1. Cynoglossum Au strale (Br. Prodr. 4 9 5 ) ; erectum, caule robusto simplici v. ramoso patentim
piloso, foliis p e tiolatis anguste lanceolatis utrinque substrigosis, racemis simplicibus ramosisve, pedicellis
brevibus ebracteatis v . inferioribus bracteatis, n ucibus echinatis glochidiatis.— DG. P ro d r. x . 1 5 1 {Gunn
8 8 , 5 2 5 .)
H a b . Common in g o od dry so il.— (PL O c t .-D e c .) {??. v.)
D is t r ib . New South Wales aud Victoria.
A tall, ]-obiist, erect, generally branching plant, 1 - 3 feet high, covered cvci-ywhere m th short, white, rather
rigid hairs, which are spreading on tbe stem and appressed on the leaves.— Leaves petiolate, the uppermost sessile ;
lower elongate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 -6 inches long, sometimes obscurely sinuate; upper shorter. Racemes simple
or compound, much elongated. Pedicels as loug as the calyx, ebracteate, or the lower sometimes bracteate. Flotcers
rather small, 4 inch across, wliite or blue. Nuts depressed, covered on the outer face and margius with spreading,
short, stiff bristles, barbed at the tips.— Some of Gunu’^ specimens may be referable to Rroivn’s C. suaveolens,
wliich is said to differ in the upper leaves being semiamplexicaul, aud the racemes bracteate, and the spines on the
fruit more regular and equal.
2 . Cynoglossum latifolium (Br. Prodr. 4 9 5 ) ; procumbens, ramosus, caiilibus elon g a tis gracilibus
flaccidis pedice llis pe tiolis costaque folii subtus remote breviter aculeatis, foliis petiolatis late ovatis acutis
su p em e asperis, p ed ic ellis gracilibus elongatis extra-axillaribus, nucibus valde depressis breviter glocbidiatis.
— DG. P r o d r . x . 1 5 6 . {Gunn, 8 6 1 .)
H a b . Circular H ead , iu very damp, shaded situations, Gunn.
D is t r ib . Victoria and New South. Wales.
A very fine and peculiar species.— flaccid, much branched, prostrate, several feet long, leafy, aculeate,
with very small, distant, white, hooked aculei on the branches, petiole, midiib below, and pedicel. Leaves petioled,
broadly ovate, acute, 1 - 2 inches long, often obHque at the base, glabrous below, rough on the upjier surface. P edicels
very slender, spreading, rising from the branches, sHghtly curved. Flowers rather small. Sepals lanceolate-
acuminate. N u ts much compressed, divaricating, cuneate, densely glochidiate.
N a t . O r d . LVI. LABIATÆ.
A very extensive N a tu ra l Family, o f wh ich upwards o f 1 3 0 Australian species are knoivn, 1
to about 2 0 g en e ra ; o f th ese , 7 genera and all but 6 or 8 species are confined to extratropical Australi^
and T asmania; about 2 0 species are tropical, and th e se include all the Australian species found in other
countries, except P ru n e lla v u lg a r is ; o f the remaining 1 1 0 species nearly an equal number inhabit the
south-eastern aud south-western quarters, very few indeed b ein g common to both. The European genera
M en th a , Lycopus, P ru n e lla , S cu te lla ria , Teucrium, and A ju g a are confined to South-eastern Australia or
Tasmania.
Gen. I . M E N T H A , L .
Calyx campanulatus v. tubulosus, 5-dentatus. Corolla tubo inclusa, 2-labiata, limbo subæquali 5-fido.
S tam in a 4 , æqualia, erecta, d istantia; filamentis g lab r is; antherarum lo cu lis parallelis. S ty lu s apice breviter
bifidus. N u c u la siccæ, læves.— Herbæ Oi/ori?; verticillastris sæpius m u llijlo r is ; bracteis su b u la tis ;
floribus sæpissime purpurasc entibus.
The Tasmanian plants included by Bentham in this genus are smaU herbs, resembling Micromeria in habit,
etc., but differing in the stamens and coroUa. The genus is abundant in Europe and rare in the southern hemisphere
; only five AustraUan species are known.— The generic characters are a tubular or campanulate, five-toothed
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calyx. CoroUa campanulate, with its tube included in the calyx, and a four-cleft, neaiiy equal limb. Stamens four,
equal, erect, spreadmg. (Name, the pivda of the Greeks,)
1. Mentha Au stralis (Br. Prodr. 5 0 5 ) ; caule erecto angulis scabris, foliis breve petiolatis ovatis
lanceolatisve raro denticulatis glabris v. subtus canescentibus, verticillastris remotis axillaribus multifloris,
pedicellis brcvissimis, calyce lo n g e tubuloso canescente fauce nudo dentibus subulatis, corollæ lob is oblongis
superiore bifido.— B en ih . in B C . P ro d r . xii. 1 7 4 . Micromeria Australis, B en th . L ah. 3 8 0 . {Gunn, 5 2 9 .)
