646 cxn. LABIATES. (J. D. Hooker.) [Elslioltzia. 



PL As. Rar. i. 29, and Cat. 1560; Lab. 164, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 163 ; 

 Sot. Mag. t. 2560. Mentha ovata, Cav. Ic. 36, t. 360, f. 1. Hyssopus 

 ocymifolius, Lamk. Diet. iii. 187. Perilla polystachya, Don Prodr. 115. 



TEMP EKATE and TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Mishmi, alt. 1-9000 ft. 

 WESTEEN TIBET, alt. 9-11,000 ft. (Nilghiris, introduced.) DISTBIB. N. Europe, 

 N. Asia, China, Japan. 



An erect fragrant herb, very variable in size, from 6 in. to 2 ft. ; stem simple or 

 branched. Leaves 1-3 in., membranous, base cuneate ; petiole half as long as the 

 blade or more. Spikes 1-3 in., fruiting in. diam. or less, rather villous j bracts 

 shortly petioled, cusps acicular. Calyx minute in flower, in fruit vesicular, teeth 

 triangular. Corolla pink or purplish, tube exserted, curved ; limb villous. Nutlets 

 T ' g in., oblong, smooth. Some N. Chinese specimens are almost woolly. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



E. LEPTO&TACHTA, Benth. Lab. 713, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 160; Cambess. in 

 Jacquem. Voy. Sot. 128, t. 32, from Kashmir (Jacquemont). I have seen no speci- 

 mens. Bentham compares it with IE. polystachya, from which the extremely slender 

 spike distinguishes it, as do the distant whorls, and leaves contracted above the base. 

 Is it an Msholtzia ? 



16. PERILLA, Linn. 



Herbs. Leaves opposite. Whorls 2-fld., in secund axillary and terminal 

 simple or panicled racemes ; flowers and bracts small. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-toothed; fruiting greatly enlarged, 2-lipped, base gibbous, upper lip 

 dilated 3-toothed , lower of 2 lanceolate-subulate teeth.. Corolla-tube sliort, 

 throat bell-shaped, 5-fid. Stamens 4, subequal, erect, distant, hardly 

 lexserted ; anther-cells distinct, parallel, at length diverging. Disk a large 

 posticous gland. Style equally 2 -fid. Nutlets subglobose, coarsely reticu- 

 late. Species 1 (or 2), Eastern Asiatic. 



P. ocimoides, Linn. ; Benth. Lab. 166, in Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 

 29, and Cat. 1558, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 163 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PL 150 ; 

 Don Prodr. 114 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2395. P. macrostachya, Benth. in Wall 

 Cat. 1559. Ocimum frutescens, Linn. Sp. PI. ii. 832, excl. syn. Rheede. 

 Melissa maxima, Arduin Sp. ii. 28, t. 13. Mentha perilloides, Willd. \ 

 Lamk. Diet. iv. 112 ; Eoxb. Fl. 2nd. iii. 7. 



TEOPICAL and TEMPEBATE HIMALAYA; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 1-10,000 ft., 

 common, often cultivated. KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-6000 ft. DISTEIB. Burma, China, 

 Japan. 



A coarse aromatic often shaggy annual, 2-4 ft. Leaves 3-6 in., ovate or rounded, 

 obtuse toothed serrate or coarsely crenate ; petiole 1-3 in. Racemes 3-8 in., erect ; 

 bracts lanceolate. Corolla white, in. Fruiting calyx -^ in., villous. Nutlets 

 ^ in. Some Japan specimens are nearly glabrous ; others have fruiting calyx in., 

 and nutlets nearly -fa in. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



PEEILLA PEUTICOSA, Don Prodr. 115, see under Elsholtzia polystachya, p. 643. 

 PEEILLA ELATA, Don Prodr. 115, see Msholtzia blanda, p. 643. 



17. BXOSX.A, Ham. 



Annual fragrant herbs. Leaves opposite. Whorls 2-fld., in terminal and 

 axillary secund racemes ; flowers and bracts very minute or the lower leafy. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, fruiting enlarged, subequal or 2-lipped, 

 base gibbous ; upper lip truncate or 3-toothed, lower of 2 longer teeth ; 

 throat closed with hairs. Corolla-tube naked or with a ring of hairs ; lips 



