LAMIACK*. 453 



3. piperita, L. (G. Don. o. c. p. 7\H;—E. B. 10, t. 687— M. glabrata, 

 Vahl. — M. kahirina, Forsk.) Pepper Mint. "2/. N. Europe. Cultivated 

 throughout Europe, Egypt, Asia, and America. Fl. small, purple. 

 Has been cultivated for more than fourteen years in the garden here, 

 without flovi'ering. 



4. arvensis, L. {G. Don. o. c. p. 719.) 



C vulgaris, Benth. {Lab. p. 179 ; — G. Don. I. c. — M. arvensis. Sole, 

 menth. brit. t. 12;— E. B. 30. t. 2119. — M. agrestis, Sole, o. c. t. 

 14 i—E. B. 30, t. 2120.— M. gentilis. Mill. diet. No. 15. &c.— M. 

 austriaca, Jacq. — M. palustris. Munch, &c.) '4. Europe. N. and M. 

 Asia. Fl. small, purplish. Has been introduced into H. C. G. 

 Fl. ? 

 Lycopus, Tournef. (Benth. Lab. p. 185; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 720.) 

 \. exaltatus, L. fil. {Benth. I. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — Sibth. and ^'m. fl. 

 grcBc. t. 12. — L. pinnatifidus, Pall. fl. ross. 2, t. 1.) 2/.. E. Europe, 

 Middle Asia, in humid or watery places. Fl. small, white. Has been 

 cultivated in the garden here for several years, without flowering. 

 Meriandra, Benth. {Lab. p. 188; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 722.) 



\. strobilifera, Benth. (/. c. ; — G.Don. I. c.) B Sirmore. Simla. Fl. 

 very small, white, March and April. The whole plant has a very 

 strong, camphor-like smell, and a bitterish taste. 

 2, bengalensis, Benth. {I. c. ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 151.) 

 — Salvia bengalensis, Ko'n. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 145 ; ed. Carey, \,p. 

 146. — S. dianthera, Roth. — S. abyssinica, R. Br. app. to Salt, abyss. — 

 S. stellata, Buch. Herb.) B Coromandel. Bengal. Abyssinia. Fl. small, 

 white. May and R. S. ; fr. C. S. The whole plant has a very strong 

 camphor-like smell and taste, even stronger than those of the com- 

 mon Sage, whose virtues it possesses. 



* Pogostemon paniculatus, Benth. Rheed. 10, t. 65. % The Concans. Ta- 

 voy. — P. parviflorus, Benth. % Silhet.— /*. Heyneanus, Benth. Rheed. 



10, t. 77. % The Concans. — Dysophylla strigosa, Benth. %. Silhet 



D. cruciata, Benth. 2f. Nepal. — D. crassicaulis, Benth. % Silhet. — 

 D. pumila, Benth. (Mentha verticillata. Hook., B. M. 56, t. 2907.) % 

 Nepal. — Elsholtzia polystachya, Benth. (Aphanochilus polystachyus, 

 Benth. in Wall. pi. as. rar. 1, t. 33, not Mentha fruticosa, Roxb.) B 

 Mussooree. — E. blanda, Benth. (Aphanochilus blandus, Benth. ; Hook. 

 B M. 58, t. 3091.) "2^. Silhet. Nepal.— i?. iticisa, Benth. %. Deyra 

 Dhoon. Taong-Dong. — E. strobilifera, Benth. % Nepal. — E. crislata, 

 Willd. ; B. M. 52, t. 2560. © Siberia — Tetradenia fruticosa, Benth. 

 B Madagascar. — Isanthus cceruleus, Michx. © Carolina, &c. — Preslia 

 cervina, Fresen. %. Ditches of S. Europe. — Mentha Royleana, Benth. %. 

 Deyra. Dhoon. — M. rotundifoliu, L. %. Europe. N. Africa. — M. suavis, 

 Guss. % Italy. Sicily. — M. aquatica, L. (M. hirsuta, Sm. ; E. B. 7, 

 t. 447.) %. Watery places of Europe. — M. lanceolatu, Benth. %. Cey- 



