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PHLÓMIS* floccósa. 
Flocculent Phlomis. 
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. LABrAT.E. Tribus 5. Nepetee. Bentham. 
PHLOMIS L.— Supra, fol. 1289. Bentham in notis. 
P. floccosa, floccoso-lanata ; foliis cordato-oblongis, calycis dentibus bracteisque subulatis uncinato- 
revolutis, corolla labiis adpressis, caule fruticoso.— Don in litt. 
Planta fruticosa, bipedalis, diffusé ramosa, laná è pilis stellato-ramosissimis compositá, floc- 
così, niveá, dense obruta. Rami patentes, tetragoni, quandoque decumbentes. Folia opposita, 
petiolata, cordato-oblonga, obtusissima, crenata, recurvato-patentia, suprà rugosissima, subtüs 
reticulato-venosa, venis prominentibus, palmaria v. paulló longiora: posticibus distinctis, ro. 
tundatis, sepè sursüm flexis. Petioli pollicares v. bipollicares, subtüs rotundati, suprà canali- 
culati, basi parüm dilatati, connati. Flores subtriplici ordine conferti, sessiles, verticillati : 
verticillis convexiusculis. Bractee duplici ordine digeste, numerose, lineari-subulate, calycibus 
subequales, apicibus spinescentibus, glabris, uncinato-revolutis. Calyx tubulosus, 5-angulus, 
limbo 5-plicatus, basi parùm attenuatus, longitudine semuncialis, pube stellatá copiosissimè ves- 
titus: dentibus patentibus, subulatis, apice spinescentibus, uncinato-revolutis. Corolla Fava, 
magna: tubus medio constrictus, intis villis clausus, supernè dilatatus, subcompressus: labiis 
adpressis, pube stellatá vestitis ; superiore cucullato, compresso, dorso planiusculo, subdepresso, 
margine abrupté dilatato et parüm revoluto, apice truncato, levissime 4-lobo; inferiore longiore, 
planiusculo, trilobo ; lobo intermedio maximo, cuneato-dilatato, emarginato; lateralibus _bi- 
dentatis ; dente anteriore abbreviatissimá, rotundatá. Stamina 4, fauci inserta; duo anteriora 
paullo longiora: filamenta teretia, arcuata, villis simplicibus barbata: anther compresse, uni. 
loculares, filamenti apici dilatato parallelo adnate, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaria 4, disco 
carnoso imposita, minutè papillosa, hinc convexa, inde compressa, subcarinata. | Stylus filiformis, 
apice arcuatus. Stigma obtusè bidentatum, pruinosum; dente anteriore minimo, ferè obsoleto. 
Cariopsides maturos nondúm vidi. — Don. 
* This very distinct species of Phlomis was raised from a collection of 
Egyptian seeds presented to Mr. Lambert by Mr. Greenough, to whom they had 
been sent by Mr. Burton, who has been residing several years in Egypt; but the 
particular district where the seeds were collected was not mentioned. It flowered in 
the greenhouse at Boyton, in the beginning of November. The plant appears to 
thrive luxuriantly ; but I do not think it is likely to prove hardy. The hooked 
points of the bractese and calycine teeth essentially distinguish it, independently 
of any other characters, from all the frutescent species of Phlomis hitherto 
recorded.” 
To Mr. Lambert we are indebted for the opportunity of figuring this plant; and 
to Mr. Don for the specific character, description, and remarks upon it. 
Mr. Bentham having supplied us with the conclusion of his characters of the 
tribes and genera of Labiate, they are given below. Ki 
nn TAS 
* ju; was the Greek name of the Verbascum, which this resembles in the leaves. 
