LABIATZE. LXVIII. Nzrzra. 
mere, in stony, grassy, and humid places, Jacquemont. Very 
like N. supina ; odour of Sálvia officinalis. 
Grateful-scented Cat-mint. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
16 N. wurrzIBRACTEA TA (Desf, fl. atl. 2. p. 11. t. 123.) erect, 
pubescent ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-oblong, crenated, cor- 
date at the base, green on both surfaces ; racemes spike-formed, 
dense, simple, somewhat interrupted at the base ; bracteas linear- 
subulate, coloured, equalling the calyxes; tube of corolla equal- 
ling the calycine teeth. 2/7. H. Native of Mount Atlas, near 
Tlemsen. Stems almost simple. Lower leaves 1-2 inches long, 
striped, purplish; whorls dense, many-flowered: lower ones 
distant. Corollas purple, similar to those of N. reticulàta. 
Many-bractead Cat-mint. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 8 
feet. 
17 N. Vairrra vmi (Benth. lab, p. 471.) plant erect, nearly gla- 
brous; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, cordate at the base: 
superior leaves almost sessile, green on both surfaces ; raceme 
simple, interruptedly spike-formed ; whorls few-flowered ; outer 
bracteas oblong, bluntish, adpressed, striated, coloured a little, 
and are, as well as the calyxes, pubescent; tube of corolla 
shortly exserted. %. H. Native of the Levant. Stems many 
from the same root. Leaves an inch long, broadly crenated, 
rather pubescent on the veins beneath. Corolla glabrous, in- 
curved, twice as long as the calyx. Calycine teeth linear-lanceo- 
late; upper ones narrower. 
Vaillant’s Cat-mint. Pl. 1 foot. 
18 N. Arv'rea (Ucria, ex Guss. prod. fl. sic. 2. p. 80.) plant 
erect, nearly glabrous ; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, crenated, 
cordate at the base, green on both surfaces; racemes spike- 
formed, dense, simple; bracteas oblong-lanceolate, coloured a 
little, about equal in length to the calyxes; calycine teeth lanceo- 
late, longer than the tube; tube of corolla much exserted. /. 
H. 3 Native of Sicily, on caleareous hills; and of the North of 
Africa, at Tangiers. N. tuberósa, Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 10. but not 
of Lin. N. rósea, Salzm. pl. tang. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 471. 
Stems generally simple, glabrous, or downy. Leaves smaller. 
shorter, and less wrinkled than in N. tuberdsa. Calyx 5-toothed, 
nearly equal. Corolla pubescent, violaceous, middle lobe of 
lower lip crenulated. 
Apulean Cat-mint. Pl. 1 foot. 
19 N. ruperdsa (Lin. spec. p. 798.) stem erect, simple, rather 
woolly ; lower leaves petiolate ; superior ones sessile, ovate-lan- 
ceolate, crenated, dilated at the base, cordate, green on both sur- 
faces, or rather woolly beneath, wrinkled ; racemes spike-formed, 
dense, simple, elongated ; bracteas broad-ovate, reticulated, 
coloured, equalling the calyxes; tube of corolla equalling the 
calycine teeth. — x. H. Native of the South of Spain, Portu- 
gal; Atlas, near Tlemsen, Sicily. N. tuberósa, Rchb. icon. bot. 
eur. 5. p. 23. t. 439. N. lanàta, Jacq. obs. bot. 3. p. 21. t. 75. 
N. reticulata, Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 11. t. 124. Rchb. icon. bot. 
eur. 5. p. 23. t, 440. N. violàcea, Brot. N. scàbra, Tausch, 
in bot. zeit. 1831, 1. p.218. N. folidsa, Mor. elench. sard. ex 
innza, 5. p. 69.— Barrel. icon. t. 602.— Ger. emac. t. 685. f. 
7. Root fasciculately tuberous. Stems beset with rather clammy 
loose wool. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Calyx a little incurved, 
with narrow-lanceolate teeth. Corollas blue, or pale purple; 
middle lobe of lower lip crenulated. 
uberous-rooted Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1683. Pl. 
1 to 2 feet. 
20 N. Sconpóris (Lin. spec. p. 798.) plant ascending, tomen- 
tose ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, obtuse, cordate at the 
base, villously woolly on both surfaces, wrinkled ; raceme sim- 
ple, rather spike-formed ; whorls distinct, densely many-flow- 
ered ; bracteas ovate, acute, adpressed, and are, as well as the 
calyxes, villously woolly. 2t. H. Native of Candia. Viv. fl. 
libyc, t. 6. f£. 2, N. tomentòsa, Sieb. pl. exsic.—Alp. exot. p. 
