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AUDIBÉRTIA* incána. 
Hoary Audibertia. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Lariatz Juss. Tribus Nepetee Bentham, suprà, vol. 15. 
fol. 1289. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) 
AUDIBERTIA.—Calyz ovatus, bilabiatus, labio superiore subintegro, 
inferiore bifido, intüs fauce nudà. Corolle tubus exsertus; limbus sub- 
bilabiatus, labio superiore bifido, lobis patentibus ; inferiore trifido, lobis 
lateralibus ovatis, patentibus, medio latissimo emarginato. Stamina fer- 
tilia 2, exserta. Anthere dimidiate, connectivo elongato filiformi posticé 
in filamentum articulato. Stylus breviter subulato-bifidus.— Benth. MSS. 
Audibertia incana. Bentham. 
Salvia carnosa. Herb. Douglas. 
Suffrutex humilis, ramis divaricatis, teretiusculis, canescentibus. Folia 
breviter petiolata, 1-14-pollicaria, obovato-cuneata, obtusa, integerrima, vel 
_rariis hinc inde obtuse dentata, basi longè angustata, crassiuscula, subenervia, 
glabriuscula, incana, demüm pallide subviridia ; floralia sessilia, latiora, 
pubescentia, suprema orbiculata, ciliata, bracteis vix majora. Racemi ter- 
minales, simplices. Verticillastri dens?, globosi, multiflori, distincti, infe- 
riores ultra pollicem distantes. Bractese calycem equantes, imbricate, orbi- 
culate, vel obovate, pubescentes, ciliata. Calyces subsessiles, pubescentes, 
labio superiore lato, rotundato, obtusissimo ; inferioris lobi oblongt, obtusi, 
labio superiore breviores. Corolla pallid? cerulea. Tubus calyce duplo 
longior, rectus, equalis, intüs glaber, nudus. Limbus 5-fidus, lobis 2 su- 
premis divaricato-patentibus, planıs, infimo latissimo, concavo, emarginato, 
denticulato. Genitalia longe exserta, glaberrima. Staminum superiorum 
rudimenta nulla. Styli lobus superior brevissimus.—Bentham. 
saaana 
“ This plant was considered by Mr. Douglas as a species 
of Salvia; but it differs from that genus IN habit, by the 
form of the corolla, and by the anthers, of which the con- - 
ge 
* « J have dedicated this genus to my friend M. Audibert, of Tarascon, 
proprietor of one of the most extensive Nurseries of France, who has intro- 
duced and naturalised in that country many rare and valuable exotics. — 
Bentham, suprà, fol. 1282. : 
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