4 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA, Mentha. 
ELSHOTZIA. Willd. 
Calyx tubular, five-toothed. Corol bilabiate ; the upper 
lip three- (four- Willd.) parted, the under lip endisdak 
Stamina distant. 
E, villosa, R. ; 
Shrubby, downy. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, serrate; spikes 
panicled, sub-secund, 
Rujat the vernacular name in Silhet, where it is indigen- 
ous, and is used in complaints of the bowels by the natives. 
Flowering time the rainy season. 
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MENTHAc o¢ 
Calyx five- oothed. Corol nearly equal, Fear cleft Sta- 
mina erect, distant, 
1. M. panicalatn, R. 
Annual, erect; branches brachiate. Leaves long-petioled, 
triangularly cordate, grossly serrate. cose ve pa- 
nicled. 
A native of the hills of Chittagong, wherdit Veta dur- 
ing the cool season. The natives use the leaves in their cur- 
ries on account of their — smell and taste. 
2. M. i Saglorie. Willd, iii. 74. 
Spikes terminal, cylindric, mixed with ciliate bractes, 
Leaves sub-sessile, oblong, serrate, hairy. Stamina longer 
than the corol, 
Majana foetidia. Rumph. Amb, vi. t. 16. f. 2. bad, 
A native of the Moluccas, and rather a weak, flaccid, ra- 
mous, fonrsidotts hairy plant. 
3. M. veal. Roxb. 
Perennial, erect, stems round, Leaves four-fold, nearly va 
