72 John Briquet: Labiatae novae in Asia-media atque Persia ab Ove Paulsen. 



Calix parvus circ. 1,5 mm altus, tubo 1 mm profundo, dentibus lanceolatis 

 vix ultra 0,5 mm longis. 



Var. tenellae Briq. (in Bull. Herb. Boiss., II, 695, 1894) affinis a 



qua foliis utrinque incano-tomentosis differt. Eandem vel fere eandem 



plantam distribuit Litwinow sub no. 68 ex Turcomania ad rivulum 

 Ashabadka. 



Transcaspia: No. 1780, at a stream near Merw. June 6. 1899. 



13. Mentha longifdia Huds. subsp. modesta Briq. in Engler u. PrantU 

 Nat. Pflanzenfam., IV, 3 a, p. 322. 



Var. Pamirensis Briq., 1. c, p. 245. 



Planta circ. 50 cm alta. Caulis mediocris, inferne glabrescens, su- 

 perne molliter adpresse pubescens. Folia in axe primario ovata vel 

 ovato-sublanceolata, in ramulis flagellisque saepius lanceolata, utrinque 

 cinereo-virentia et (praesertim subtus) molliter laxe pubescentia, majora 

 superficie ad 4,5 X 2,3 cm; petiolo incano 1,4 mm aucta; nervatio sub- 

 simplex, vestimentum in pagina inferiori obscure subareolans; serratura 

 constans ex dentibus sat robustis, dissitis, extus undulatis vel concavis, 

 culminibus acutis prorsus versis 1 — 1,5 mm altis et 3—5 mm distan- 

 tibus. Spicastrum breve, verticillastris cinerascentibus congestis. Calicis 

 2 mm longi tubus 1,2 mm profundus, dentes lanceolati fere 0,8 mm longi. 

 Var. thibetanae Briq. affinis, differt autem indumento molli, foliis 

 subtus obscure subretinerviis, spicastro brevi, calice majori. 



Pamir: No. 1396, prov. Wakhan, at Torgus. Alt. 2900 m. Sept. 

 19. 1898. 



Paulseniella Briq., 1. c, p. 246. 



Calix aparte campanulatus, breviter aequaliter quinquelobus, fauce 

 nuda, fructifer, auctus, membranaceus, campanulatim inflatus. Corolla 

 minima, parum exserta; tubus cylindricus, intus nudus, limbus subaequa- 

 liter breviter 5-lobus, lobis superioribus magis approximatis. Stamina 4 

 subinclusa, subaequalia, distantia, filamentis medio tubi corollini insertis, 

 nudis; antherae biloculares loculis demum apice clipeatim confluentibus. 

 Discus antice in glandulam tumens. Stylus apice aequaliter bifidus, 

 ramis apice globoso-incrassatis. Nuculae ovoideae, tuberculoso-rugosae. 

 — Species adhuc unica. 



14. Paulseniella pamirensis Briq., 1. c, p. 246, fig. 8, 9. 



Herba annua, radice tenui fusiformi. Caulis mediocris, simplex vel 

 subsimplex, parce patule pilosulus, inferne glabrescens et saepe pur- 

 purascens internodiis pluribus sensim decrescentibus. Folia oblongo- 

 elliptica, apice obtusa vel subobtusa (summis tantum acutis), margine 

 leviter convexe convergentibus, basi in petiolum brevem rotundato-cune- 

 ata, margine regulariter crenata, membranacea, viridia, parce pilosula vel 

 glabrescentia; nervatio simplex, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7—9 parum 

 prominulis. Verticillastri 6-flori in spicastra densa oblonga vel abbreviata 

 terminalia et axillaria breviter pedunculata congesti; bracteae ovato- 

 ellipticae, integrae, pilosulae, calices subaequantes, nullo modo imbricatae ; 

 bracteolae multo minores angustioresque. Calix sub anthesi aperte cam- 



