312 105. LABIATA. 
q4 2. Teucrium (§ Pleurobotrys) bidentatum, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis, ramosa, 2-3 et probabiliter usque ad 4 ped. 
alta, obscure puberula, caulibus tetragonis rectis rigidis pæne 
‘lignosis viridibus, ramulis lateralibus ssepe subhorizontalibus. 
Folia breviter petiolata, tenuia sed vix membranacea, lanceolata, 
maxima usque ad 5 poll. longa, sed sepius circiter 2 poll. longa, 
longe acuteque acuminata, basi cuneata, utrinque praesertim supra 
medium pauci grossiuscule serrato-dentata vel crenato-serrata, 
preter costam venasque primarias obscure puberulas glabra, 
subtus pallidiora, minute papillosa. Flores albi (fide Henry), 
parvi, absque staminibus exsertis circiter semipollicares, distincte 
pedicellati, racemis quam folia saltem dimidio brevioribus in- 
terdum ramulos axillares breves terminalibus, bracteis anguste 
lanceolatis pedicellos zquantibus vel superantibus; calyx fruc- 
tifer glabrescens, siccus, nervosus, fauce tubi annulum ciliarum 
instructa, labio postieo rotundato trilobato, lobo intermedio multo 
majore reflexo, labio antico parum longiore leviter incurvo acute 
bidentato; coroll: puberule tubo recto brevissime exserto, labium 
:equante, labii lobo terminali naviculiformi; stamina longe exserta, 
filamentis filiformibus leviter puberulis. JNVucule minute, sub- 
sphzeroidez, obscure reticulate, apice pulverulentz. 
HurEnH: Ichang and immediate neighbourhood (4. Henry, 
3119, 4150!); SzEcHvEN: mount Omei at 3000 to 4000 ft. 
(Faber!). Herb. Kew. i 
[Teucrium inflatum, Swartz (Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 279), a 
common tropical American and Polynesian species, was collected 
by Hance in waste places in Hongkong.] 
3. Teucrium japonicum, Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. p. 23; Benth. in 
DC. Prodr. xii. p. 581; Mig. in Anh. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 
p. 113; Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. p. 381; Maxim. in 
Mél. Biol. ix. p. 824, et xi. p. 808. 
Teucrium virginicum, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 244, non Linn. 
Krawasu: Shanghai (ex AMaxvimowicz); Hurem: Patung, 
Nanto, Fang, and Tunghu (A. Henry!) Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
There are some Chinese specimens of Teucrium which seem to 
connect this and T. stoloniferum, Benth.; yet Bentham placed 
them in different sections, and both Maximowicz and Franchet 
retain them as distinct. 
