543 



(21) P. HiRSu:]fiJM. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. Lab. p. 155. — Dec. prod. X!II. p. 154. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1442. 



Spec. Char. Clothed with adpressed hairs : stem ascending % 

 leaves petioled, ovate, acuminate, serrated, rounded at the base ; 

 floral ones shorter than the calyx : racemes simple : verticils 

 ^ual, dis,tinct: bracts linear-subulate : teeth of the calyx lanceolate, 

 acute, hispid : filaments bearded. 



Neilgherries. 



(22) P. PATCHOUI.V. {Pellet.) 



Ident. Pellet. Descr. in mem. Soc. Sc. Orleans v. 5.. cum. ic. 

 --Dec. prod. XII. p. 153.— Hook. Journ. Bot. I. p. 329. 



Engrav. Hook. 1. c. t. VI.— Rheede Mai. X. t. 77. 



Spec. Char. Suffruticose, pubescent, stem procumbent at the 

 base : leaves petioled, rhombeo-ovate, rather obtuse, cuneate at the 

 base, coarsely toothed,: spikes terminal and axillary, long-pedun- 

 cled, interrupted at the base, cymes dense, bracts (floral leaves) 

 longer: bracteoles (bracts) about a half longer than the calyx: tube 

 of the corolla exserted, upper lip spotted, teeth of the fructiferous 

 calyx connivent, lanceolate, filaments bearded : flowers whitish with^ 

 red stamens. 



Silhet. This yields the famous patchou,ly perfume which is 

 yielded by the dried tops of the plant. The P. Heyneanum 

 (Benth) is prob3.bly a mere variety of this species with longer and 

 ]^ooser spikes. 



GENUS XII. DYSOPHYLIiA. 

 Didynamla fiyiMniospcrinia. Sex: Sy^t: 



Deriv. From Dysodes, fetid, and Phyllon, a leaf. 



Gen Char. Calyx ovate, shortly 5-toothed, throat naked : 

 corolla tubft enclosed, limb 4-cleft, uppermost lobe entire or 

 emarginate, lowest one somewhat spreading : semens 4, assert- 

 ed • filaments bearded in the middle : style 2^cleft, lobes subulate. 

 —Herbs or undershrubs ? : leaves opposite or verticiUed : rerti- 

 pQs many-flowered, dense approximated or imbricated lU tevmi- 

 aal spikes. 



