LAMIACEiE, OR LABIATE. 



1002. Mentha citrata Ehr. furnishes a fragrant oil, having 

 very much the odour of bergamot. 



1003. Mentha rotundifolia Linn.~\ have been in repute as sto- 



1004. Mentha aquatica Linn. J- machics and emmena- 



1005. Mentha arvensis Linn. J gogues. 



1006. Leonotis nepetifolia RBr. (Phlomis nepetifolia Linn.) 

 called Corddo do Frade in Brazil, is used in that country, in 

 baths, as a remedy for rheumatic complaints. 



LYCOPUS. 



Calyx campanulate, equal, 4-5-toothed ; with the throat 

 naked inside. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, campanu- 

 late, equal, 4-cleft. Stamens 2, rather projecting, distant. An- 

 thers 2-celled, with nearly parallel distinct cells. 



1006 a. L. europaeus Linn. sp. pi. 30. Eng. Bot. t. 1105. 

 Benth. labial. 186. — L. aquaticus Mcench. palustris Lam. 

 vulgaris Pers. — All over Europe and the north of Asia, in wet 

 places ; also Barbary, China, New Holland, and Van Diemen's 

 Land. 



Stem from 1 to 3 feet high, not running, acutely quadrangular, 

 smooth or pubescent. Leaves stalked, ovate-oblong, sinuate, toothed 

 or pinnatifid. Whorls many-flowered, very dense. Calyx acutely 

 5-toothed, with rigid teeth longer than the tube. No rudiments of 

 sterile stamens on the corolla. Achsenia rather shorter than the tube 

 of the corolla. — Has had the reputation of being a powerful febrifuge. 

 It has also been commended as an astringent, and used formerly to be 

 administered to restrain internal haemorrhage. It is known to make a 

 good black dye, and Withering says that gipsies stain their skins with it. 

 Burnett. 



MERIANDRA. 



Calyx ovate, bilabiate ; the upper lip concave, entire, or very 

 slightly 3-toothed ; the lower bifid, naked internally at the 

 throat. Corolla with a tube as long as the calyx ; the limb nearly 

 equal, 4-cleft, with flat lobes, the uppermost of which is entire 

 or emarginate. Stamens generally 2 ; anthers 2-celled, with 

 distinct, stipitate, equal, pendulous cells, and a short linear 

 connective, articulated in the middle with the filament, and erect 

 on each side. Bentham. 



1007. M. benghalensis Benth. in Wall. pi. as. rar. i. 29. 

 lab. 189. — Salvia benghalensis Roxb. fi.ind. i. 146. S. dian- 

 thera Roth. n. sp.pl. 18. — Bengal and Coromandel. 



A straggling shrub, with a trunk sometimes as thick as a man's arm. 

 Bark cracked, and peeling off in irregular pieces. Young shoots downy, 

 round. Leaves as in Salvia officinalis. Racemes terminal, often com- 

 pound, verticillate. Whorls approximated, globular, many-flowered. 

 Flowers white. Calyx gibbous, downy, 3- or 4-toothed. Corolla with 



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