648 cxii. LiBiATiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Mentha, 



2. T/l. arvensis, Zinn. ; hairy or glabrate, leaves shortly petioled or 

 sessile oblong ovate or lanceolate serrate, whorls axillary capitate, calyx- 

 teeth triangular or lanceolate. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 171 ; Boiss. Ml. 

 Orient, iv. 544. 



Wbsteen Himalaya ; Kashmir, alt. 5-10,000 ft. — Distbib. Europe, N. and W. 

 Asia to China. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., obtusely or acutely serrate, tracts acute, shorter 

 than the flowers. Calyx hairy. Corolla hairy without and within. 



Yar. javanica ; leaves lanceolate, calyx-teeth longer, often exceeding the tube. 

 M. javanica, Blume Sijd. 826 j Benth. I. o. M. sativa, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ill. 6. M. 

 arvensis, Thwaites lEnum. 239. — Malacca, Griffith; Ceylon, Gardner, &c., borders 

 of paddy-fields in the Central Province, Thwaites. — I suspect this is introduced, 

 and is M. sativa, L., to which Boissier refers as a synonym to M. arvensis, L. 



19. XiYCOPVS, Tourn. 



Marsh peremiial herbs. Leaves toothed or pinnatifid. Flowers small in 

 dense axillary whorls. Calyx snbequally 4-5-toothed, throat naked. 

 Corolla campamilate, subeqnally 4-5-fid. Stamens 2, distant ; anther-cells 

 parallel; staminodes 2. Style 2-fid, lobes flattened. Nutlets smooth, 

 obovate, compressed, margins thickened. — Species 2, N. temp, regions and 

 Australia. 



Ii. europeeus, Linn. ; glabrous or puberulous, leaves sinuate-toothed 

 or serrate, staminodes minute. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 179 ; Boiss. PI. 

 Orient, iv. 645, 



Westeen Himalaya ; "Kashmir, alt. 1-6000 ft.— Distbib. Europe, W. KT. and 

 Central Asia. 



MootstocJc creeping or stoloniferous. Stem 1-3 ft. Leaves snbsessile, eUiptic- 

 oblong, sometimes pinnatifid. Corolla blueish-white, dotted with purple, hairy 

 within. Nutlets longer than the calyx-tube. 



Vab. exaltata; stouter, leaves more pinnatifid, staminodes capitellate. L. 

 exaltatus, Lin».; Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 179; Boiss. Ft. Orient, iv. 545.— 

 Kashmir, alt. S-ieOOO ft. — Distrib. of L. europceus. 



Aromatic herbs or undershmbs. Leaves entire or toothed. Oymes 

 corymbose, bracts large, imbricating. Calyx 10-13-nerved, 5-toothed or 

 2-lipped ; throat villous. Corolla obscurely 2-lipped, upper lip notched or 

 2-fid ; lower spreading, 3-fid. Stamens 4, distant, ascending ; anther-cells 

 distinct, spreading. Style-lobes acute. Nutlets smooth. — Species about 25, 

 of N. temperate regions. 



The Marjoram, 0. Marjorana, L. (0. Wallichianum, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 1565) 

 is extensively cultivated in India. 



O. vulffare, Linn. \ erect, villous or glabrate, corymbosely branched, 

 leaves broadly ovate. Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 193 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 651. 0. Watsoni, T. A. Schmidt in Trim. Journ. Bot. 1868, 234, t. 82, 

 f. 5-7. 0. normale, Don Prodr. 113 ; Benth. in Wall. PI. As. Bar. i. 31, 

 in Lab. 335, and in DC. I. c. ; Wall. Cat. 1564. O. laxiflora, Boyle in 

 PLooJc. Bot. Misc. iii. 376 ; Benth. Lab. 336, and in DC. I. c. 194. 



Tempeeate Himalaya ; from Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 7-12,000 ft.— 'Distbib. 

 Europe, N. Africa, W. and N. Asia. 



Stoloniferous, erect or prostrate ; stem 1-3 ft. Leaves J-l in., entire or toothed. 



