Calamintha^ Labiatce. 38 1 



Dry region, in wet places ; rather rare. Sigiri ; Bintenne ; Batticaloa*. 

 Fl. Feb., March. 



Also in Bengal, Burma, Malay Is., China, Australia. 



10. MENTHA, L. 



Perennial herb, fl. small, in axillary cymes, whorls distinct; 

 cal. campanulate, segm. 5, equal ; cor.-tube broad, slightly 

 cxserted, lobes 4, nearly equal ; stam. 4, distinct, exserted, 

 anth. 2-celled ; achenes smooth. — Sp. about 25 ; 2 in FL B, 

 Iiid. 



DX. javanica, Bl. Bijd. 826 (1826). Odu-talan, S. 



M. lanceolata^ Benth. Lab. 181. M. arvcnsis, L., Thw. Enum. 239, 

 C. P. 2077. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 648 {M. arvenszs, var.). 



Stem 1-2 ft, quadrangular, finely and thinly pubescent, 

 with long branches, 1. i^-2h in., lanceolate, tapering into short 

 petiole, acute, sharply serrate, sparsely pubescent above and 

 on the veins beneath ; fl. on slender ped., cymes shortly 

 stalked, small, close, whorls distinct, all axillary, bracts 

 narrowly lanceolate, acuminate ; cal. hairy, segm. narrow, 

 acuminate, shorter than tube ; cor. glabrous, lobes long, 

 oblong, obtuse, the upper one bilobed. 



Moist region on borders of paddy fields ; rather rare. Pusselawa 

 (Gardner) ; Allagala (Thwaites) ; Gangarua, near Kandy. Fl. May ; very 

 pale violet. 



Also in Malacca and Java. 



I have not seen this in flower, but there are specimens in the Her- 

 barium. Of European mints it comes nearest to A/, saliva^ L. It is not 

 so much like M. arvensis. Has the scent of M. viridis, the spear-mint 

 of gardens. An introduction (?). Not mentioned in Moon Cat. 



M. sylvestris, L., var. cri'spa, Benth., frequently occurs by roadsides 

 in the montane region as an escape from gardens. It very rarely 

 flowers here. 



II. CAXiABIZNTKA, ^/^^;;67/. 



Perennial herb, whorls few, close, capitate; cal.-tube long, 

 13-ribbed, 2-lipped, upper lip of 3 short triangular segm., 

 lower lip of two longer subulate ones ; upper lip of cor. erect, 

 lower 3-lobed ; stam. included under upper cor.-lip, anth.-cells 

 distinct, becoming divaricate ; achenes minute, smooth. — Sp, 

 40; 3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



C. umbrosa, Bejith. m DC. Prod. xii. 232 (1848). 



C. Clinopfldium, var. nnih'osa, Hk. f in Thw. Enum. 239. C. P. 2058, 



¥\. B. Ind. iv. 650. Wight, Ic. t. 1447 {Melissa umbrosa). 



