808 
an oblique mouth; corolla twice as long as the calyx, with a 
shortly exserted tube. X4. H. Native of the Levant, Tourne- 
fort. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 6. p. 19. t. 585. This species dif- 
fers from N. Mussini in the erect stem. 
Racemose-flowered Cat-mint. Pl. 
41 N. Mussrwi (Henkel, adumb. pl. p. 15. Benth. lab. p. 
480.) diffuse; branches ascending, clothed with hoary pubes- 
cence; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the 
base, green and wrinkled above, and canescent beneath ; racemes 
loose, simple, secund ; cymes nearly sessile, few-flowered ; 
bracteas much shorter than the calyxes; calyx elongated, in- 
curved, clothed with soft wool, with an oblique mouth ; corolla 
twice as long as the calyx, with a shortly exserted tube. 2. H. 
Native of Caucasus and Iberia, on stony hills. Rchb. icon. bot. 
eur. 6. p. 20. t. 587. N. longiflóra, Sims, bot. mag. t. 923.? 
bad, but not of Vent. N. salviefólia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 115. 
N. cyanótricha, Tausch, in bot. zeit. 1831. 1. p. 218.? N. ar- 
géntea, N. diffüsa, N. incàna, N. lamiifolia, N. teucrioides, N. 
violàcea, N. Willdenoviàna, &c. &c. Hort. Corollas pale blue, a 
little smaller than those of N. colorata. The leaves in the cultivated 
specimens are very like those of N. coloráta, but those of the 
wild specimens are much smaller, more wrinkled, and more 
woolly beneath. 
Mussin's Cat-mint. 
2 feet. 
42 N. cRANDIFLORA (Bieb fl. cauc. 2. p. 42.) erect, almost 
glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cor- 
date at the base, green above, and pale and canescent beneath ; 
racemes a little branched at the base ; cymes pedunculate, many- 
flowered ; bracteas much shorter than the calyxes; calyx elon- 
gated, incurved, nearly glabrous, with an oblique mouth; corolla 
twice as long as the calyx, with a shortly exserted tube. %. H. 
Native throughout Caucasus, in grassy mountain woods ; island 
of Melos. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 3. p. 68. t. 279. N. melissze- 
folia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 115. and many other authors, but not of 
Lam. N. lamiifdlia, Hoffm. hort. mosc. ex Bieb. N. colorata, 
Willd. enum. 2. p. 602. N. argéntea, N. grandis, N. incàna, N. 
teucrioides, N. violàcea, &c.  Hortul. Stems many feet high, 
branched, glabrous or pubescent towards the tops. Corollas 
blue, 7 lines long, incurved. This with N. Mussini have pro- 
duced various hybrids in the gardens. 
Great-flowered Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1806. 
to 6 feet. 
43 N. BETONICÆFÒLIA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 92.) erect, 
almost simple, villously tomentose ; lower leaves petiolate : supe- 
rior ones sessile, ovate-lanceolate, crenated, cordate at the base, 
green on both surfaces, and clothed with soft pubescence; ra- 
cemes short, simple; whorls all dense ; bracteas much shorter 
than the calyxes ; calyx elongated, villous, with a scarcely ob- 
lique dilated mouth ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, with an 
exserted tube, which is attenuated at the base. Y.H. Native 
of Caucasus, on the Talusch mountains. This differs from N. 
grandiflora, in the superior part of the stem, leaves, calyxes, and 
corolas being clothed with soft tomentum ; and in the racemes 
being short and spike-formed. 
Betony-leaved Cat-mint. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. ? 
44. N. sarviæròLia (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. 
p- 979.) erect, clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves petiolate, 
ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, wrinkled at the base, 
clothed with soft tomentum on both surfaces, canescent above 
and white beneath ; racemes loose, almost simple ; cymes pedun- 
culate, elongated, many-flowered; bracteas very short; calyx 
oblong, erect, pubescent, with an oblique mouth ; corolla more 
than twice as long as the calyx. %. H. Native of the Valley 
of Cashmere, Royle; on the mountains of Pyr-Pundjal and 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1804. Pl. diffuse, 
Pl. 4 
LABIATZE. LXVIII. Nereta. 
