N. 0. LiP.IAT^. 1020 



lanceolate, entire, obtuse, whorls (Mo-fid., secund axillary and 

 terminal spikes. Calyx fruiting, -|-Jin. long. Corolla bluish 

 purple. Nutlets narrow nearly smooth triquetrous. 



Use : — Used for coughs and asthma in infusion ; also in tooth- 

 ache, uterine or vesical affections, and indurations of the liver 

 or spleen. Leaves are said to be stimulant, stomachic, emme- 

 nagogue and carminative ; useful in hysteria and colic. Also 

 used as a poultice to bruises, especially of the eyes (Watt). 

 The sap of the leaves made into a syrup with sugar and honey 

 is used as a vermifuge for round-worms (Dr. Emerson). 



992. Mieromeria capitellata. Benth., h.f.b.l, iv. 

 649. 



Habitat :— Behar, on Parasnath. Western Himalaya, Dehra 

 Doon. Western Ghats, from the Concan to the Nilghiris. 



A pubescent very aromatic shrub. Rootstook woody. Stems 

 l-2ft., tall, slender, erect. Leaves entire or subserrate, obtuse, 

 i-lin., ovate or oblong, flat ; floral small ; petiole short, bract 

 short. Whorls subglobose, distant in slender spikes, lower ped- 

 uncled. Flowers -^in. Calyx villous ; teeth long, subulate, erect ; 

 fruiting £in. Nutlets smooth. 



Uses : — According to Mr. Dalzell, who first brought it to 

 notice, under the name of Marrubium Malcolmianum, " it is 

 entitled to be called East Indian Peppermint, bei^ng possessed 

 of all the aromatic and carminative qualities of Mentha piperita " 

 (Hooker s J own. of Bot., 1852, vol. iv., p. 109). 



993. G'alamintha Clinopodhim, Benth., h.f.b.l 

 iv. 650. 



Vern. : — Asaba-el-fatiyat (Arab.). 



Habitat : — Western Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to 

 Kumaon. 



A softly hairy herb. Stems erect 3ft., slender, subsimple. 

 Rootstock woody, stoloniferous. Leaves ovate, 1-lfin., entire 

 or toothed, remote. Whorls densi-fid, terminal and axillary 

 f-lin. diam., depressed. The whorls are thus described by 



