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LOPHANTHUS* anisatus. 
Anise-scented Lophanthus. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. Lasrata. $ Satureinee Bentham MSS. 
LOPHANTHUS.—Calyz tubulosus, 15-striatus, 5-dentatus, subsequalis 
v. apice subincurvus. Corolle tubus calycem subeequans ; labia subeequalia; 
superius erectum emarginatum v. bifidum, inferius 3-fidum, lobis suberectis, 
medio lato crenato, lateralibus minoribus. Stamina 4, exserta, distantia. 
Antherarum loculi paralleli v. demúm subdivergentes.— Bentham MSS. 
L. anisatus ; folis ovatis acutis serratis subtüs canescentibus, verticillis 
densis spicatis; inferioribus subremotis, calycibus pubescentibus, denti- 
bus ovatis. Bentham MSS. 
Hyssopus anisatus. Nutt. gen. 2. p. 27. 
Hyssopus discolor. Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. 3. p. 97. 
A handsome hardy perennial, native of borders of thickets on the 
plains of the Missouri. With us it flowers profusely in the months 
of July, August, and September, and is remarkable for the strong 
scent of anise which it yields when slightly bruised. It is a neat 
species, much better known on the continent than in this country. 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. 
For the following remarks we are indebted to our friend 
Mr. Bentham, by whom Labiate have been made a particular 
study, and to whom we confidently look for rescuing them from 
a state of confusion, that has been gradually increasing since the 
days of Linnaeus, until it has become the disgrace of Botany. 
i J. L. 
«“ This genus is nearly allied to Hyssopus and to Nepeta. It differs from the former by 
its habit, by the middle division of the lower lip of the corolla, which is broad and 
crenate, instead of being divided into two entire divergent lobes, and by the anthers, of 
which the cells are parallel, not divaricate. The form of the corolla, the divergent 
stamina, and the parallel cells of the anthers, distinguish it from Nepeta. 
* From Ae; the crest of a helmet, and dss, a flower ; because the flowers have 
been thought to have a crested appearance. 
