius, fauce pilosus, 5-dentatus, dentibus 
subulatis rigidis erectis ciliatis tubo duplo brevioribus. Corolle 
tubus exannulatus, cylindricus, calycis longitudine ; limbi bilabiati 
labium superius planum, breviter bifidum, lobis truncatis, inferius 
3-plo longius, tubum æquans, 3-lobatum, lobis rotundatis, inter- 
medio majore emarginato. Semina ovali-oblonga, glabra, minute 
reticulata. Anthere ovales, perfectæ, loculi subdivaricati ; filamenta 
brevia, glabra. Stylus brevis; stigmatis lobi brevissimi, æquales, 
obtusiusculi.— Crescit in ripa fluminis “ Yena,” prope sanatorium 
Malcolmianum, in montibus Syhadree, alt. 4000 ped.; fl. Martio et 
Aprili. 
This is entitled to be called East Indian Peppermint, nen possessed 
of all the aromatic and carminative qualities of the Mentha piperita. 
The inside of the lips of the corolla are velutino-papillose, and there 
are two rows of singular hairs, like collapsed tubes, down the palate - 
and throat, as in the corolla of several Asclepiadee. : 
Nat. Ord. EBENACE. 
DrosPyros. 
1. D. paniculata; arborea, ramis glabris, foliis lanceolato-oblongis 
apice obtuse acuminatis basi rotundatis breve petiolatis coriaceis — 3 
glabris, foribus masculis in foliorum delapsorum axillis paniculatis 
numerosis, panieulis folio brevioribus cum pedicellis gemmisque — T 
