545 



(5) D. Myosuroides. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. I. p. 30.— Dec. prod. 

 XII. p. 156. 



Syn. Mentha Myosuroides, Roth. 

 _ Spec. Char. Tomentose and silky : stem erect : leaves oppo- 

 site, shortly-petioled, oblong or lanceolate ; floral ones minute : 

 spikes dense: calyx tomentose; the teeth very short, straight: 

 corolla minute, red. 



Beds of water courses at Mahableshwur. 



(6) D. STELIATA. {Benth.') 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. I. p. 30. — Dec. prod. 

 XII. p. 158. 



Syn, Mentha quaternifolia. Roth. 



Spec. Char. Stem creeping : branches erect : leaves verticilled, 

 6 to 8 together, narrow linear, almost equal to the internodes, quite 

 entire ; floral ones subulate : calyx villous, the segments erect, 

 rather acute. 



About Belgaum. Banda, in rice fields. 



(7) D. AURICDLARTA. (BlumC.) 



Ident. Blume bijdr. p. 826. — Dec. prod. XII. p. 156. 



Syn. Mentha fsetida, Burnt, — M. auricularia, Linn. Mant. p. 81, 

 Roxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 4. 



Engrav. Rumph. Amb. VI. t. 16. fig. 2. 



Spec. Char. Hirsute with soft spreading hairs : stems procum- 

 bent : leaves opposite, subsessile, ovate-oblong, coarsely serrated ; 

 floral ones ovate-lanceolate, nearly equalling the flowers : spikes 

 very thick : teeth of the villous calyx ovate, connivent after 

 flowering. 



Ditches and damp places in the Peninsula. Eastern Bengal. 

 Assam. Silhet, 



(8) D. CRUciAiA. (Benth.) 



Ident. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar. I. p. 30.— Dec. prod. 

 XII. p. 157. 



Syn. Mentha quadrifolia, B. Don. prod. flor. Nap. p. 113. 

 (not Roxb.) 



Spec Char. Hirsute with soft spreading hairs: stems long, 

 Jirocumbent, somewhat simple : leaves in fours, rarely in fives OS 



