562 LABIATiE— VERBENACE^. App. C. 



toothed along the edges, and small pale- purple flowers. Its Tamul name is 

 " Toolasee ;" its Bengalese, " Kala-toolsce ;" and its Cinghalese " Madooroo- 

 tallu." 



Akisomeles Malabakioa, R. Br. (= Nepeta Malaharica, Linn.). 



" Pemayrutie " of the Tamuls ; " Moga beerakoo " of the Telingas ; and 

 " Bootan Kooshum " in Sanscrit. A shrub, 2 to 5 feet high, clothed with 

 short tomentum, and having oblong-lanceolate leaves, narrowed at the base, 

 and purplish flowers disposed in distant whorls. The leaves are bitter, 

 astringent, and somewhat aromatic, and are given in infusion in the later 

 stages of dysentery and in intermittent fevers. Patients suffering under 

 the last-mentioned disease are also made to inhale the vapour rising from 

 an infusion of the whole plant, in order to induce a copious perspiration. 



Geniosporum prostratum, Benth. (== Ocimum prostratum, Linn.). 



A small herb used as a febrifuge by the natives of the Madras presidency. 

 It has a prostrate stem and numerous hispid branches, bearing small 

 oblong-lanceolate, serrated leaves, and long spike-like racemes of very small 

 flowers. 



RoYLEA ELEGANS, Wall. (= Phlomis culycina, Eoxb., and Ballota cinerea, 



Don.). 

 According to the late Dr. Royle, after whom the genus is named, this 

 plant is employed as a febrifuge in the Himalayas, where it is called 

 " Putkuroo." It is a much-branched, erect shrub from three to five feet 

 high, having the branches clothed with ash-coloured tomentum, and bear- 

 ing ovate, sharp-pointed, coarsely toothed leaves, slightly cordate at the 

 base. Its flowers vary from white to pale-rose colour. 



VERBENACE^. 

 Premna serratifolia, Linn. (= Premna integrifolia, Linn.). 



The warm, bitterish- tasted root of this plant is prescribed in decoction 

 by the native practitioners as a gentle stomachic and cordial in fevers. It 

 has an agreeable odour. The tree is called " Moounee " by the Tamuls ; 

 " Ghebboouellie " by the Telingas ; and " Middee-gass " by the Cinghalese. 

 Its trunk and large branches are armed with spines, and its leaves are 

 ovate or oval, entire or toothed towards the top, of a shining green above 

 and paler underneath. 



ViTEX TRiFOLiA, Linn. 



Difterent parts of this plant are employed medicinally, in various ways 

 and for various diseases, by native doctors in India and also in Java. The 

 part used as a remedy for intermittent fever is the leaves, which are 



