240' THE FLORA OF THE NOETHBRN TERRITORY. 



3. AOTSOMELES, R. Br. 1810. 



1, A. scdvaefolia, R. 5r.— Okey Creek, G. F. HiU (763), 16/2/1912 

 Recorded. From the N.W. CJoast to tbe Gkilf of Carpentaria ; islands of 

 the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown; Amhem's Land, M'Kinlay; Victoria 

 River and Sturfc's Creek, F. v. Mxieller; Escape Cliffs, Hulls; N.W. Coast 

 and Port Eissington, A. Ounningliain ; Sweers Island, Henne. 



4. DYSOPHYLLtA, Bl. 



1. D. verticillcda, Benth. — {Pogostemon verticillatus, Miq.) Boggy situa- 

 tions, S. Goulbum Island, A. Cunningham ; Lagoons, Mitchell's River, Gulf of 

 Carpentaria, Leichhardt. 



5. HYPTIS, Jacq. 



1. H. suaveolens, Poit. — Garden Bay, Port Essington, Leichhardt. 



6. PLECTRANTHUS, Lhee. 



1. P. parviflorus, Willd. — ^Port Essington, Armstrong ; Gilbert River, 

 P. V. MueUer ; Kennedy district, Gaintree. Cockspur flower. 



7. COLEUS, Lour. 1790. (Mitsa, Chap., 1832). 



1. C. scutellarioides, Benth. — Edith Creek, Gilruth and Spencer, July- 

 August, 1911. 



Recorded. N. Australia, R. Brown and others. 



Var. angustifolia, Benth. — ^Table Hill, Victoria River, and Macadam Range, 

 F. V. Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



Var. laxa, Benth. — ^Roe River, York Sound, N.W. Coast, A. Cunningham ; 

 Roebuck Bay, N.W. Coast, Martin ; Amhem's Land, Mackinlay. 



Var. limnophila, F. v. M. — ^Nicholson and MacArthur Rivers, F. v. Mueller. 



8. MOSCHOSMA, Reichb. 1828. 



(Lehmannia, Jacq., 1841 ; Lumnitzera, Jacq., 1825 ; Basilicum, Moench., 

 1802.) 



Fruiting-calyx reflexed or very spreading, campanulate. Racemes loose. 

 • — 2. M. polystachyum. 



Fruiting-calyx erect or slightly spreading, tuibular-campanulafce. Racemes 

 dense. — 1. M. australe. 



1. M. australe, Benth. — ^Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown ; 

 Upper Victoria and Fitzmaurice Rivers, F. v. MueUer ; Liverpool River, N. 

 Coast, A. Cunningham. 



2. M. polystachyum, Benth.— At Tungiegi Waterhole, G. F. Hill (510) 

 10/3/1911. 



Newcastle Waters, near waterhole, G. F. Hill (470), 17/7/1911. 

 Lower MacArth-ur River, G. P. Hill (678), 8/11/1911. 

 Recorded. Upper Victoria River, F. v. Mueller. 



9. OCIMUM, Linn. 



1 . 0. sanctum, Linn. — Victoria River, Hooker's Creek and Sturt's Creek, 

 F. V. Mueller ; Gulf of Carpentaria, F. v. Mueller, Landsborough ; N. Kennedy 

 district, Daintree ; in the interior, lat. 18 deg. 30 min., M'Douall Stuart's 

 Expedition. Sacred Balm. Supposed mosquito-fuge. 



Orthosiphon stamineus Benth. ; Mentha australis R. Br. ; Leucas flaccida 

 B. Br. ■ recorded from North Australia in National Herbarium Census. 