Hlamabad, Jacquemont. 
slender, 6-7 lines long. 
Sage-leaved Cat-mint. Pk 
45 N. metisserouia (Lam. dict. 1. p. 711. but not of Bieb,) 
plant erect, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 
cordate at the base, green on both surfaces, villous: the superior 
ones sessile, acute; racemes loose, nearly simple; bracteas 
shorter than the calyxes ; calyx elongated, incurved, pubescent, 
with an oblique mouth ; corolla scarcely twice as long as the 
calyx. 24. H. Native of the Grecian Archipelago, on arid 
hills ; as of Candia and Melos, &c. Desf. in ann. mus. 10. p. 
301. t. 23. Allied to N. grandiflora. Hairs on stem rather 
glandular. Leaves scarcely an inch long. Calyx coloured a 
little. Corollas blue or purple, a little smaller than those of 
N. grandiflora. Perhaps this species is referrible to Sect, Macro- 
népeta. Branches of root fusiform. à 
Balm-leaved Cat-mint. Fl, July, Aug. Clt. 1752.  Pl.1to 
2 feet. 
Leaves hardly an inch long. Corolla 
Sect. V. Macnowr'erTA (from pgaxpoc, macros, long, and 
Nepeta ; in allusion to the long corollas.) Benth. lab. p. 482. 
Cymes pedunculate, few-flowered. Racemes terminal, very 
loose, a little branched. Superior floral leaves or all bractea- 
formed. Calyx elongated, with an oblique mouth and lanceolate 
or ovate teeth; the superior teeth rather the broadest. Corolla 
much exserted, with a slender exserted tube, and an inflated 
throat. 3 
46 N. macra’ntwa (Fisch. hort. gorenk. Benth. lab. p. 482.) 
erect, branched, nearly glabrous; leaves on short petioles, ovate- 
lanceolate, serrately crenated, truncate, or subcordate at the 
base, green on both surfaces : racemes elongated, rather loose; 
bracteas minute; calyx incurved, with lanceolate teeth ; corolla 
3 times as long as the calyx, having the tube much exserted and 
attenuated at the base. 2. H. Native of Siberia, among the 
Altaian mountains. Dracocéphalum Sibiricum, Lin. spec. 830. 
Pall. fl: ross. 3. t. 13. Sims. bot. mag. 2185. Moldavica elata, 
Meench. meth. p. 410. Moldávica Sibirica, Moench. ex Steud. 
nom. bot. p. 285. Dracocéphalum, &c. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 284. t. 
51. Root creeping. Leaves 2-8 inches long. Corolla showy, 
1 to 13 inch long, blue. 
Long-flowered Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1760. Pl, 1 
to 2 feet. 
47 N. Govania'na (Benth. lab. p. 482.) plant erect, branched, 
clothed with fine pubescence ; leaves on short petioles, ample, 
oblong-elliptic, crenated, rounded at the base ; racemes elongated, 
loose, a little branched, bracteas minute ; calyx a little incurved, 
with lanceolate teeth ; corolla 4 times as long as the calyx, WI 
a very slender much exserted tube. 4. H. Native of t 
Himalaya; as in Cashmere, Kidarkonta, and Kanaour, Royle; 
Sirmore and Kamaon, Wall. Dracocéphalum Govaniànum, Wall. 
pl. rar. asiat. 2. p. 65. Allied to the preceding.  Corollas 
yellowish. 
Gonan's Cat-mint. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. ? : 
48 N. xnE'crA (Benth. lab. p. 482.) stem erect, pubescent ; 
leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, Wr! " 
cordate at the base, rather canescent beneath ; racemes Pegaso 
rather loose ; bracteas minute ; calyx rather incurved ; corolla 
more than twice as long as the calyx, having the tube much ex- 
serted and attenuated at the base. %. H. Native of Kanaour 
on the mountains, Royle. Dracocéphalum eréctum, Royle, T 
Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 380. Allied to N. macráni e 
but differs in the leaves being wrinkled and canescent beneath 
and in the flowers being a little smaller. Perhaps both this x 
the preceding are varieties of N. macrántha. Corolla violaceo 
