LABIAT/E. LXVII. LornuawTHus. 
acutish; genitals much longer than the corolla. 2/. H. Native 
of China. Stature of L. urticifolius ; but differs in the leaves 
being caudately acuminated ; in the calycine lobes being acutish. 
Corollas blue. Odour of Peppermint. 
Wrinkled-leaved Lophanthus. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
4 L. scRoPHULARIÆFÒLIUS (Benth. lab. p. 463.) stem pubes- 
cent; leaves ovate, serrately crenated, green on both surfaces, 
glabrous above, and pubescent beneath ; spikes cylindrical, in- 
terrupted at the base; calycine teeth lanceolate, acute. 21. H 
Native of North America, in shady humid places from Penn- 
sylvania to Virginia, rare, Pursh ; at West Chester, Drummond. 
Hyssópus scrophulariefólius, Willd. spec. 3. p. 48.  Hyssópus 
catarizfolius, Hort. par. Habit of L. anisdtus; but differs in 
the leaves being broader, pubescent beneath, not white; and in 
the flowers being a little larger. Corolla blue.? Calyx coloured 
at top. 
Scrophularia-like Lophanthus. 
Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
5 L. nerrtorpes (Benth. lab. p. 463.) glabrous; leaves 
ovate, acutish, serrately crenated, green on both surfaces, gla- 
brous, or scarcely pubescent beneath; spikes cylindrical, inter- 
rupted at the base: calycine teeth ovate, bluntish. y. H. 
Native from Pennsylvania to Virginia, Pursh; near St. Louis, 
on the Mississippi ; and near West Chester, Drummond. Hys- 
sdpus nepetoides, Lin. spec. p. 796. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. p. 28. 
t. 69. Leaves 1} to 2 inches long, rounded or subcordate at 
the base. Corolla yellowish-white, scarcely exceeding the caly- 
cine teeth.  Achenia villous at top. 
Nepeta-like Lophanthus. Fl. Aug. Oct. 
to 5 feet. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 
Clt. 1692.. Pl. 3 
Secr. Il. Resurrva‘ria (so called from the almost resupinate 
flowers of the species.) Benth. lab. p. 464. Cymes axillary, 
pedunculate, loose, few-flowered. Flowers almost resupinate. 
Lower stamens nearly erect; upper ones ascending. 
6 L. Cuiwz'wsis (Benth. lab. p. 464.) leaves ovate or ob- 
long, crenated : floral ones similar to the others; cymes axil- 
lary, pedunculate, loose, few-flowered. ).H. Native of the 
North of China, ex Lin.; Siberia, about Peshkova, near Nert- 
scha, Patrin, Hyssópus lophánthus, Lin. spec. p. 796. Jacq. 
hort. vind. 2. p. 85. t. 182. Hyssópus resupinàtus, Moench. 
Népeta lophántha, Fisch. Plant rather clammy, glabrous, or 
scarcely pubescent. Leaves an inch long. Peduncles subse- 
cund, bearing unilateral cymes at apex. Corollas blue: tube 
shortly exserted. Achenia oblong, smooth. 
China Lophanthus. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1752. 
2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Népeta, p. 811. 
Pl. 11 to 
LXVIII. NEPETA (a name used by Pliny ; derived from 
EL. a scorpion; being supposed to be efficaceous against the 
T of the Scorpion. Linnzeus derives it from Nepet, a town in 
uscany.) Lin. gen. no. 710. Schreb. gen. no. 964. Juss. 
; P- 113. ed. Usteri, p.126. Benth. lab. p. 464. Cataria, 
ourn. inst. p. 202, t. 95. Moench. Glechóma, Lin. 
m syst. Didyndmia, Gymnospérmia. Calyx tubular, 13- 
“nerved, for the most part incurved, with an obliquely 5- 
toothed mouth ; rarely ovate, straight, with the mouth and teeth 
equal. Corolla having the tube slender at the base, inclosed or 
exserted, naked inside, the throat widened, and the limb bila- 
bid. upper lip straight, and rather concave, emarginate or 
rl lower lip spreading, trifid, the middle lobe large, some- 
ti es sub-bifid, with reflexedly spreading lobes, and sometimes en- 
ire, concave, and crenulated. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending : 
Ower ones the shortest. Anthers usually approximate by pairs, 
LXVIII. Nepera. 803 
2-celled ; cells diverging, at length divaricate. Style about 
equally bifid at apex; lobes subulate, stigmatiferous at apex. 
