4 ' DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Mentha. 



ELSHOTZTA. Willd. 

 Calyx tubular, five-toolhed. Corol bilabiate ; the vpper 

 Up three- (four- Willd.) parted, the under lip undivided. 

 Stamina distant. 



E. villosa. R. 



Shrubby, downy. Leaves ovate, lanceolate, serrate; spikes 

 panicled, sub-secund. 



R/zjat 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. 



MENTHA. Schreh. gen. N. 967- 

 Ca/f/a? five- toothed. Coro/ nearly equal, four-cleft. Sta- 

 mina erect, distant. 



1. M. paniculata. R. 



Annual, erect; branches brachiate. Leaves long-petioled, 

 triangularly cordate, grossly serrate. Spikes cylindric, pa- 

 nicled. 



A native of the hills of Chittagong, where it blossoms dur- 

 ino- the cool season. The natives use the leaves in their cur- 

 ries on account of their grateful smell and taste. 



2. M. aitricularia. 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. y. 2. bad. 



A native of the Moluccas, and rather a weak, flaccid. Fa- 

 mous, four-sided, hairy plant. 



3. M. qnadrifolia. Roxb. 



Perennial, erect, stems round. Leaves four-fold, nearly li- 



