Musla.] cxii. LABiATiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 647 



short, upper notched, lower 3-fid. Stamens 2, postieous, short, erect, distant ; 

 anther-cells 2, divaricate ; staminodes 2. I)iek a large postieous gland. 

 Nutlets globose, smooth or reticulate. — Species 6, East Asiatic. 



nx. dlanthera, Maximoviez in Bull. Imp. Acad. Petersh. ix. 430 ; 

 slender, sparsely pubescent, leaves petioled ovate acute serrate, nutlets 

 reticulate. M. ooimoides, B.am. mss. in Benth. Lab. 366. Hedeoma nepa- 

 lensis, Benth. Lab. 366, and in 2)0. Prodr. xii. 244 ; Bene, in Jacquem. 

 Toy. Bot. 133, t. 138. Melissa nepalensis, Benih. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 

 66; Wall. Cat. 'iiViii. Moschosma ocimoides, iSeicAJ. ira Wall. Cat. 2712. 

 Lycopus dianthera. Mam. in Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 144. Cunila Buchanani, 

 Spreng. Sj/st. i. 54. C. nepalensis, Don Prodr. 107. 



TEOEiOAii and Tsmeeeate Himalaya and N. Bensal Plains ; from Kashmir 

 to Bhotan, alt. 1-6000 ft. Khasia Mis., alt. 0-5000 ft. CniTTAaoifG, J. D. S. Sf 

 T. T. — DiSTEiB. Burma, China. ' 



A very strong-scented strict erect herb, 1-3 ft. Leaves 1-lJ in. ; petiole J-J in. 

 Racemes very slender, terminating the branches, lax-fld. Corolla i in. long, white 

 or purplish, tube short. Fruiting calyx ^ in., hemispherical. Nutlets as in Ferilla. — 

 The other described species are all extremely near M. dianthpra, and perhaps forms 

 of it. 



18. nZEN'TKA, Unn. 



Strong-scented perennial herbs, rootstock creeping. Whorls many-fld., 

 in axillary and terminal spikes, bracts various ; flowers small. Galya oam- 

 panulate or tubular, 5-toothed, throat naked or villous. Corolla subequally 

 4-lobed. Stamens 4, equal, erect, distant ; anther-cells parallel. Style-arms 

 short. Nutlets smooth or reticalate.^Species about 25, N. temp, regions, 

 introduced in many countries. 



Mentha viridis, L. (spear-mint), M. piperita, L. (peppermint), M. sativa, L., and 

 M. aquatica, L., occur in Indian gardens, and as escapes. 



1. IH. sylvestris, Linn. ; leaves broadly or narrowly oblong obovate 

 or lanceolate subacute serrate hoary beneath, whorls in terminal spikes, 

 calyx-teeth triangular or lanceolate, corolla hairy glabrous within. Benth. 

 Lab. 171, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 166 ; Beiehb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 82. 



Tempebatb Westebn Himalaya and Wbsteeit Tibet ; from Kashmir to 

 Gurwbal, alt. 4-12,000 ft., Royle, &c.— Distbib. Affghanistan, Tempi Europe and 

 W. and Central Asia. 



Stem robust or slender, 2-3 ft., hoary- tomentose. ieaue* 1-3 by f-2 in., base 

 rounded or cordate. Spikes 1-3 in., |-J in. diam. j bracts lanceolate ; psdicels hairy. 

 Corolla lilac, about ^ in. diam. Nutlets usually pale, smooth, sometimes brown and 

 conspicuously delicately reticulate. 



I' have vainly endeavoured to 6nd any character whereby to distinguish M. 

 incana and JRoyleana from M. sylvestris, the only available one aflforded by the calyx 

 being excessively variable. Boissier unites them under one variety 5. peiiolata (Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 543), distinguished from sylvestris proper by the hoariness and petioled 

 leaves, but I think the slender spike and usually minute calyx of incana are better 

 varietal characters. Strachey and Winterbottom's specimens from Gurwbal (Niti, 

 alt. 11,500 ft.) appear to be typical M. sylvestris with purplish calyces. 



Vab. incana ; uniformly hoary-tomentose, spikes slender much interrupted, calyx 

 very small, teeth short. M. incana, Willd. Enum. Sort, Serol. 609 ; Benth. Lab. 

 170, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 169.— Simla to Murree, Mooltan, Edgeworth.— Sometimes 

 densely woolly. Peshawur specimens have small capitate spikes. 



Vab. Eoyleana; uniformly hoary- tomentose, spikes stout usually continuous, 

 calyx-teeth lanceolate or triangular with subulate lips. M. Royleana, Benth. in Walt. 

 PI. As. Bar. i. 29, and Cat. 1537 ; Lab. 171, and in DC. Prodr. xii. 169. 



