Flora Medica

LAMIACEJE, OR LABIATE.1002. Mentha citrata Ehr. furnishes a fragrant oil, havingvery much the odour of bergamot.1003. Mentha rotundifolia Linn."\ have been in repute as sto-1004. Mentha aquatica Linn. machics and emmena-J-1005. Mentha arvensis Linn, J gogues.1006. Leonotis nepetifolia RBr. (Phlomis nepetifolia Linn.)called Corddo do Frade in Brazil, is used in that country, inbaths, as a remedy for rheumatic complaints.LYCOPUS.Calyx campanulate, equal, 4 5-toothed; with the throatnaked inside. Corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, campanulate,equal, 4-cleft. Stamens 2, rather projecting, distant. Anthers2-celled, with nearly parallel distinct cells.1006 a. L. europaeus Linn. sp. pi 30. Eng. Bot. t. 1105.Benth. labiat. 186. L. aquaticus Mcench. palustris Lam.vulgaris Pers. All over Europe and the north of Asia, in wetplaces also Barbary, China, New Holland, and Van Diemen's;Stem from 1 to 3 feet high, not running, acutely quadrangular,smooth or pubescent. Leaves stalked, ovate-oblong, sinuate, toothedor pinnatifid. Whorls many-flowered, very dense. Calyx acutely5-toothed, with rigid teeth longer than the tube. No rudiments ofsterile stamens on the corolla. Achaenia rather shorter than the tubeof the corolla. Has had the reputation of being a powerful febrifuge.It has also been commended as an astringent, and used formerly to beadministered to restrain internal haemorrhage. It is known to make agood black dye, and Withering says that gipsies stain their skins with it.Burnett.MERIANDRA.Calyx ovate, bilabiate ;the upper lip concave, entire, or veryslightly 3-toothed ;the lower bifid, naked internally at thethroat. Corolla with a tube as long as the calyx the limb ; nearlyequal, 4-cleft, with flat lobes, the uppermost of which is entireor emarginate. Stamens generally 2 ; anthers 2-celled, withdistinct, stipitate, equal, pendulous cells, and a short linearconnective, articulated in the middle with the filament, and erecton each side. Bentham.1007. M. benghalensis Benth. in Wall. pi. as. rar. i. 29.lab. 189. Salvia benghalensis Roxb.fi. ind. i. 146. S. diantheraRoth. n. sp. pi. 18. Bengal and Coromandel.A straggling shrub, with a trunk sometimes as thick as a man's arm.Bark cracked, and peeling off in irregular pieces. Young shoots downy,round. Leaves as in Salvia officinalis. Racemes terminal, often compound,verticillate. Whorls approximated, globular, many-flowered.Flowers white, Calyx gibbous, downy, 3- or 4-toothed. Corolla with488