LAMIACEJE, OR LABIATE. 



1002. Mentha citrata Ehr. furnishes a fragrant oil, having 

 very much the odour of bergamot. 



1003. Mentha rotundifolia Linn."\ have been in repute as sto- 



1004. Mentha aquatica Linn. J- machics and emmena- 



1005. Mentha arvensis Linn, J gogues. 



1006. Leonotis nepetifolia RBr. (Phlomis nepetifolia Linn.) 

 called Corddo do Frade in Brazil, is used in that country, in 

 baths, as a remedy for rheumatic complaints. 



LYCOPUS. 



Calyx campanulate, equal, 4 5-toothed; with the throat 

 naked inside. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, campanu- 

 late, equal, 4-cleft. Stamens 2, rather projecting, distant. An- 

 thers 2-celled, with nearly parallel distinct cells. 



1006 a. L. europaeus Linn. sp. pi 30. Eng. Bot. t. 1105. 

 Benth. labiat. 186. L. aquaticus Mcench. palustris Lam. 

 vulgaris Pers. All over Europe and the north of Asia, in wet 

 places ; also Barbary, China, New Holland, and Van Diemen's 



Stem from 1 to 3 feet high, not running, acutely quadrangular, 

 smooth or pubescent. Leaves stalked, ovate-oblong, sinuate, toothed 

 or pinnatifid. Whorls many-flowered, very dense. Calyx acutely 

 5-toothed, with rigid teeth longer than the tube. No rudiments of 

 sterile stamens on the corolla. Achaenia rather shorter than the tube 

 of the corolla. Has had the reputation of being a powerful febrifuge. 

 It has also been commended as an astringent, and used formerly to be 

 administered to restrain internal haemorrhage. It is known to make a 

 good black dye, and Withering says that gipsies stain their skins with it. 

 Burnett. 



MERIANDRA. 



Calyx ovate, bilabiate ; the upper lip concave, entire, or very 

 slightly 3-toothed ; the lower bifid, naked internally at the 

 throat. Corolla with a tube as long as the calyx ; the limb nearly 

 equal, 4-cleft, with flat lobes, the uppermost of which is entire 

 or emarginate. Stamens generally 2 ; anthers 2-celled, with 

 distinct, stipitate, equal, pendulous cells, and a short linear 

 connective, articulated in the middle with the filament, and erect 

 on each side. Bentham. 



1007. M. benghalensis Benth. in Wall. pi. as. rar. i. 29. 

 lab. 189. Salvia benghalensis Roxb.fi. ind. i. 146. S. dian- 

 thera Roth. n. sp. pi. 18. Bengal and Coromandel. 



A straggling shrub, with a trunk sometimes as thick as a man's arm. 

 Bark cracked, and peeling off in irregular pieces. Young shoots downy, 

 round. Leaves as in Salvia officinalis. Racemes terminal, often com- 

 pound, verticillate. Whorls approximated, globular, many-flowered. 

 Flowers white, Calyx gibbous, downy, 3- or 4-toothed. Corolla with 



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