^15 SYLVA TELLUA. 



435, Gnoteris Raf. (n. gr.) Mesospheruni 

 Brown, diff. Ballota, cal. lOstriatus teres trunca- 

 te Sarist. Galea ovata fornicata carinata, bre- 

 vis, labio 4fido, 2 later, erectis magnis, 2 inf. de- 

 flexa, stigma simplex obtusum. sem. 2 ovata. 

 Frutescens, splcis foliosis. Several types all 

 fragrant of American bushes, and perhaps BaL 

 disticha of India also fragrant is a subgenus of 

 It by calix mutic Noterias Raf. Mesospherum 

 has no true meaning, Gnoteris was a name of 



Dioscorides. Lheritier wrongly united it to his 

 Bystropogon. 



436. Gnoteris cordata Raf. Bal. suaveolens 

 L. fol. longe petiol. cord, undulatis, serrato sin- 

 uatis rugosis axillis 4-6floris — South America. 



437. Gnoteris villosa Raf. Bal. suaveolens 

 Sw. obs. 225, fol. petiol. ellipt. subrotundis obt, 

 crenatis villosis, axillis 3-5floris — Jamaica, An- 

 tilles, flowers blue. 



438. NosTELis Raf. (n. gr.) diff. Satureia, cal, 

 5gonus idstriat. 5fidus. galea bifida, labio trifi- 

 do, lac. media concava inflexa,stig. simplex acut. 

 sem. 4. Frutescens, fi. axil, hibracteatis 

 several types of Amer. Shrubs, quite different 

 from Satureia, as much so as my G, Piloble- 

 phis 604 New Flora. No Satureia grows in 

 America. 



439. Nostelis viminea Raf. Sat. do L. auct. 

 Frute«cens, fol. ovatis lanceol. integris, subtus 

 toment. nervosis, supra scabriusculis, fl. gemin. 

 pedic. fol. eq. — Antilles, flowers white in all and 

 autumnal. 



440. Nostelis minor Raf. Satur. viminea Sw. 

 ©bs. Frutescens ramis rigidis ferugineis, fol. obi. 



cuneatis glabris, fl. ternis subsessilib — Jamaica 

 on high Mts. 2 or 3 feet high. 



441. Nostelis arhorea Raf. Sat- vim. var. 