IIa b . Common in marshy plac es.— (FL D e c .) (Colonial name, Penny-royal.)
D i s t r i b . Subtropical and temperate South-eastern Australia.
An erect, slender, sparingly-branched herb, 1 -2 feet high, very strongly odorous.— Stems acute-angled, scabrid
at the angles. Leaves petioled, ovate or lanceolate, 1 inch long, entire or toothed. Whorls axiUary. Flmcers pedicclled.
Calyx very pubescent, nearly è inch long.
2. Mentha gracilis (Br. Prodr. 5 0 5 ) ; caule gracili prostrato lævi v. pubescente, foliis petiolatis
ovatis V. ovato-lanceolatis obtusis integerrimis pube minuta canescentibus, verticillastris 6 -1 0 - flo r is ax illaribus,
pedicellis brevibus, calyce lon g e tubuloso canescente fauce nudo dentibus subulatis, corollæ lob is
obovatis superiore vix em a rg in a to .~D e» ? /¿ . in B C . P ro d r . xii. 1 7 4 . M. Diemenica, Spreng. S y s t. Veg. ii.
7 2 4 . Micromeria gracilis, B en th . L a b . 3 8 0 . {Gunn, 8 9 , 5 2 9 .)
H a b . In stony places, n o t unfrequent.— (FL D e c .)
A very slender species.— Stems short, prostrate, with long, graceful, sparingly branched, perfectly glabrous or
pubescent, erect or iucHned branches, 8 -1 2 inches long. Leaves petioled, distant, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, bluut,
ineh long, quite entire, dotted beneath. Whorls axillaiy, six- to ten-flowered. Flowers shortly pediceUed.
Calyx tubular, 2 lines long, pubescent, with short teeth. Corolla pink, with obovate lobes.— This and the following
are witli difficulty distinguished, except by comparison, when the longer petioles of this easüy characterize it.
8. Mentha serpyllifolia (Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. 1 7 4 ) ; caule gracili glabriusculo, foliis brevissime
petiolatis ovatis obtusis integerrimis, verticillastris axillaribus 2 -4 -flo r is , pedic ellis brevissimis, calycis
campanulati puberali dentibus breviter lauceolatis iu tu s villosis, corollæ lobo supremo breviter bifido.— M icromeria
repens, Nob. in L on d. ■Journ. B o t. vi. 2 7 4 . {Gunn, 5 5 8 .)
Y^ar. f l ; puberula, foliis late ovatis ovato-cordatisve calycibusque latioribus.— B en ih . I. c. Micromeria
affinis. Nob. in Lond. Journ. B o t. I. c. {Gunn, 8 6 4 .)
H a b . N o t uncommon in marshes, e tc ., in various parts o f th e Island, Hampshire H ills , Circular
Head, and YYoolnorth, Gunn. Var. f l. YVoolnorth.— (FL De c .)
D i s t r i b . K in g River, Victoria, Muelle r.
A small, veiy slender, prostrate plant, much branched from the base.—Branches glabrous, 4 - 8 inches long.
Leaves 4 lines long, nearly sessüe, rather remote, ovate, bhmt, quite entire, glabrous, punctate ; in var. fl broader
and subcordate at the base. Whorls axülary, of few flowers. Cafyx-tube campanulate, viUoiis at the mouth,— In
some stunted alpine specimens the whorls are terminal aud the mai-gius of the leaves revolute.
Gen . I I . LY C O PU S , Tourn.
Calyx campanulatus, æqualis, 4 -5 -d en ta tu s, fauce nuda. Corolla calycem v ix superans, campanulata,
æqualis, 4-fltla. Stamina 2 superiora sterilia, filiformia, capitellata, corolla breriora ; 2 inferiora longiora,
fertilia, distantia ; antheris loculis parallelis. S ty lu s apice bifidus, lobis complanatis, acutis. Nuculæ siccæ,
loeves, margine calloso incrassato, trigonæ, tru n cate , basi attenuatæ.— Herbæ, foliis d en ta tis p in n a iijid is v e ;
verticülastris densis, a.villaHbus ; lloribus p a r v is , sessilibus.
A European, North American, and North Asiatic genus, whose reappearance iu the extreme south of the
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