AN I SOME LES

(Lat.), n. f. _ A?n(aSn)-i?s-0?2m'e?l-ez(e?s). From dveros, unequal, and gédos, a limb. Fr., anisomèle. A genus of East Indian labiate.plants made by R. Brown. [A, 248, 385; B.|— A. mala baric a [R, Brown]. Syn.: Ajuga fruticosa [Roxburgh], Nepeta mala baric a [Linnæus]. Stachys mauri tian a [Siebold]. Mala. bar cat-mint (Tamil, pdyamératti; Teloogoo, mog a-bira; Malay, karintoomba); a shrub 2 to 5 feet high, having white flowers with purple anthers and bitter, astringent leaves. An acrid, reddish oil, rather bitter and of a strong odor, is distilled from the plant. An infusion of the leaves is given to children for colic, indigestion, the fever of teething, dysentery, and intermittent fever; in the latter the vapor of the infusion being inhaled also. A decoction and the oil are externally for rheumatism. [B, 172.|—A. ovata [R. Brown]. Syn.: Nepeta indica (et distich a [Linneeus], seu amboinica [Linnæus fil.]). A Ceylon species resembling A. mala baric a in its is so erties and furnishing a volatile oil used in uterine affections. [B, 1