Mentha. didynamia gymnospermia. 5 



near, serrate ; spikes terminal, cylindric. Filaments hairy, 

 and longer than the corol. 



Te/ing. Konda-jajain. 



This seems an undescribed species, it is perennial, a native 

 of the tops of hills, and the middle region oftheCircar moun- 

 tains, growing amongst the rocks. It flowers during- the rainy 

 season. 



Stems mRny, erect, with few branches, woody, round, from 

 two to four feet high. Leaves four-fold, rarely three-fold, 

 spreading', short-petioled, linear-lanceolate, serrate, rugose, 

 downy, from two to three inches long, and about half an inch 

 broad. Spikes terminal, solitary, cylindric, crowded with in- 

 numerable, small, rose-coloured flowers. Corol; tube twice 

 the length of the calyx, segments reflexed. Filaments much 

 longer than the corol, sub-equal, very hairy. 



This plant is very fragrant, not less so than our garden 

 mint in Europe; common garden soil is too moist and too 

 rich for it, for there it has always soon perished with me. 



4. M. verticillata. R. 



Annual, erect. Leaves verticelled, sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late, serrate. Spikes terminal, cylindric. 



Beng. Panee-k?da. 



Found in wet places near Calcutta, appears and flowers 

 durino- the rains. 



Stems annual, erect. Branches a few near the top, and ver- 

 ticelled. Leaves verticelled, sessile, linear, serrate. Spikes 

 solitary, terminal, cylindrical. Filaments woolly, twice the 

 length of the corol. 



The plant has a considerable share of aromatic smell, and 

 taste. 



5. M. stellata. Buch. 



Spikes terminal, cylindric. Leaves filiform, minute, ver- 

 ticelled. 



