150 
Perhaps the plant here referred to may prove a species of Elsholtzia, (E 
polystachya!) It requires examination.- eae! 
539. DYSOPHYLUA. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
Dysodes--- jfoetid---phyllon—a leaf;---name perhaps given in reference to 
the smell of the’ leaves. Benth. Lab. p. 156. 
1110. D. AuricuLarta? Don’s. syst.4.p.712, Majana foetida Rumph. Amb. 
6. t, 16, f. 2.Mentha auricularia Willd. Spac. 3. p. 74. 
Annual erect plant; leaves oblong, opposite; flowers red, very small; in 
denseterminal spikes; appearin October and November, 
The beds of water courses at Mahableshwur.---Perhaos this plant is the 
D. myosuroides. It requires examination. Hills about Goa. N. 
4111, D. Sreciata. Dons. syst. 4. p. 713. Mentha quaternifolia? Roth. 
A small plant with verticelled, linear leaves, and purple flowers in 
dense spikes, 
Growsin great abundance on rice fields, about Belgaum, during the cold 
season; large patches being coloured purple with the flowers. (Mr. Law.) 
510. ELSHOLTZIA. Don. Didynania Gymnospermia. 
Named after Elsholtz, a Prussian Botanist. Lam. ¢. 502. 
1112. E. Porystacaya. Don's, syst. 4. p. 713, Mentha fruticosa. Rox. 
Flora. 3. p. 6. Aphanochilus polystachya. Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1, ¢. 33. 
A shrubby plant, 3 or 4 feet high; leaves ovate, lanceolate, serrate; spikes 
loose, panicled. Grows near Chibler, in the Surat Collectorate. (Mr. Law.) 
~ Roxburgh remarks, that it possesses a stroug, heavy, aromatic smell, and 
bitterish taste. 
1113. E. Craistata. Don's. syst. 4. p. 714. Hyssonus ocymifolius. Lam, 
Ency. 3. p. 179. 
Mentha Patrini. Pallas. Bot. Mag. ¢. 2560. Lam. Ill. t. 502. f. 1. 
Annual; native throughout Asia; about lake Baical and the Altaian 
mountains. Dapooree; reared from English seeds. (Dr. Gibson.) 
541. COLEBROOKIA. Don. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Named in honor of Henry Thomas Colebrooke, formerly of Bengal; an 
well known asa Botanist. Smith’s Ex. Bot. 2. p. 111. 
1114. C. Ternirouta. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 715. Rox. Flora. 3. Pe 25. 
Rox. Cor. 3. t. 245. Smith’s Exot. Bot. 2. ¢. 115. 
Dussaree ha jhar.— Dussate, or Bhaminee.—A small shrub, 3 or 4 feet high; 
leaves 3 fold, lanceolate, serrate; villous, and soft to the touch; flowers very 
‘minute, white; in terminal cylindric spikes; like a squirrel’s tail; appear in 
February and March. Grows on Kandalla Ghaut; hills about Parr; Sidney 
point, Mahableshwur &c. 
5/2. PERILLA. Don. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
1115. P. Ocymorpes. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 715. Mentha perilloides. Rox. 
Flora. 3. p. 7. Lam. t. 503 Bot. Mag. ¢, 2395. 
Panglee. Aunual, erect plant, growing to the height of about 3 feet; flow- 
ers blue; appear in February and March. The whole planthas a strang, and 
rather disagreable smell;—commoun on the Ghauts;—at Mahableshwur. (Dr. 
Murray.) 
There is a shrubby plant which much resembles this, common at Maha- 
bleshwur: and generally growing under the shade of trees. Probably it is a 
new species of Pogostemon. The natives also call it Panglee. 
543. MENTHA. Don, Didynamia Gymnospermia. 
The Greek name of Mint; from Mentha, the daughter of Cocytus, who, ac- 
cording to fable, was changed into mint, Lam, ¢. 508. rae 
