634 cxn. LABIAT/E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Pogostemon. 



149 ; Dalz. Sf Gils. Bomb. Fl 207 ; Thwaites Enum. 239 ; Wight Ic. 1. 1440. 

 ? Origanum indicum, Roth Nov. Sp. 265. Rheede Sort. Mai. x.,77. 



WESTEKN PENINSULA, from Bombay southwards, wild and cultivated. CEYLON, 

 common. (MALACCA and SINGAPORE, cult.) DISTEIB. Sumatra and Borneo 

 (cult. ?). 



A herb, 2-3 ft. ; stem more or less softly hairy. Leaves 2-3 in., rarely more, 

 subglabrous, membranous, sometimes incised ; petiole \-\\ in. Spikes 3-6 in., rarely 

 short and dense; whorls in. diam., usually distant ; bracts elliptic, acute, equaling 

 the calyx or shorter. Calyx in., teeth acute. Corolla very small, tube shortly 

 exserted. Perhaps only a var. of P. parviflorus. A tracing of Pelletier's figure 

 kindly sent me by M. de Candolle enables me to identify P. Heyneamis with P. 

 Patchouli. It is a common Indian garden plant, noted for its perfume, often much 

 altered by cultivation. 



VAR. suavis leaves larger more rounded 3 in. long and broad, margin lobulate 

 and crenate, spike much broader, whorls ^ in. diam., calyx | in. angular more 

 pubescent, teeth subulate-lanceolate. P. suavis, Tenore in Giorn. Sot. Ital. (1847), 

 ii. 56. P. Patchouli, Hook. Kew Journ. Sot. i. 328, t. 11, excl. syn. P.utcha-pat. ; 

 Wallich in Kew Journ. i. 22. Cult, in Palermo and Kew Bot. Gardens. This more 

 resembles parviflorus in the shape of the calyx-teeth, but it has the scent of 

 Patchouli. 



10. P. amarantoides, Bentli. in DC. Prodr. xii. 153; glabrous or 

 minutely pubescent, leaves ovate or oblong acuminate incised-serrate, 

 whorls small few- or many-fld. separate or confluent on the long slender 

 panicled spikes, bracts short, calyx small terete glabrous or hoary, teeth 

 short triangular pubescent within, edges not ciliate but with finely pubes- 

 cent margins. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 5-6000 ft. KHASIA MTS., alt. 5-6000 ft. ; Griffith, &c. 



A tall leafy herb. Leaves 36 in., serrate or biserrate, membranous ; petiole 

 1-2 in., slender. Spikes 2-6 in. ; whorls |-^- in. diam. ; bracts elliptic. Calyx 1 I 5 - 1 ; 5 in., 

 campanulute, terete, more pubescent in the Khasia form. Corolla minute, white or 

 pink. Filaments purple. Flowers much smaller, and whole plant more glabrous than 

 in its allies. 



11. P. elsholtzioides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 153; erect, branched, 

 stem above young parts and inflorescence hoary -to mentose, leaves petioled 

 lanceolate long-acuminate serrulate glabrous, whorls small subsecund many- 

 fld. separate or confluent in very slender spikes, calyx small terete hoary, 

 teeth narrow subacute not ciliate. 



BHOTAN, Griffith. KHASIA MTS., Griffith; Churra, alt. 4000 ft., J. D. H. 

 SfT. T. 



Very leafy; stem and branches slender. Leaves 4-6 in., petiole rather short. 

 Spikes 3-4 in. ; whorls sometimes all secund, ^-\ in. diam. Calyx ,5 in. long. Corolla 

 very short, purple. Filaments sparingly hairy. The very narrow leaves and small 

 secund hoary spikes well distinguish this. 



* Spikes or racemes simple, axillary and terminal or solitary, 

 f Filaments bearded. 



12. P. rupestris, Benth. Lab. 156, andiuZ><7. Prodr. xii. 154 ; glabrous, 

 leaves small ovate or ovate-lanceolate coarsely obtusely serrate, racemes 

 slender, whorls distant few-fld., bracts and bracteoles minute, calyx glabrous, 

 teeth short ovate. 



CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 5-8000 ft., Macrae, &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., often decumbent below. Leaves 1-1 in., obtuse, base cuneate 