Achenia dry, smooth, naked. 
Sect. I. SCHIZONE’PETA (from eyw, schizo, to cut; and 
Népeta ; in allusion to the cut leaves of the species.) Benth. 
lab. p. 468. Whorls crowded : upper ones approximating into 
somewhat interrupted terminal spikes; cymes all sessile. 
Bracteas various. Calyx tubular, straight, but usually incurved, 
with an equal or oblique mouth. Stamens exserted a little, 
loosely ascending. Leaves dissected or lobed. 
1 N. sornYorpzs (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 287.) plant ascend- 
ing, humble, much branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, deeply 
sub-bipinnatifid : segments oblong-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, 
quite entire, or somewhat pinnatifid ; floral leaves linear-subu- 
late; spikes cylindrical, hardly interrupted at the base; ra- 
cemes simple, spike-formed ; bracteas and calycine teeth acute. 
3). H. Native of Eastern Siberia, in the Altaic region, at the 
rivers Katunga and "'schuja, Bunge; in the Kirghisean Steppe, 
Meyer. N. multífida, Lin. fil. suppl. 273. N. ánnua, Pall. in 
act. petrop. 1779. 2. p. 263. t. 12. N. bipinnàta, Cav. icon. 
1. p. 36. t. 49. Leaves usually bipinnatifid : upper ones simply 
pinnatifid: floral ones minute. Bracteas minute. Calyx with 
an oblique mouth. Corolla cream-coloured or white, villous. 
Stamens rather shorter than the corolla. 
Botrys-like Cat-mint. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1779. 
1 foot. 
2 N.TENUIFOLIA (Benth. lab. p. 468.) stems procumbent, 
glabrous, or finely pubescent; leaves petiolate, pinnate: seg- 
ments oblong-linear, acute, a little serrated, narrowed at the 
base, almost glabrous on both surfaces ; upper leaves and floral 
ones entire; spikes slender, interrupted at the base; corollas 
minute, exceeding the calyxes a very little. 4. H. Native of 
China, between Pekin and Jehol, Sir G. Staunton. This species 
differs from N. lavandulàcea, in the leaves, slender spikes, and 
minute flowers ; and from N. botryoides, in the elongated, pro- 
cumbent stems, &c. 
Fine-leaved Cat-mint Pl. procumbent. 
3 N. LAVANDULA'CEA (Lin. fil. suppl. 272.) plant ascending, 
pubescent ; leaves petiolate, deeply pinnatifid at the base, with 
oblong or ovate, obtuse segments ; floral leaves ovate, acumi- 
nated ; spikes cylindrical, interrupted at the base; calycine 
teeth very short, ovate; corola about twice as long as the 
calix. 2J.H. Native of Eastern Siberia, in the Altaic region, 
in dry mountain places frequent. N. multifida, Lin. spec. 799. 
Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 6. p. 22. t. 530. N. lobàta, Rudolph. ex 
Steud. nom. p. 552.  Lophánthus multífidus, Benth. in bot. reg. 
vol. 15. under no. 1282.  Saussürea pinnatifida, Moench. meth. 
p. 288. Lavandula foliis ovatis, &c., Gmel. sib. 3. p. 242. t. 
55. Stems many, simple. Leaves sometimes all cut into 5-7 
segments, sometimes deeply pinnatifid, or nearly entire. Co- 
rolla blue, incurved. Mouth of calyx hardly oblique. 
Lavender-like Cat-mint. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1796. Pl. 1 
2 fcet. 
Pl. } to 
Secr. II. Pycunone’pera (from zvxvoc, pychnos, dense ; and 
Népeta ; so called in allusion to the dense spikes of the species.) 
Benth. lab. p. 469. Whorls crowded : upper ones, or all, col- 
lected into terminal spikes ; cymes all sessile. Outer bracteas 
alone imbricate, equalling the calyxes. Calyx tubular, straight 
or incurved, with an equal or oblique mouth. : 
4 N. xixzA vis (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. misc. 3. p. 377.) 
stems ascending, nearly glabrous; leaves sessile, linear, acutish, 
quite entire, narrowed at the base, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces; spikes ovate, few-flowered; bracteas lanceolate-subu- 
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