452 LAMIACEyE. 



2.verticillata, Benth. (o. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. p. 713. — Mentha stellata, 

 Z^our. — M. verticillata, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 5.) ^tnt ^3f1 Panee-kula. 

 © Cochin China. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. in wet places. Fl. 

 minute, purple, R. S. ; fr. C. S. Smell and taste very aromatic. 

 (Rozb.) 



3. Auricularia, Bl. {Q. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 712 Mentha Auricularia, 



L. — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 4. — M. foetida, Burm. ind. p. 126. — Majana 

 foetida, Rumph. 6. t. 16, f. 2.) % Mahableshwur ? Ceylon. Taong- 

 Dong. Penang. Moluccas. Java. Silhet. Has been introduced into 

 H. C. G. 

 CoLEBRooKiA, Sm. {Beiith. Lab. p. 165; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 715.) 



1. oppositifolia, Sm. {Exot. bot. 2, p. Ill, t. 115 ; — G. Don. I. e. ;— 

 Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 26. — Elzholtzia oppositifolia, Poir. suppl. 5, p. 663, 

 /, 75.) B Nepal. Kemaon. Fl. minute, white, inodorous, Feb. and 



March ; fr. H. S. 



2. ternifolia, Roxb. {Corom. 3, t. 245 ; fl. ind. 3, p. 25 ; — G. Don. I. c. ; 

 — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 150, excl. syn. Sm.) B Mysore. Kandalla 

 Ghaut. Hills about Parr. Sidney. Mahableshwur, &c. Fl. minute, 

 white, inodorous, Feb. and March ; fr. H. S. 



Perilla, L. {Benth. Lab. p. 166 ; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 715.) 



l.ocimoides, L. {Benth. I. c. ; — 6. Don. I. c. ; — B. M. 50, t. 2395; 

 — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 150. — Mentha perilloides. Lam.; — Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 3, p.7 ; not L. — Ocimum frutescens, L. — Melissa maxima, Arduin. 

 spec. 2, p. 28, ?. 13.) © Common on the Ghauts, and at Mahablesh- 

 wur. Ava. Silhet. Nepal. Kemaon. Fl. very small, white. C. S. ; 

 fr. H. S. The whole plant has a strong, rather disagreeable smell. 

 {J. Grah.) 



Mentha, Pliny. L. {Benth. Lab. p. 168;— G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 716.) 



1. sylvestris, L. {G. Don. I. e.) 



g. vulgaris, Benth. {Lab. p. 171 ; — G. Don. I. c. — M, sylvestris, S»»./ 

 E. B. 10, t. 686, — M. candicans. Mill. diet. — M. gratissima, Willd. 

 — M. niliaca, Willd. not Vahl — M. longifolia, Huds.) Horse Mint. 

 2j.. Europe. Tauria. Caucasus. Siberia. C. G. H. &c. Fl. very small, 

 purplish. Has been cultivated for many years in the garden here 

 without flowering. 



2. viridis, L. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 717 i—E. B. 34, t. 2424.— M. 

 verticillata, Feuill. — M. spicata, Crantz. — M. ocimiodora, Opiz. — M. 

 brevispicata, Lehm. — M. balsamea, Reichb.? not Willd. — M. niliaca, 

 Vahl. ; not Willd. — M. tenuis, Miehx. — M. sativa, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 

 6 ; not L. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 151, excl. syn. — M. Pudina, Buck. 

 — M. laevigata, Willd.) ^T^•f^ Poodinu. % Temperate parts of Eu- 

 rope. C. G. H. N. and S. America, where, as in our gardens, it is 

 probably but domesticated. Fl. small, purplish. Docs not fl. in 

 Lower Bengal. It was introduced into H. C. G. in 1705, but hud 

 not fl. up to 1814. 



