852 BENGAL PLANTS. (Perilla. 
lip dilated, cones ; lower of 2 lanceolate-subulate teeth. Petals 
5, connate in a short corolla, tubular below, campanulate above; 
4 upper pale equal, the lowest rather larger. Stamens 4, sub- 
equal, erect, distant, hardly exserted; anther-cells distinct, 
arallel, at length diverging. Disk of a large posticous gland. 
Carpels c ant in a 4-partite ovary; style 2-fid; lobes equal, 
subulate. Fruit of 4 globose, coarsely reticulated, dry nutlets; 
basal areola sm 
1656. eneeere: octmomwEs Linn.; F. B. I. iv. 646; E. D. P. 413. 
entha perilloides F. I. iii 
ittagong, cultivate 
coarse, aromatic saiireeal; grown for its oily seeds. 
Hind. Bhanjira. 
750. Micromeria Benth. 
ants or undershrubs ; leaves — small, entire or toothed. 
small; whorls in axillary or terminal spikes, rarely 
Pehicalies Sepals 5, coe ina suites 5-toothed or 2-lipped 
alyx. Petals 5, connate in a 2-lipped corolla; tube straight; 
upper lip entire or emarginate, flattish; lower spreading, 8-fid. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, the lower pair longer, ascending, incurved 
with diverging apices; anther-cells distinct, parallel, at length 
divergent; connective usually thickened. Carpels connate in 4 
4-celled ovary; style 2-lobed, the lobes equal, or the upper very 
short and lower recurved, flattened. Fruit of 4 smooth, dry, 
ovoid or oblong nutlets; basal scar small. 
Stems tall, slender, erect, pubescent; leaves shortly petioled, obtuse; 
whorls subglobose, distant, in slender spikes, the lower spikes pedunculate 
capitellata. 
Stems short, dense, leafy, fastigiate, glabrous or very sparingly hairy 5 
ee sessile, subacute ; whorls small, axillary, few-flowered, or flowers 
bijl 
solitary 
. 
1657. MicRoMERIA CAPITELLATA Benth.; F. B. I. iv. 649. 
ota Nagpur. 
A slender herb, 1-2 feet high, with woody rootstock. 
1658, Mrcromeria pirLora Benth. ; F. B. I. iy. 650. 
Chota N: 
agpur. 
A densely tufted, dwarf herb, with wiry branches, 
