, Dysqphylla.'l oxii. labiatje. (J. D. Hooker.) 639 



From SiKKiM and Assam through; E. BsiraAL to PENANa and SiNaAPOEE. 

 Deocan Peninsula, from Goa soathwards. Cetlon.— Distbib. East to S. China, 

 Borneo and the Philippines. 



A coarse annual, 1-2 ft. ; hairs often shaggy, spreading. Leaves 1-3 in., acute 

 or obtuse ; petiole rarely \ in. Spilces J-J in. diam., pedicelled ; whorls all confluent. 

 Calyx not ^ in., enlarged in fruit. Corolla ^ in., usually pinlk j tube slender, far 



exserted ; lobes hairy. Filaments very villous. Nutlets ellipsoid, nearly smooth 



Some very villous specimens from S. India and Ceylon have stouter spikes and white 

 flowers, and may prove to belong to a distinct form. 



tf Leaves in whorls of three or four {rarely more). 



5. D. quadrlfolla, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 30, Lai. 158, 

 and in UC Prodr. xii. 157 ; perennial, erect, tomentose, subsilky or pubes- 

 cent, leaves 4 in a wiorl, shortly petioled linear or linear-oblong acute or 

 obtuse serrate or subentire, spikes elongate tomentose or pubescent, base 

 often interrupted. Wall. Gat. 1539. D. velutina, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 

 1638. D. linearis. Wall. Cat. 1540. D. rupestris, Dalz. in Hook. Kew 

 Joum. iii. 120 ; Bah. S( Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 208. Mentha quadrifolia, Boscb. 

 Sort. Beng. 44, and Fl. Ind. iii. 4. M. (juaternifolia, Heyne in Herb. 

 Rottl. ; P itoth Mov. Sp. 256. Chotellia serioea, Opiz ^ Corda in Flora, 

 1830, 35. 



Khasia Mts. ; on rocks by streams, alt. 3-6000 ft. OHiXTAaoua, alt. 300 ft., 

 Cla/rJce, to Tenasskeim, WallieA. Sotith Canaba ; on dry rooks, Malwar, Dal- 

 zell, &o., from the Cieoabs and Concan to Mtsobb and the Anamallay Hills, Set/ne, 

 &c. ; Anamallays, Seddome. 



A stout undershrub, 3-4 ft., with a woody rootstock j stem simple or branched. 

 Leaves very variable, l-l by ^-J in. ; petiole very short. Spikes 4-8 in., ^-^ in. dlam. 

 Cah/x sometimes glabrate, teeth triangular. — Order of chamomile (Dalzell). 



6. D. cruciata, Benth. in Wall. PL As. Bar. i. 30, and Gat. 1541 ; 

 Lab. 158, and in BC. Prodr. xii. 157 ; hirsute, stem simple erect, leaves 3-6 

 in a whorl sessile linear obtuse, mai'gins revolute quite entire, spikes villous. 

 D. tetraphylla, Wight Ic. t. 1444. Mentha quadrifolia, Bon Prodr. 113. 

 Dysqphylla, Oriff. Lt. Notes, 80, n. 1165. 



SUBTEOPICAL Himalaya, from Kumaon, alt. 5000 ft., Sot/le, &c., to Nepal, 

 Wallich. Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft.; Griffith, &e. Nilghiei Hills ; Weight. 

 Stem 12-18 in., stout, strict. Leaves l-lj in., suberect. Spikes sometimes 5 in., 

 ■Jin. diam.; whorls confluent. Calyx villous. Corolla-tube scarcely exserted, lobes 

 , glabrous. 



7. D. linearis, Benth. in BC. Prodr. xii. 157; annual, stem erect 

 simple and leaves sparsely hairy or glabrate, leaves sessile 4 in a whorl 

 linear or linear-lanceolate obtuse, margins revolute entire or sparingly 

 toothed, spikes short, calyx glabrous. 



Khasia Hills, alt. 4^6000 ft., in swamps and rice-fields ; Mack, H. f. S; T., 

 Clarke. " 



Habit of -D. cruciata, but nearly glabrous, with very diflerent spikes, ^-2 in. long 

 and '-| broad, and corolla and nutlets twice as large. 



8. D. verticillata, Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 30, and Lab. 159, 

 and in BC. Prodr. xii. 157; annual, erect, branched, glabrous or very 

 sparsely hairy, leaves ■^lO in a whorl linear quite entire or obscurely 

 toothed, spikes sometimes whorled tomentose or villous, teeth of fruiting 

 calyx stellately spreading. Wall. Cat. 1-544; Thwaites Enum. 239, eac?. 

 syn. D. ramosissima, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 1543. D. Benthamiana, 



