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clothed with floccose tomentum; leaves oblong, obtuse, cre- 
nated, truncate or subcordate at the base, greenish above, and 
clothed with white tomentum beneath; bracteas oblong-lanceo- 
late, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with white tomen- 
tum; calycine segments lanceolate, softly acuminated. k. H. 
Native of Spain, near Malaga. Smith, spicil. 6. t. 7. P. ferru- 
ginea, Mill. dict. no. 12. P. salvieefolia, Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 
3. p. 58. t. 359. Floral leaves ovate-lanceolate, much longer 
than the whorls. Corollas reddish-purple; upper lip tomen- 
tosely villous outside. Appendages of upper filaments subu- 
late. 
Purple-flowered Phlomis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1661. Shrub 
2 to 3 feet. 
10 P. Ira’tica (Smith, spicil. 1. t. 6.) shrubby, clothed with 
floccose tomentum ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, truncate 
at the base, wrinkled; whorls dense; bracteas linear, obtuse, 
adpressed, about equalling the calyxes, clothed with floccose 
tomentum ; calyx truncate, with very short obtuse mutic teeth. 
h. H. Native of Spain, Italy, and Balearic Islands. P. ro- 
tundifólia, Mill. dict. no. 13. fig. 202. Wool subferruginous or 
white. Leaves all petiolate, 2-3 inches long, velvety on the 
upper surface, a little crenated. Corollas purple. Upper fila- 
ments thickened a little under the insertion. This differs from 
P. purpürea in the calyxes and bracteas. 
Italian Phlomis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1661. _ Shrub 1 to 2 
feet. 
11 P. extr'rrica (Benth. lab. p. 626.) shrubby, clothed with 
subfloccose tomentum ; leaves ovate-elliptic, truncate at the 
base, much wrinkled, clothed with floccose tomentum beneath, 
or on both surfaces: whorls dense, many-flowered ; bracteas 
lanceolate, linear, bluntish, stiff, clothed with floccose wool ; calyx 
truncate, with linear stiff pungent teeth. h. F. Native of 
Persia. Branches at length glabrous towards the tops. Leaves 
an inch long, at length naked above, but clothed with floccose 
tomentum on both surfaces while young. Whorls about 10- 
flowered. Corolla purplish. 
Elliptic-leaved Phlomis. Shrub. 
12 P.rana‘ra (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 41.) shrubby; branches 
divaricate, clothed with subfloccose wool; leaves small, ovate- 
roundish, very blunt, roundly cuneated at the base, much wrin- 
kled, green above, and clothed with white wool beneath; brac- 
teas ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, shorter than the calyxes, and 
are, as well as them, clothed with white wool; calycine teeth 
very short, obtuse, or stiffly mucronulate. h.H. Native of 
Calabria and Candia. P. parvifolia, Presl. del. prag. p. 86. P. 
microphylla, Sieb. in bot. zeit. 1823. 2. p. 598. Shrub divari- 
cately much branched. Branches clothed with rusty wool. 
Whorls solitary on the branches, or twin and remote, 6-8-flow- 
ered. Corolla yellow ; upper lip clothed with velvety to- 
mentum. 
Woolly Phlomis. 
feet. 
13 P. ancustiréuta (Mill. dict. no. 2.) shrubby; branches 
clothed with floccose tomentum ; leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, 
truncate at the base, much wrinkled, canescent above, and 
clothed with white tomentum beneath ; bracteas lanceolate, cloth- 
ed with soft white tomentum, mutic ; calyx clothed with white 
tomentum ; calycine teeth truncate, mucronate, very short and 
stiff. h.F. Native among rocks in the desert of Sinai, Bove; 
and in the Grecian Archipelago. P. flavéscens, Mill. dict. no. 10. 
This species differs from P. purpürea, in the stem being taller ; 
in the calyxes being truncate, &c. Corolla cream-coloured, size 
of those of P. purpürea. 
Narrow-leaved Phlomis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1596. Shrub. 
