646 QXii. LABIATE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Elsholtzia. 



PI. As. Bar. i. 29, and Cat. 1560; Lab. 164, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 163; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2560. Mentha ovata, Cav. Ic. 36, t. 360, f. 1. Hyssopus 

 ocyniifolius, Lamh. Diet. iii. 187. Perilla polystachya, Don Prodr. 115. 



Teitpeeate and TeopioaI; Himalaya j from Kashmir to Mishmi, alt. 1-9000 ft. 

 Westben Tibet, alt. 9-11,000 ft. (Nilghiris, introduced.) — Disteib. N. Europe, 

 N. Asia, China, Japan. 



An erect fragrant herb, very variable in size, from 6 in. to 2 ft. ; stem simple or 

 branched. Leaves 1-3 in., membranous, base cuueate ; petiole half as long as the 

 blade or more. Spilees 1-3 in., fruiting ^ in. diam. or less, rather villous ; bracts 

 shortly petioled, cusps acicular. Calyx minute in flower, in fruit vesicular, teeth 

 triangular. Corolla pink or purplish, tube exserted, curved ; limb villous. Nutlets 

 j'g in., oblong, smooth. — Some N. Chinese specimens are almost woolly. 



DOUBTEUL SPECIES. 



E. leptostaohta, Benih. Lab. 713, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 160; Cambess. in. 

 Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 128, t. 32, from Kashmir (Jacquemont). I have seen no speci- 

 mens. Bentham compares it with JE. folystachyay from which the extremely slender 

 spike distinguishes it, as do the distant whorls, and leaves contracted above the base. 

 Is it an Slsholtzia 1 



16. FERXZiZiA, Linn. 



"Herbs. Leaves opposite. Whorls 2-fld., in secund axillary and terminal 

 simple or panicled racemes ; "flowers and bracts small. Calyx campanulate, 

 6-toothed; fruiting greatly enlarged, 2-lipped, base gibbons, npper lip 

 dilated 3-toothed, lower of 2 lanceolate-subulate teeth. Corolla^tube short, 

 throat bell-shaped, 5-fid. Stamens 4, subeqnal, erect, distant, hardly 

 exserted ; anther-cells distinct, parallel, at length diverging. Disk a large 

 posticons gland. Style equally 2-fid. Nutlets snbglobose, coarsely reticu- 

 late. — Species 1 (or 2), Eastern Asiatic. 



P. ociiuoides, Linn. ; Benth. Lab. 166, in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 

 29, and Cat. 1558, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 163 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 150 ; 

 Don Prodr. 114 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2395. P. macrostachya,, Benth. in Wall. 

 Cat. 1559. Ocimum frutescens, Linn. Sp. PI. ii. 832, exel. syn. Bheede. 

 Melissa maxima, Arduin Sp. ii. 28, t. 13. Mentha perUloides, Willd. ; 

 Lamh. Diet. iv. 112 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 7. 



Teopicai and Tempeeate Himalaya; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. l-10,000ft., 

 common, often cultivated. Khasia Mis., alt. 3-6000 ft. — Disteib. Burma, China, 

 Japan. 



A coarse aromatic often shaggy annual, 2-4 ft. Leaves 3-6 in., ovate or rounded, 

 obtuse toothed serrate or coarsely crenate ; petiole 1-3 in. Bacemes 3-8 in., erect ; 

 bracts lanceolate. Corolla white, ^ in. Fruiting calyx ^J in., villous. Nutlets 

 ^ in. — Some Japan specimens are nearly glabrous ; others have fruiting calyx J in., 

 and nutlets nearly -^ in. 



DOtTBTPITL species. 



Peeilia pettticosa, Don Prodr. 115, see under Elsholtzia polystachya, p. 643. 

 Peeilla elata, Don Prodr. 115, see BlshoUzia blanda, p. 643. 



17. nxOSIiA., Ham. 



Annual fragrant herbs. iea»ej opposite. TTAor^s 2-fld., in terminal and 

 axillary secund racemes ; flowers and bracts very minute or the lower leafy. 

 Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, fruiting enlarged, subequal or 2-lipped, 

 base gibbons ; upper lip truncate or 3-toothed, lower of 2 longer t«eth ; 

 throat closed with hairs. Corolla-tube naked or with a ring of hairs ; lips 



