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LEONOTIS nepetifolia- 



Catmint-leaved Leonotis. 



0IDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



NaU ord. Labiatje. Jussieu gen. 110- Dfv. ///. Stam. 4 fertflia. 



Cor, bilabiata. ' Cal. 5-fidus. 

 Labiate. Brouon prod. 499. SecU IL Stam. 4 fertilia^ 

 ^ntheris omnium v. duoruirj completis. A. Cal- regularis 5-fidus t. 5-10* 



dentatus- 



LEONOTIS. CaL 10-striatus, 6-10-dentatus. Cor. galea elongate^ 

 barbata, Integra; labium inferius nanum, 3-fidum ; lacintis subaeqaalibua* 

 AnthercB lobis divaricatis. Stigma labio superiore breyiore. Brown in 

 Hart. Kevo. ed. 2. 3. 409. 



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L. nepetijbliay foliis cordatis acutis inciso-crenatis, calycibus aristatis octo 

 dentatis: dente supremo raaxirao, caule herbaceo. Brown in HorU 



Kew. ed. 2- 3- 409. 

 Phlooiis nepetifolia. Linn. sp. pL 2. 820. Hort. Ketv* 2. 309. fVilld. sp* 



pL 3. 126- 

 Cardiaca americana annua, nepetse folio, floribus brevibus phcBniceia vil- 



losis. Herni. lugdb, 115. tab^ 117. 



(Annua.) Caulis simplex, erectus, quadranguluSy obtusus (lanupne 

 hrevissima densA albida pruinatus prqfunde et obtuse) quadrisulcatus^ sexpeaalis^ 

 Fol. cordata^ obtusiuscule et prqfunde serrata^ subiomentosa^ viridia. PetioU 

 longitudine foliorum. Yerticilli aliquot mrsus apices globosi, multi^ori. 

 CslL subpilosusy {lO-nenfis cucullato-) cylindricus Itmbo spinoso, acutissimo: 

 dente superiore duplo majore ; pr^tereh denies 4fS'{9'jfparvi. Cor. (subun^ 

 cialis) villosa ( auraniiaco-coccineaf galed extus hirsutius barbata holosericea J 

 Jacie et colore Lkonotidis Leoquri, sed triplo minor: labio fiuperiore 

 teretiusculoy longo, emargmato; labio inferiore breoi^ trtfido^ Icevi^ (citiu9 

 emardescente ) . Involucrum (pdyphifUum pubescensjlorum verticillo abscondi^ 

 turn lineari") subulgtum, refiexum^ fqpicibus pungentibus). Stamina per 



paria cohcerentia. Stig. % filifQrmia^ §^periore dimidio breviore. Lin. loc, 

 cit* 



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Leonotis is one of three genera ioto which the Phix>mi8 

 of Linnaeus has been divided by Messrs . Persoon and Brown, 

 in their respective works. It is distinguished from the two 

 others, principally by the very short nearly evenly trifid 

 quickly withering nether lip of the corolla ; and from Leo- 

 NURUs, by having the uppir lobe of the stigma greatly 

 shorter than the under. 



We owe the specimen from which the drawing has been 

 made to the kindness of Sir. Abraham Hume, by whom the 

 plant was raised at Wormleybury, from seeds brought home 



hy an officer who survived the melancholy enterprise of 



