Tap. 8384. 
DRACOCEPHALUM araunense. 
North-eastern Asia. 
LABIATAE. Tribe NEPETEAE. 
DracoorPHaLum, Linn.; Benth. et Hook, f. Gen, Plant. vol. ii, p. 1199. 
Dracocephalum argunense, Fisch. ex Link, Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. vol. ii. 
p. 118; Heichb. Ic. et Deser. Pl. t.1; Lodd. Bot. Cub. t. T97; Sweet, Brit. 
fl. Gard. vol. i. t. 47; Benth. Lab. Gen. et Sp. p. 499, et in DC. Prodr, 
vol. xii. p. 402; Komarov in Acta Horti Petrop. vol. xxv. p. 356; species 
pe on Linn., valde affinis, sed floribus multo majoribus praesertim 
ert. 
Herba perennis, Caules graciles, saepe numerosi et simplices, 3-6 dm. alti, 
praesertim in nodos plus minusve pubescentes, interdum inferne glabre- 
scentes. olia lineari-lanceolata, linearia vel lanceolata, 3-7 cm. longa, 
2-4 mm, raro ad 10 mm. lata, apice obtusa, interdum leviter emarginata, 
basi in petiolum brevissimum attenuata, integra, margine saltem siccitate 
plus minusve revoluta, supra scaberula, infra minute glanduloso-punctata, 
in costam pilis paucis hispidis praedita, saepe hispidulo-ciliata; axillae 
foliorum saepe ramulis abbreviatis folia minora gerentibus. Verticillastri 
2-6-flori, approximati vel inferiores distantes, racemum spiciformem 
terminalem 4-7 cm. raro ad 12 cm. longum formantes. Practeae ellipticae 
vel ovato-lanceolatae, acuminatae, subspinescentes, basi cuneatae, albo- 
ciliatae, calycem saepissime paulum breviores. Bracteolae lanceolatae, 
circiter 1 cm. longae. Pedicelli 3-6 mm. longi, pubescentes. Calyx circiter 
2 cm. longus, tubuloso-campanulatus, basi sinuum inter dentos breviter 
protrusus, puberulus vel interdum pilosus; labium superum 3-fidum, 
dentibus 5-7 mm. longis lateralibus triangulari-lanceolatis quam dens 
medius elliptico-ovatus minoribus; labium inferum 2-fidum, dentibus 
triangulari-lanceolatis vix 1 em. longis ut ceteribus subspinescentibus et 
breviter ciliatis. Corol/a 3-4 cm. longa, violaceo-coerulea, extra albo- 
punctata, plus minusve villosa, intra in labium inferum albo-maculata, 
praesertim in labinm superum villosa; tubus incurvatus, inferne vix 2 mm. 
latus, superne abrupte ampliatus et valde veutricosus, 10-12 mm, latus; 
labium superum suborbiculare, galeatum, 8 mm. longum, emarginatum ; 
labium inferum patens, circiter 12 mm. longum, lobo medio obovato- 
obreniforme 10-12 mm. Jatum, lobis lateralibus subrotundis multo majore, 
Stamina e tubo exserta, labio supero paulum breviora; antherae dense 
albo-villosae. Nuculae trigonae, 3-5 mm. longae, inferue albo-villosae.— 
D. Ruyschiana, var. speciosum, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. vol. iii. p. 390; Gartenfl. 
1880, p. 875, cum fig. D. Ruyschiana, var. japonicum, A. Gray in Mem. 
Amer. Acad. N.S. vol. vi. p. 403; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xii. 
p. 166, fig. 29. D. Ruyschiuna, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. vol. i. 
p. 376; Franch. Pl. David. p. 240, non Linn. L. Ruyschianwm, Forbes & 
Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Svc. vol. xxvi. p. 292. D. a/taicense, Hort. Vilm, ex 
Vilm. Fl. Pl. Terre, ed. 1, p. 250, non Laxm.-S. A. Skan. 
The handsome Dracocephalum which is the subject of our 
plate belongs to the small section Luyschiana, looked upon 
by authors earlier than Linnaeus as a separable genus, 
Joty, 1911. 
