LEONOTIS, LABIATAZE ( Avoron. BENTH. . 535 
majore. Stamina sub galeá adscendentia. Filamenta basi exappendiculata. 
Antherae per paria sub labio superiore approximatz, biloeulares , loculis 
divaricatis acutis vel interdum parallelis (ex Vis.). Styli lobus superior bre- 
vissiraus. Nuculze apice obtusce. — Herb fruticesve Africani, uná specie 
etiam in Asiá calidiore crescente et nunc in Americam tropicam translatà. 
Vertieillastri multiflori, sepius densissimi. Bractee numerose, lineari- 
subulate. Corollze speciose , coccinec vel flavescentes. 
l.L. NEPETJEFOLI1A (Dr. prodr. 504), herbacea, foliis mexnbranaceis ovatis 
crenatis, calycis extus sub apice pilosi dentibus omnibus spinosis supremo 
maximo ovato, corollis ( coccineis) calyce vix duplo longioribus. (T) In Africá 
et Asiá tropicá , et hinc inde in Americá verosimiliter ex orbe veteri allata : in 
Africá austro-orientali ad sinum Delagoa ( Forbes! ), in ins. Madagascar! 
Mauritio ! Javà ( Blume), in Indiz órientalis Peninsulá! et in Bengaliá, Sil- 
let, Malaccá ( Cuming n. 2273! Wallieh! 2042 etc.), in Indiá occidentali ! 
ins. Sti Thomze ( Wydl.! 8 ), Caracas ( h. DC.!), Surinam ( Weigelt ib.! ) et 
Brasilià ( Salzmann ! $t. Hil! etc.). — Bot. reg. 4, t. 281, Wight ic. 3, 
t. 867. Phlomis nepetzfolia Linn.! spec. p. 820. Phlomis spinosa Vand. in 
Roe. script. hisp. p. 81? Leonurus globosus Mcench meth. p. 400. Leonurus 
nepetzfolius Mill. dict. n. 2. Stachys Mediterranea Vell. fl. flum. 2, t. 2. 
Caulis erassus, erectus, 2-7-pedalis, tenuiter tomentosus. Folia longe pe- 
tiolata, 2-4-polliearia, obtusa vel rarius acutiuseula, basi truneata vel sub- 
cordata, utrinque viridia, tenuiter cano-tomentosa vel glabra ; floralia ob- 
longo-lanceolata , suprema parva. Verticillastri pauci sspe ultra 100-flori. 
Bractez, apice subspin tes. Calyees d fere pollicares, tubulosi, basi 
attenuati, glabri, sub ore piloso-pubescentes , apice glabri, dente supremo 
maximo acuto spinoso, tribus inferioribus lanceolatis acutissimis rigidis sub- 
reflexo-patentibus,, lateralibus utrinque 2-3 brevibus acutis erectis. Corolla 
eoccinea , extus villosa, dimidio brevior quam in L. Leonüro, duplo longior 
quam in L. pallidá. (v. s. ) 
2. L. PALLIDA ( Benth. Lab. p. 619 ), herbacea, foliis ovatis acutis obtuse ser- 
ratis, calycis dentibus omnibus spinosis supremo maximo ovato, corollis 
( flavescentibus ) calyces paulo vel vix dimidio longioribus. — In Senegambiá 
( Leprieur et Perrottet! ), in Guine& prope Quitta et Ursue ( Thonning), in 
regno Owariensi ( Beauv.!), in Sennaar ( Acerbi!), JEthiopià ( Kotschy 
n. 373 ! herb. Un. itin. n. 396 ! ), Abyssini& ( Sehimp. sect. 3, n. 1793!) 
Phlomis pallida Schum. beskr. pl. guin. p. 262. Phlomis Africana Pal. Beauv.! 
fl.Ow. et Ben. 2, p. 82, t. 111. Valde affinis L: nepetsfoliz, differt foliis 
acutioribus brevius petiolatis, et przesertim corollis minoribus flavescentibus. 
Calyces omnino L. nepetzfoliz. ( v. s. ) 
3. L. vELUTINA ( Fenzl ! in Florá 1844, p. 312) , foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acu- 
tiusculis serrato-crenatis, calycis dentibus omnibus subspinosis supremo 
maximo ovato-lanceolato , corollá calyce plus duplo longiore. — In ZEthiopiá 
( Kotschy n. 519! ). Verticillastri omnium maximi. Foliz iis L. Leonuri sub- 
similia sed latiora. Calyces pubescentes fere L. nepetzfolizm , dente supremo 
paulo angustiore. ( v. s. ) 
f ? Raineriana, In /Ethiopià, ad Kassan, unde semina retulit Kotschy. L. 
Raineriana Vis. orto bot. Pad. 1842 , p. 142, ill. piant. nuov. ort. Padov. 
mem. 2, p. 20. i 
4. L. nuGOSA , foliis ovatis crenatis rugosis calycis extus undique pubescentis 
dentibus subspinosis supremo majore , corollis ( eoccineis ) ealyce duplo lon- 
gioribus. 5 In mont. Abyssinig ( Schimp. sect. 1, n. 371!) L. nepetzfolia 
Schimp. herb. Un. itin. non Br. Caulis fruticosus videtur. Folia duriora quam 
illa L. nepetzfolie et angustiora videntur. Calycees pilorum exteriorum carent 
et dens supremus multo minor quam in specie laud&tá. Corolle longiores. ( v. 
in h. DC. ) | 
5.L. ovATA (Spr. syst. 2, p. 744), herbacen , foliis ovatis inciso-crenatis , 
