Elsholtzia.] cii. LABiATiE (baker). 451 



2. E. schimperiy Ilockst. in Schimp. PL Abyss. Exaicc. No. 141 1. . A 

 tall erecc perennial herb, with stems pubescent upwards. Leaves large, 

 thin, petioled, ovate, acute, slightly pubescent. Whorls forming dense 

 thick spicate panicles at the end of the stem and from the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; bracts orbicular, cuspidate, membranous, ciliate, densely 

 imbricate, \ in. diam. Flower-calyx ^ in. long; upper tooth oblong, as 

 long as the campauulate tube ; 4 lower teeth shorter, ovate. Corolla- 

 tube cylindric, much exserted. — Vatke in Linnjea, xxxvii. 825 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 3G8 ; Briquet in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. ll^>3. 



Wile Xiand. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Addi-Abuii, 6500 ft. Schimper, VGS : 

 and vvitliout precise locality, Schimper, 694! 1411 ! 



3. E. aquatica, C. H. Wright. Stem herbaceous, fistular, 8 lin. 

 diam., with numerous branches at the nodes. Leaves narrowly lanceo- 

 late, irregularly dentate, pubescent on the upper side of the midrib, 

 nerves prominent beneath, 2 in. long, 4 lin. wide. Panicles spicate, 

 terminal on the branches, about 1 in. long, 8 lin. diam. ; bracts small, 

 oblong. Calyx campanulate, 1 lin. long, pubescent outside ; teeth 

 triangular, acute. Corolla slightly longer than the calyx, pubescent 

 outside in bud, pink ; lobes obtuse. Filaments twice as long as the 

 corolla; anthers reniform, dark purple-brown. Nucules smooth. 



Mozamb. Xllst. Portuguese East Africa : between Unangu and Lake Shirwa. 

 in water, 3000-4000 ft., Johnson, 15 ! 



23. MENTHA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, ii. 1182. 



Calyx campanulate or cylindric, 10-ribbed, 5 -toothed. Corolla - 

 tube funnel-shaped ; lobes 4, the upper rather broader, emarginate. 

 Stamens 4, subequal ; filaments free ; anthers 2-celled. Disk entire, 

 equal. Style shortly bifid. Nucules ovoid, smooth. — Herbs, with toothed 

 leaves. Whorls many-flowered, aggregated in spicate panicles or dis- 

 persed and axillary. Stamens dimorphic. Flowers small. 



Species about 25, concentrated in the North Temperate zone of the Old World. 



Whorls of flowers forming a dense terminal spike . 1. M. sylvestris. 



Whorls of flowers distant, subtended by large leaves . 2. M. Pulegium. 



1. M. sylvestris, Linn.] Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 166. A 

 perennial, with erect pubescent stems. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 densely pubescent, obscurely seirate. Whorls many-flowered, aggre- 

 gated into cylindric terminal spicate panicles 2-3 in. long. Calyx 

 densely pubescent, ^V in. long; teeth lanceolate-deltoid. Corolla-tube 

 as long as the calyx ; lobes orbicular. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 187; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 363. 



irile Iiand. Abyssinia : Tigre ; near Adowa, on the banks of the Mai Teia 

 Brook, Schimper, 403 ! Province of Shire, Quartin-lUllon ^' Petit, 15! Hegemedcr ; 

 Anadehr, Schimper, 586; Beschilo Valle}, near Magdala, Steudner, 1121 ! 



Throughout Europe and Western Asia. 