14 P. rruricdsa (Lin. spec. p. 818.) shrubby; branches 
clothed with floccose tomentum ; leaves ovate or oblong, roundly 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1696. Shrub 1 to 2 
LABIATJE. XCIII. Purowrs. 
cuneated at the base, wrinkled, green above, and clothed with 
white tomentum beneath ; whorls densely many-flowered ; brac- 
teas broad-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, greenish, ciliated, 
villous ; calyx villous, with truncate teeth, which end each in a 
subrecurved, or spreading, subulate, stiff acumen. h. H. Na- 
tive of the region of the Mediterranean, in dry exposed places 
of mountains ; as of Sicily, Abruzzo, Greece, Levant, &c. Sims, 
bot. mag, 1843. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 51. t. 568. 
P. ferrugínea, Hortul. but not of Tenore nor Mill. P. latifolia, 
Mill. dict. no 3.—Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 15. Shrub branched. 
Tomentum of branches usually yellowish. Leaves 2-3 inches 
long, quite entire, or more or less crenated, villous above. 
Whorls solitary or twin at the tops of the branches, 20-30-flow- 
ered. Corollas yellow or dusky yellow, showy. Appendages of 
upper filaments recurved. 
Shrubby Phlomis, or Jerusalem Sage. 
1596. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
15 P. rennvGr NEA (Tenore, fl. nap. 2. p. 36. t. 57.) shrubby; 
branches clothed with loose floccose tomentum ; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, obtuse, crenulated, cordate at the base, much wrin- 
kled, villous and green above, but clothed with loose floccose 
tomentum beneath; bracteas lanceolate, hispid; calyx villous, 
with a long-haired throat, and short stiff subulate teeth. h. H. 
Native of Lucania and Japygia, Tenore. Branches clothed with 
rusty purple loose wool. Leaves 2-3 inches long, green above, 
and canescent beneath. Whorls 12-20-flowered. Corollas yel- 
low, densely tomentose outside. Appendages of upper fila- 
ments short, acute. 
Var. B, Crética (Benth. lab. p. 627.) leaves lanately villous, 
canescent; bracteas linear-subulate. h. H. Native of Can- 
dia. P. fruticdsa, Sieb. pl. cret. exs. P. Crética, Presl. del 
Fl. June, July. Cit. 
prag. 
Rusty Phlomis. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
16 P. visco'sa (Poir. dict. 5. p. 271.) shrubby; branches 
scarcely tomentose; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 
truncate or subcordate at the base, green above, and scarcely to- 
mentose beneath ; whorls many-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate- 
linear, ciliated; calyx hispid, with truncate, subulately acumi- 
nated, stiff, rather spreading teeth, 2 of the teeth longer than the 
rest. A.H. Native of the Levant. P. virens, D. C. cat. 
hort. monsp. p. 132. Nearly allied to P. ferruginea ; but the 
leaves are broader, greenish, and scarcely wrinkled; and the 
calyx is distinct. Leaves form of those of P. fruticósa, rather 
villous above. Whorls about 16-flowered. Corollas yellow, 
villous outside. 
Clammy Phlomis. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Shrub 2 to 3 
feet. ? $ 
§ 4. Oxveuróuis (from o£vc, oxys, sharp ; and hopos, phlo- 
mos, the Greek name of Mullien; in reference to the very acute, 
stiff, sub-pungent bracteas.) Benth. lab. p. 628. Herbs or 
under-shrubs. Whorls usually many-flomered, rarely so low as 
6-flowered. Bracteas very acute, mith stiff, rather pungent tops. 
17 P. rxocco'sa (D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 1300.) suffruticose ; 
branches clothed with white floccose wool; leaves ovate-oblong, 
cordate at the base, greenish above, and much wrinkled, a 
clothed with floccose wool beneath ; whorls densely many-flow- 
ered; bracteas linear, clothed with white wool, and are, as we 
as the calycine teeth, subulate, stiff, glabrous, and hooked at 
apex. h. F. Native of Egypt. Leaves with the auricles 
closed at the base, covered with canescent villi above. Whorls 
few, distant, large, 20-30-flowered. Corollas yellow, size of 
those of P. Samia. 
Floccose Phlomis. Fl. July, Oct. Clt.1828. Shrub 2 feet. 
18 P. nr'coron (Benth. lab. p. 629.) corolla deep yellow out- 
side; lower lip purplish above; bracteas entire ; calyxes mucro- 
