13. Elsholtzia.] * 106. LABIATJE. 



form of M. sativa, L., itself believed to be a hybrid between M. aquaticce. 

 and M. arvensis. 



ii. PERILLA, L. 



Herbs or imdershrubs Avith small flowers in 2-fld. whorls (fls. 

 solitary in the bracts) collected into axillary and terminal secund 

 racemes. Calyx campanulate 5-toothed, greatly enlarged in fruit and 

 2-lipped with gibbous base and dilated 3 -toothed upper lip ; lower 

 lip with 2 lanceolate-subulate teeth. Corolla Avith short tube 

 campanulate above, limb 5-fid with lobes unequal (loAver usually 

 larger than the 4 upper). Stamens 4 subequal erect distant, hardly 

 exserted ; anther-cells distinct, at first parallel, afterwards diverging. 

 Disc large with a large posticous oblong lobe or gland. Style 

 equally 2-fid. Nutlets subglobose, coarsely reticulate. 



1. P. ocimoides, L. Ban Tulsi, Beng. 



A strongly scented bush about 4 ft. high with villosely hairy 

 4-gonous and grooved branches, ovate coarsely serrate acuminate 

 leaves 2*5-4" long and small white hairy flowers 4-ranked in axillary 

 and terminal secund spiciform racemes 1-35" long. Bracts ovate or 

 rhomboid rigidly acuminate. Calyx in flower •1-'12", hairy, with 

 subulate teeth about equalling the sub-globose tube, in fruit •28--3" 

 long, broad upper lip with 3 oblong obtuse lobes, each 1-nerved, 

 lanceolate lower teeth as long as upper lip and equalling tube. 



Champaran. At the foot of the Ramnagar Hills ! Fl., Fr. Oct. -Dec. 



L. hairy on the nerves both sides and sparsely so between them above, gland- 

 punctate beneath, base rhomboid' or cuneate, sec. n. 6-7 oblique, very distinct but 

 slender. Petiole "75-1 "5" long, closely villous. Corolla white, hairj-, "IS" long, 

 slightly exserted, with 4 subequal rounded lobes and a broader lower subtruncate 

 lobe. Stamens erect, just reaching the throat of the villous corolla, anthers 

 2-celled. Fruiting calyx declinate, villous or nearl.y glabrous outside, but throat 

 with a ring of long erect hairs. Nutlets "07". 



15. MICROMERIA, Benth. 

 (Satureia, L., in Kat. Pflanz. Fam.*) 

 Herbs or undershrubs Avith usually small, entire or toothed leaves 

 and small floAvers in axillary Avhorls, sometimes Avhorls spicate or 

 panicled. Calyx 10-13-nerved, 5-toothed or 2-lipped. Corolla 2-lipped, 

 upper lip erect flattish, entire or notched, loAAer spreading 3-lobed. 

 Stamens 4, lower longer ascending, incurved Avith diA^erging tips ; 

 anther cells distinct, parallel, at length diverging, connective usually 

 thickened. Style-lobes equal or upper very short, lower recurved 

 flattened. 



Leaves •.5-1" mostly serrate. Whorls dense-flowei'ed . . . 1. cuviteUata. 

 Leaves •17-'2.5", entire. Whorls 2-few-floAvered 2. lijlom. 



1. M. capitellata, Benth. Buru-pudina, 8. 



A herb Avith strong mint odour, long slender erect, 4-angled, 

 pubescent stems l-2'5 ft. high, ovate or o\'ate-oblong mostly crenate- 

 serrate leaves 'S-l" long, and small purjilish flowers in axillary, 

 usually stalked, capitate cymes or uppermost running out into 



* See note under Calamintha. 

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