546, 



sixes, lanceolate or sublinear, obtuse, quite entiie, revolute at the. 

 margin; floral ones lanceolate, nearly equalling the flowers: teeth of- 

 the villous calyx rather obtuse, suberect. 

 Peninsula. 



(9) D. QUADRiEOLiA. {Beuth,') 



Jdent. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Ear. I. p. 30.— Dec. prod. XII). 

 p. 157. 



Syn. Mentha quadrifolia, Roxh. (not Don.) 



Spec, Char. Tomentosely villous : stem erect: leaves in fours, 

 elliptic-linear, quite entire or remotely serrated, narrowed at both, 

 ends ; floral ones linear, shorter than the verticils : spikes longj 

 somewhat interrupted at the base : teeth of the ovate calyx narrow- 

 lanceolate, acute, erect : flowers small, rose-coloured. 



Circar Mountains, Stagnant waters near, Calcutta. Assani» 

 Khasia hills. Flowering in the rainy season. 



(10) p, LINEARIS. {Bentk.) 



Jdeni. Dec. prod. XII. p. 157. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, here and there slightly hairy: leaves 

 ■yerticilled in fours, linear or sublanceolate, quite entire, not dilated 

 at the base, here and there ciliated : spikes short, rather loose : teeth, 

 of the pubescent caJyx suberect : corolla twice as long as the calyx ; 

 flowers purplish, 



Assam. 



(11) D. vERTlciLLATA. (Benth.) 



Ideni. Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Rar, II. p. 30.— Dec. prod XII. 

 p. 157. 



Syn. Mentha stellata, Lour. — M. verticillata, Roxh. 



Spec Char. Glabrous : stem erect or ascending : branches 

 and leaves 6-lOrverticilled : leaves long-linear, narrowed at both 

 ends : spikes very dense : teeth of the fruetiferpus calyx ovate, 

 Btellately spreading: flowers small, purple. 



Damp places near Calcutta. Silhet. Flowering in the rainy 



Season. 



(12) D. CRASSicAULis. (Bcuth.) 



Tdent. Benth. in Wall. PL As. Rar. I. p. 30,— Dec. prn/i. XTf , 

 ^. 158. 



