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lone X-2S to 1-74 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers in 
short branched Byrnes .5 in. long, arranged on 1 .to 3 branches 
8 in to 1 ft long, pubescent. Calyx in fruit -2 in. long lower 
teeth subulate. Corolla deep violet blue, -35 m JT^men'daceJ 
decurved, lower lip long. Nutlets orbicular. Hab„ ^flCar' 
Singapore Galang; Bukit Timah; Chan Chu Kang, Pmau Dama . 
Iohor P Pulau Aor (Feilding). Malacca (Griffith). Pahang Kota 
Tonekat (Evans) Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Trmgganu, Bundi 
fCtadosr “enang (W^lich). Kelantan, Kota Bharu. D.stnb. 
Siam, Malaya to Polynesia. 
8 . POGOSTEMON, Desf. 
Herbs or under shrubs strongly scented. Flowere :in)? a "^ed 
spikes or racemes of dense-flowered head-like whorls. y q Y 
5-toothed. Corolla small, 2-lipped, upper hp 3-lobed. lobes su 
equal or central longer and narrower, lower h P , P nt . w)A 
Stamens 4 exsert lower pair the shorter; filaments bearded. 
Stigma bifid. Nutlets smooth ovoid or ellipsoid. Species about 30, 
Indo-Malaya. ^ ^ p atchuliNilam oftheMalays is 
cultivated for the leaves and oil therefrom, the Patchoul^of 
commerce It is not known wild and very rarely flowers. I he 
leaves are thicker, larger and more pubescent than Hcyneanus and 
the flower whorls thicker and denser, the flowers larger. 
(1) P. Heyneanus Benth. Wall. PI. As. Rar. 1. 3 * * 
Aromatic weak-branching herb, 2 to 3 ^Jute" 
cent. Leaves thin, membranous sparsely pubescent, ovatei acute, 
base cuneate crenate, a- 5 to 4 in. long 1*5 to 2 7 5 m. wide petioles 
1 to i*5 in. long. Flowers in whorls on a simple or branched 
terminal spike 3 to 8 in. long, whorls -25 to 75 m - through, crowde 
terminal SP 3 . ^ b pubescent; teeth triangular similar. 
Corolla -2 in. long, white tinted violet, glabrous except some hairs 
on lower lip. Filaments exsert bearded - Nutlets 
Hab. Banks of streams in forests, Johor, Kota Tmggi. Malacca 
(Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tumiang (Cantley). Selangor, 
Rawang Perak, Temengoh. Distnb. India Ceyion Mhvated^ 
Borneo Native names: Rumput Kuku; Nilam Bukit, Indian 
Patchouli. . 
Rarely if ever cultivated as Prain, l.c suggested but; bits1 are earned 
about by Sakais, and the plants are to be found near their deserted camps. 
9 . DYSOPHYLLA, Bl. 
Herbs. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers very small m 
long dense spikes of numerous close-set cymes. a Y x 
ovoid, 5-toothed, both equal. Corolla minute; limb equally 4-hd, 
