538 



Spbc. Ohae. Stem erect, pubescent : leaves unequal-ovate, 

 cut and serrated, narrow at the base : verticils globose, secund^ 

 remote : racemes terminal : bjracts broadly ovate, membranaceouSj 

 as long as the calyx : calyx pubescent ; teeth lanpeolate. 



South Cpncan. Malabar. Peninsula. 



(2) P. PLECTRANIHOIDES. (Dcsp.) 



Ident. Desp. Ann. Mus. II. p. 154. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 151. 



iSyn. Origanum Benghalense, ^«rw.— ^Mentha secunda, Roxb. 



:Engrav,. Bot. Mag. t. 3238. 



Spec. Ch;ar. Covered with hoary pubescence : stem ereet : 

 leaves, pvate-cuneate or rounded at the base, dpi^bly serrated : 

 :^owers subsecund;, clustered, spicate, ovate, cylindric, peduncled, 

 panicled : bracts broad, ovate, glandular-dotted, longer than the 

 calyx : calyx hirsute, glandular ; teeth broad, lanceglate-acute : 

 flowers tinged with deep rose. 



Near Chicklee, Surat Collectpjrate. ^'eninsula. Hindoostan.. 

 Flowering in the cold season. 



(3) P-. Heyneanum. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. I. p. 31. — ^Dec. prod, 

 XII. p. 153. 



Syn. Origanum Indicum, Roth. 



Engrav. Rheede Mai, X. t. 77. — Wight's Icon. t. 1440. 



Spec Char. Stem ascending, pube^pent : leaves suhglabrous, 

 ovate, narrow at the base, irregularly crenated : verticils many- 

 flowered, subsecund, interruptedly spicate : spikes panicled : bracts 

 ovate or lanceolate, equal to the calyx or a little shorter. 



Between the Ram Ghaut and Belgaum. Neilgherries, flowering 

 from June to November. Probably a mere variety of P. Patchpuly. 



(4) P. yii,LosuM. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. Lab. p. 153.— Dec. prpd. XII. p. 152. 



Syn,- Elsholzia villosa, Roxb. 



Spec Char. Villous : stem suberect : leaves ovate, rounded at 

 the base, narrowed at the petiole, crenated : flowers subsecund, 

 glomerately spiked, ^pikelets cylindric, subsessile, panicled : bracts, 

 ovate, striated, pubescent, equalling the calyx ; teeth of the villous, 

 calyx lanceplate, acute : filaments beardedT 



Silhet, flpwering in the rainy sieason. 



