LABIATE. XLVI. CCNILA. XLVII. HEDEOMA. 



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short tomentum, as well as the branches. Corollas similar to 

 C. Mariana. 



Loosestrife-leaned Cunila. PJ. 1 to 1^ foot. 



8 C. STRI'CTA (Benth. lab. p. 362.) herbaceous ; stem erect, 

 strict ; leaves linear, obtuse, quite entire, stiff; whorls dense, 

 many-flowered, approximate into a terminal spike, which is in- 

 terrupted at the base. I/ . F. Native of Brazil, in marshes 

 near Ricad de Senelon ; also in the Missions of the Uruguay, 

 St. Hil. Habit of Keithia. Plant quite glabrous. Leaves 1 

 to 1J inch long, glandular. Floral leaves bractea-formed, 

 ciliated. Corolla white, having the lower lip dotted with 

 purple. 



Strict Cunila. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



9 C. SPICA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 362.) herbaceous, procumbent ; 

 branches villous ; leaves on short petioles, obovate-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, remotely serrated, narrowed at the base ; whorls densely 

 many-flowered, approximating into terminal spikes. %. F. 

 Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Stem beset with simple 

 subfasciculate villi. Leaves scarcely | an inch long, subfasci- 

 culate in the axils while young, clothed with adpressed pili 

 above, and glandular beneath, and ciliated on the nerves with 

 long hairs. Lower whorls remote. Calyxes ciliated. Tube of 

 corolla villous inside. 



Spiked-flowered Cunila. PI. procumbent. 



10 C. MENTHOI'DES (Benth. lab. p. 363.) herbaceous, pro- 

 cumbent ; branches villous ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, ob- 

 tuse, scarcely crenated, rounded at the base ; whorls densely 

 many-flowered, distinct, or the upper ones are approximate. It. 

 F. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. Leaves J an inch, 

 downy above, glandular on both surfaces, ciliated on the nerves 

 beneath. Corolla villous inside. 



Mint-like Cunila. PI. procumbent. 



11 C. GALIOI'DES (Benth. lab. p. 363.) suffruticose, procum- 

 bent ; leaves small, fascicled, lanceolate, bluntish, quite entire, 

 whorls many-flowered, dense, approximate into an elongated 

 spike, which is a little interrupted at the base. Tj. F. 

 Native of Brazil, in fields and marshes in the province of 

 St. Paul, from Castro to Curitiba, St. Hil. ; South of Brazil, 

 Sello. Branches pubescent, and upper surfaces of leaves. 

 Leaves 2-3 lines long, glabrous and glandular beneath. Corolla 

 pale blue, pubescent outside, twice as long as the calyx ; throat 

 viDous inside. 



Galium-like Cunila. Shrub procumbent. 



12 C. FASCICULA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 363.) suffruticose, pro- 

 cumbent ; branches pilosely hispid ; leaves nearly sessile, fasci- 

 cled, oblong, obtuse, quite entire, with revolute edges, hispid on 

 both surfaces ; whorls dense, many-flowered, collected into ovoid 

 terminal heads, fj . F. Native of the South of Brazil, Sello. 

 Inner bracteas linear, striated, ciliated. Corolla downy out- 

 side, and villous inside. 



Fascicled-leaved Cunila. Shrub procumbent. 



13 C. MICROCE'PHALA (Benth. lab. p. 364.) procumbent ; 

 branches scarcely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, oblong or obo- 

 vate, obtuse, quite entire, or subsinuately serrated, narrowed at 

 the base, glabrous, flat ; whorls dense, many-flowered, forming 

 small, globose, nearly terminal heads. y./G. Native of the 

 South of Brazil and Peru. Stems much branched. Leaves 

 distant, subfasciculate in the axils, glandular beneath. Corolla 

 white : throat villous inside. 



Small-headed Cunila. PI. procumbent. 



14 C. VERTICILLA'TA (Moench, ex Steud. nom. p. 899.) this 

 plant is entirely unknown at the present day. Ziziphora verti- 

 cillata, Steud. nom. 



Whorled Cunila. PI. ? 