805 
284. t. 283. Leaves scarcely an inch long: floral leaves sessile. 
Teeth of calyx nearly equal. Corolla glabrous, white? ; tube 
incurved, a little exserted. 
Var. (2, viridis (Benth. lab. p. 473.) base of plant almost gla- 
brous, and the top very villous; leaves green on both surfaces. 
U4. H. Native of Sicily. S. hirsüta, Lin. spec. 798. but not of 
others. N. Scordótis, Lin. spec. 798. N. procümbens, Mill. 
dict. no. 10.—Boce. sic. p. 48. t. 25. f. 2. Corollas white. 
Scordotis Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 1 to 14 
foot. ik 
21 N. circinna'ra (Willd. enum. p. 602.) stem simple, erect ; 
spikes ovate, solitary ; leaves ovate-cordate, crenated, petiolate ; 
bracteas ovate, acute. 2/. H. Native of Cappadocia. Leaves 
3 inches long. 
Circinnate Cat-mint. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
22 N. supra (Stev. in mem. soc. nat. car. mosq. 3. p. 165.) 
stems decumbent; leaves oval, sub-cordate, sessile, villous; 
bracteas subulate, about equal in length to the calyxes ; whorls 
almost sessile, approximate. %. H. Native of Eastern Cauca- 
sus, in stony places at the falls of Choodgal, Steven; on Alp 
Tafandagh, among fragments of schistous. N. fissa, Meyer, 
verz. pflanz. p. 93. Meyer, in his verz. pflanz. p. 93, gives 
the following description of the plant: plant villous; root 
creeping ; stem erectish, a little branched; leaves nearly ses- 
sile, ovate or oblong, bluntish, crenately toothed ; cymes nearly 
sessile, collected into a terminal head ; calyxes membranaceous, 
exceeding the subulate bracteas, but shorter than the tube of the 
corolla; lobes acuminated, mucronate. Corollas blue. 
Trailing Cat-mint. Pl. decumbent. 
23 N. ctutinosa (Benth. lab. p. 735.) stem erect, branched, 
clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves sessile, ovate or lanceo- 
late, deeply toothed, green on both surfaces, clammy, finely pu- 
bescent ; raceme simple; whorls distant, or the upper ones are 
sub-spicate ; bracteas linear, very acute: outer ones a little 
shorter than the calyxes; calyx elongated, striated, with short 
acute teeth; tube of corolla much exserted. 2%.H. Native of 
the Himalaya, between Poyé and Rici, Jacquemont. Leaves 
rather bullate above, 3 to $ inch Jong, the nerves very prominent 
beneath ; inflorescence almost of N. Itálica, and N. distans, but 
the lower cymes are, for the most part, solitary. Calyx clothed 
with clammy pubescence. Corolla violaceous; tube incurved, 
twice as long as the calyx ; lips short. 
Clammy Cat-mint. Pl. 1 to 1} foot. 
Secr. III. Srecione’peta (from areyw, stego, to cover, and 
Nepéta.) Benth. lab. p. 474. Cymes condensed into many- 
flowered whorls, often pedunculate: superior ones sub-spicate. 
Racemes simple, rarely remote. Bracteas about equal in length 
to the calyxes, or exceeding them. Calyx sometimes elongated, 
incurved, with an oblique mouth, and lanceolate or subulate 
teeth, the upper teeth the largest; sometimes almost straight, 
with nearly equal teeth. Corolla having the tube hardly or a 
little exserted, and the throat inflated. 
24 N. SıstHórrI (Benth. lab. p. 474.) plant ascending or 
erect, branched at the base, tomentose or woolly ; leaves petio- 
late, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate, wrinkled, clothed with soft 
hoary tomentum or wool; whorls dense, many-flowered: lower 
ones distant : the superior ones crowded into a terminal-oblong 
spike ; bracteas ovate or oblong, subulately awned, equalling the 
calyxes ; calyx ovate, with nearly equal awned teeth, which are 
equal in length to the tube ; corolla hardly twice as long as the 
calyx. 2. H. Native on mountains about Athens, and near 
Zara in Dalmatia. N. Itálica, Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. t. 
518. but not of Lin, Stems decumbent at the base, and woody ; 
