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CVIII. LABIATE. 
[ Dysophylla . 
upper lip entire or notched. Stamens 4, exsert; style bifid. 
Nutlets ovoid or oblong. Species 15, tropics of Old World to 
Australia. 
Leaves opposite ovate or lanceolate; spike 1 
Leaves whorled, linear; spikes several 
(1) D. auricularia 
(2) D. verticiiiata 
(1) D. auricularia Bl. Bijdr. 826; Prain, lx. 710. 
Coarse, hairy herb about 3 ft. tall. Leaves membranous ovate 
and lanceolate coarsely serrate, hairy, base cuneate, 1 to 2*75 in. 
long, -5 to 1 in. wide; petioles -i to *4 in. long. Spike villous, 
terminal, 2 to 6 in. long, densely covered with cymes. Corolla 
•1 in. long, lavender. Hab. Common in damp spots in open country, 
Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Ang Mo Kio. Johor, Kwala Kahang 
(Ivelsall); Kukub. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Panchur; Bukit 
Bruang. Negri Sembilan, Seremban (Cantley). Selangor, Rantau 
Panjang (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping (Wray). Kelantan, Kamposa; 
Chaning. Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). Lankawi (Curtis). Perlis. 
Kanga. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. Native names : Poko Awi Tana; 
Ekor Kuching. Use: For colic. Leaves powdered with lime 
(chunam) rubbed on the abdomen. 
(2) D. verticiiiata Benth. Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 30. 
Fleshy glabrous herb, simple or with strict branches, about 
2 ft. tall. Leaves linear, whorled, 1-5 to 2 in. long, *i in. across, 
obscurely toothed, sessile. Spikes numerous tomentose, 1 to 3 in. 
long, cylindric blunt. Flowers very small. Calyx-teeth spreading 
stellate in fruit. Hab. Northern parts in rice-fields, Lankawi 
(Curtis). Perlis, Kanga (Ridley). Distrib. Bengal to Tenasserim, 
Cambodia, Philippines, Australia. 
10. CALAMINTHA, Moench. 
Herbs (or shrubs). Flowers small or medium, densely or loosely 
axillary spicate or panicled whorls. Calyx 13-nerved, 2-lipped, 
upper lip 3-toothed, lower 2-toothed. Corolla-tube straight, 
throat villous, lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, upper lip erect. 
Stamens 4, ascending under upper lip. Nutlets minute sub- 
globose. Species 40, north temperate regions. 
(1) C. gracilis Benth. DC. Prodr. xii. 232; Prain, l.c. 711. 
Very slender creeper ascending, about 1 ft. tall, nearly glabrous. 
Leaves in distant pairs, ovate blunt serrate, base shortly narrowed, 
glabrous, -4 to -6 in. long, -3 to -5 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. 
Flowers in distant whorls of about 10, on a terminal spike, pubes¬ 
cent. Pedicels slender, -i in. long. Calyx -12 in. long (in fruit 
•17 in. long) upper lip shortly 3-toothed. Corolla -2 in. long. 
Hab. Very local in open fields, Perak, Thaiping in fields at base 
of hill abundant (Ridley). Distrib. Assam, Java. 
