n. o. mtuat.t:. 
1029 
lanceolat 0 , entire, obtuse, whorls 0-15-fid., secund axillary and 
terminal spikes. Calyx fruiting, ^-din. 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 . Micronieria capitcllata Bcnth., H.F.B.I., IV. 
649 . 
Hahitat Behar, on Parasnatb. Western Himalaya, Dehra 
Doon. Western Ghats, from the Concan to the Niighiris. 
A pubescent very aromatic shrub, Rootstook woody. Stems 
l-2ft., tall, slender, erect. Leaves entire or subserrate, obtuse, 
5 -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 -Jin. 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, being possessed 
of all the aromatic and carminative qualities of Mentha piperita ” 
( Hooker's Journ. of Bot., 1832, vol. iv., p. 109). 
993 . Calamintha Clinopodmm, Benth., h.f.b.i. 
iv. 650 . 
Vern. : — Aslba-el-fatiyat (Arab.). 
Habitat : — Western Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to 
Kumaon. 
A softly hairy herb. Stems erect 3ft., slender, subsimple. 
Rootstock woody, stolon iferous. Leaves ovate, 1-lfin., entire 
or toothed, remote. Whorls densi-fid, terminal and axillary 
f-lin. diam., depressed. The whorls are thus described by 
