Pogostemon."] cxn. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) 635 



rounded or subcordate, brown when dry ; petiole slender, |-| in. Racemes 1-3 in. ; 

 whorls 3-5-fld. Calyx in. long. Corolla minute. 



13. P. hirsutus, Benth. Lab. 155, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 154; stem, 

 hirsute with reflexed hairs or glabrate, leaves small ovate or ovate-lanceolate 

 coarsely serrate, spikes short stout usually dense-fld., bracts linear-subulate, 

 calyx hispid, teeth lanceolate subulate ciliate. P. rupestris, var. /3. hirsutus, 

 Thwaites Enum. 239. s 



CEYLON ; Central Province, alt. 5-7000 ft., Macrae, &c. 



Stem 1-2 ft., branched, decumbent and rooting below. Leaves 1-2 in., hairy above 

 and on the nerves beneath, 'base rounded or acute ; petiole ^ f in. Spikes usually 

 sessile and dense-fld., in. diam., hirsute. Calyx in. long, inflated. Corolla 

 minute. Thwaites regards this as a var. of P. rupestris, but this must be through 

 inadvertence. 



14. P. paludosus, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 154 ; stem sparingly 

 pubescent or glabrate, leaves rounded-ovate obtuse coarsely crenate, base 

 rounded, spike strict stiff, whorls small remote few-fld., bracts and bracteoles 

 minute, calyx terete hispid, teeth triangular subacute ciliate. 



NILGHIBI HILLS ; Ootamacund, Perrottet, Wight. 



Stem stiff, erect. Leaves 2 in. long, and nearly, as broad, sparingly hairy above 

 and on the nerves beneath; petiole \ f in., slender. Spike 35 in., rachis and calyces 

 hispid with spreading hairs ; whorls ^ in. diam. Calyx | in. long. I have seen only 

 indifferent specimens gathered by Wight. 



15. P. fraternus, Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 963; much branched, 

 branches above and racemes glandular-tomentose or hirsute, leaves ovate 

 singly or doubly crenate or serrate, racemes terminating all the branches 

 elongate, whorls distinct many-nd., bracts and bracteoles linear, calyx 

 ] -eclicelled hirsute, teeth long lanceolate ciliate. Pogostemon n. 28, Herb. 

 Ind. Or. IT.f.tyT. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft.; J. D. H., Clarke. KHASIA MTS. ; Lobb. 

 TENASSERIM; Beddome. DISTRIB. Java. 



Stem 2-3 ft. ; branches straggling. Leaves 2-4 in., base acute rounded or cor- 

 date ; petiole sometimes as long as the blade. Racemes 3-6 in. long, nearly |- in. diam. ; 

 whorls close but distinct; bracts and bracteoles often as long as the flowers, but 

 very variable; pedicel sometimes as long as the calyx, which is | in. long or less and 

 i-iigled. Corolla funnel-shaped, twice as long as the calyx. Miquel describes the 

 i ts as glabrous in the Javan plant ; they are hairy towards the base in the 

 Indian. 



16. P. Wig-htii, Benth. Lab. 155, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 154; hirsute 

 with long lax cellular often glandular hairs, much branched, leaves ovate 

 doubly crenate or sublaciniate, base rounded or broadly cuneate, spikes stout 

 cylindric dense-fld., whorls densely crowded, bracts and bracteoles short 

 linear, calyx inflated membranous terete glabrous or sparsely hairy, teeth 

 triangular ciliate. P. petiolaris, Benth. in DC. I. c. P. hirsutus, Wight Ic, 

 t. 1442. 



NILGHIEI and ANAMALLAY MTS., Wight, &c., in wet places. 



Branches suberect or spreading, stout. Leaves 1-2 in., base rarely subcordate ; 

 petiole half as long as the blade. Spikes 2-4 in., very stout, f in. diam.; lowest 

 whorls sometimes remote. Calyx in. long, sessile. Corolla-tube very short. Two 

 specimens were amongst the Concan collections of Stocks, but I suspect were from the 

 south. 



17. P. mollis, Benth. Lab. 155, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 154 ; villous, 



