PJectranthus. didynamia gymnospermia. 23 



This most agreeably fragrant plant, is common in almost 

 every garden in India, bnt very rarely found in flower; this 

 viz. the beginning ot June, is only the second time 1 have 

 found it in that state in the Company's Botanic garden at 

 Calcutta. 



Stems creeping,round, succulent, perennial. Branches erect, 

 round, very succulent, fragile, hairy, from one to two feet 

 high, ieare^v opposite, short petioled, tlesliy, frngile, broad- 

 cordate, crenulate, a little hairy, rugose, particularly the un- 

 der side ; generally about two inches each way. Spikes ter- 

 minal, erect, long, verticelled, before the flowers expand im- 

 bricated with four rows of caducous bractes. Floivers nu- 

 merous, blue. Perianth hairy ; upper lip broad, as in Ocif- 

 mum ; the under Up long, projecting-, concave. , Fi/aments 

 conjoined, as in the diadelphous flowers, longer than the un- 

 der lip, ascending, towards the apex distinct, the upper short- 

 est. 



The leaves, and indeed all parts of the plant, are delight- 

 fully fragrant, they are frequently eaten with bread and but- 

 ter, also bruised and put into country beer, cool tankards, &c. 

 being" an excellent substitute for Borage. 



5. P. strnbi/ijerus. Roxh. 



Annual, erect, four-sided. Leaves long petioled, cordate, 

 serrate, hairy. Spikes panicled, terminal, compact, strobili- 

 form. Lower lip of the calyx short, and truncated. JS''ec~ 

 tarify scarcely any. 



katu-Kurka. Rlieeil Mai. x. t. 90. 



Lavendnla carnosa. Willd. iii. 62. 



It is annual, a native of the most shady clifls of the rocks, 

 amono- the Circar mountains. It tlowers durin*> the wet and 

 cold seasons. 



Stem annual, erect, with iew or no branches, four-sided, 

 hairy, two feet high. Leaves opposite, spreading, petioled, 

 broad-cordate, obtusely serrate, deshy, rugose, hairy ; about 

 two or three inches long- and two broad ; there are gene- 