Cult. A light rich soil is the best for these plants ; and the 



species may either be increased by cuttings, seeds, or by divid- 

 ing at the root. All of them require protection in winter. 



Tribe V. 



MELISSI'NEJi (the genera contained in tin's tribe agree 

 with Melissa in the characters given below.) Benth. lab. p. 

 365. Calyx IS, rarely 10-nerved, 5-toothed, bilabiate, rarely 

 equal; upper lip tridentate; lower lip bifid. Tube of corolla 

 exserted, rarely inclosed, exannulate inside; limb bilabiate: 

 upper lip straight, entire, or emarginately-bifid, flattish, rarely 

 galeate : lower lip spreading, with flat, nearly equal lobes, or 

 the middle lobe is generally the broadest, entire or emarginate. 

 Stamens ascending, didynamous ; superior ones the shortest, 

 and sometimes abortive. 



XLVII. HEDEO'MA (a Greek name for Mint.) Pers. 

 ench. 2. p. 134. Benth. lab. p. 365. Cunila species of Lin. 

 Ziziphora species of Roem. et Schultes. 



Lix. SYST. Didndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx ovate-tubular, 

 somewhat gibbous below at the base, 13-striped, bilabiate ; 

 upper lip tridentate, or rather trifid : lower lip bifid ; throat 

 villous inside. Tube of corolla equalling the calyx, or a little 

 exserted ; limb bilabiate : upper lip erect, entire, emarginate or 

 almost bifid, flat : lower lip spreading, trifid, with nearly equal 

 lobes, or the middle lobe is rather the broadest, entire, or emar- 

 ginate. Stamens 2, fertile, ascending ; anthers 2-celled : cells 

 diverging or divaricate ; rudiments of the two upper stamens 

 wanting or sterile, short, subulate, and capitate. Lobes of 

 style nearly equal, or the lower one is elongated, or a little flat- 

 tened, stigmatiferous at top and margin, involving the upper 

 one at the base, which is very short. Achenia dry, smooth. 

 Herbs or subshrubs. Leaves small, quite entire, or a little 

 toothed. Whorls loose, few-flowered, axillary, approximating 

 into terminal racemes. 



SECT. I. MOSLA (the Nipalese name of H. Nepalensis.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 366. Calyx ovate ; upper lip spreading, flat- 

 tish, shortly tridentate. Herbs, with toothed leaves. 



1 H. NEPALE'NSJS (Benth. lab. p. 366.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, branched, almost glabrous ; leaves petiolate, ovate, nar- 

 rowed at both ends, serrated, flat, nearly glabrous ; floral leaves 

 small; whorls 2-flowered, secund, loosely racemose. . ? H. 

 Native of the Himalaya, Deyra Dhoon, and Cashmere. Cunila 

 Nepalensis, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 107. Lycopus dianthera, 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 145. Melissa Nepalensis, Benth. in Wall, 

 pi rar. asiat. 1. p. 66. Mosla ocymoides, Hamilt. mss. Cu- 

 nila Buchanani, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 54. Stem roughish on the 

 angles. Leaves \ to 1 foot, green above, and paler beneath. 

 Corolla hardly equalling the calyx. 



Nipaul Hedeoma. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



2 H. PULEGIOI V DKS (Pers. ench. 2. p. 131.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, narrowed at 

 the base, subserrated, flat, pubescent ; floral leaves similar to 

 the others ; whorls axillary, 6-flowered ; corolla equalling the 

 calyx. . H. Native from Canada to Carolina, in dry fields, 

 and on the mountains. Melissa pulegioides, Lin. spec. ed. 1st. 

 p. 593. Cunila pulegioides, Lin. spec. p. 30. Ziziphora pule- 

 gioides, Roam, et Schultes, syst. 1. p. 209. Habit of Melissa 

 A'cinos. Leaves g an inch long. Corolla downy outside, bluish : 

 upper lip subemarginate. Rudiments of upper filaments short, 

 subulate, capitate. Lower lobe of style elongated. 



Pennyroyal-like Hedeoma. PI. J foot. 



3 H. PIPEHI'TA (Benth. lab. p. 730.) stem herbaceous, pubes- 



