Glechoma, __ DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Bees 
8. M. perilloides, Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. iii, 83. 4 
__, Annual, hairy, Leaves cordate, grossly serrate, Roe 
terminal, and axillary, sessile, four-sided, Flowers in op- 
posite approximate pairs, sub-secund.. Bractes as long as 
the flowers, Stamens shorter than the corol. 
Perilla ocymoides, Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. iii, 83. ? 
A native of Nepal, from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the 
seeds to this garden, where, in one year from the time the 
seed was sown the plant blossomed abundantly. 
Stem erect, with four rounded angles, and excavated sides, 
hairy. Branches opposite, expanding, and, like the stem of 
the most luxuriant plants, about three feet high. Leaves op- 
posite, long-petioled, broad, cordate, grossly-serrate, hairy 
on both sides, from three to five inches , and from two to 
four broad, Petioles hairy, channelled, *Racemes axillary and 
terminal, sessile, four-sided, particularly before the’ flowers 
; aie Bractes lanceolate, acute, one-flowered. Flowers 
5 ite, decussate, approximate pairs, tending: to point 
to-o one aide only. Calya hairy; divisions five, nearly equal, 
Corol, the upper segment emarginate ; the under one much 
broader and longer, sub-reniform, Stamens rather shorter 
than the corol. .Anthers of two distinct lobes, 
: 
GLECHOMA. Schreb. gen. N. 970. * | 
Calyx five-cleft, each pair of anthers converging in form 
of a cross, 
“= erecta, Buch. 
Aunual, erect, Leaves cordate. Peduncles axillary, bear- 
ing sev eral flowers in a head, 
A native of the skirts of the mountains of Nepal where it 
is called Niasbo by the natives, and used internally as a re- 
medy j in Gonorrhea, From thence the seeds were sent by Dr. — 
Buchanan, under the above name, to the Botanic garden 
where the plants thrive well, blossom _ bb their seed all” 
the year round, 
