648 cxu. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Mentha, 



2. BZ. arvensis, Linn. ; hairy or glabrate, leaves shortly petioled or 

 feessile oblong ovate or lanceolate serrate, whorls axillary capitate, calyx- 

 teeth triangular or lanceolate. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 171 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 544. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; Kashmir, alt. 5-10,000 ft. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. 

 Asia to China. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., obtusely or acutely serrate. Bracts acute, shorter 

 than the flowers. Calyx hairy. Corolla hairy without and within. 



VAR. javanica ; leaves lanceolate, calyx-teeth longer, often exceeding the tube. 

 M. javanica, Blume Bijd. 826 ; Benth. I. c. M. sativa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 6. M. 

 arvensis, Thivaites 'Enum. 239. Malacca, Griffith; Ceylon, Gardner, &c., borders 

 of paddy-fields in the Central Province, Thivaites. I suspect this is introduced, 

 and is M. sativa, L., Jri which Boissier refers as a synonym to M. arvensis, L. 



19. Z.VCOPUS, Tourn. 



Marsh perennial herbs. Leaves toothed or pinnatifid. Flowers small in 

 dense axillary whorls. Calyx subequally 4-5-toothed, throat naked. 

 Corolla campanulate, subequally 4-5-fid. Stamens 2, distant ; anther-cells 

 parallel; staminodes 2. Style 2-fid, lobes flattened. Nutlets smooth, 

 obovate, compressed, margins thickened. Species 2, N. temp, regions and 

 Australia. 



Xi. europaeus, Linn. ; glabrous or puberulous, leaves sinuate-toothed 

 or serrate, staminodes minute. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 179 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 545. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; 'Kashmir, alt. 1-6000 ft. DISTRIB. Europe, W. N. and 

 Central Asia. 



Bootstoclc creeping or stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft. Leaves subsessile, elliptic- 

 oblong, sometimes piunatifid. Corolla blueish-white, dotted with purple, hairy 

 within. Nutlets longer than the calyx-tube. 



VAR. exaltata; stouter, leaves more pinnatifid, staminodes capitellate. L. 

 exaltatus, Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 179; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 545. 

 Kashmir, alt. 3-6000 ft. Distrib. of L. europceus. 



20. ORIGANUM, Tourn. 



Aromatic herbs or undershrubs. Leaves entire or toothed. Cymes 

 corymbose, bracts large, imbricating. Calyx 10-13-nerved, 5-toothed or 

 2-lipped ; throat villous. Corolla obscurely 2-lipped, upper lip notched or 

 2-fid ; lower spreading, 3-fid. Stamens 4, distant, ascending ; anther-cells 

 distinct, spreading. Style-lobes acute. Nutlets smooth. Species about 25, 

 of N. temperate regions. 



The Marjoram, 0. Marjorana, L. (0. Wallichianum, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 1565) 

 is extensively cultivated in India. 



O. vulg"are, Linn. \ erect, villous or glabrate, corymbosely branched, 

 leaves broadly ovate. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 193 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 551. 0. Watsoni, T. A. Schmidt in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1868, 234, t. 82, 

 f. 5-7. 0. normale, Don Prodr. 113 ; Benth. in Wall. PL As. Ear. i. 31, 

 in Lai. 335, and in DC. 1. c. ; Wall. Cat. 1564. 0. laxiflora, Boyle in 

 Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. 376 ; Benth. Lab. 336, and in DC. I. c. 194. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 7-12,000 ft. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, N. Africa, W. and N. Asia. 



Stolouiferous, erect or prostrate ; stem 1-3 ft. Leaves |-1 in., entire or toothed, 



