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DRACOCEPHALUM SIBIRICUM. SIBERIAN 
DRAGON’ S-HEAD. 
ERE AA EE EERE 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiaA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Charaeter. 
Cor. faux inflata, lab. super. concavum, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Dracocernatum sibiricum ; floribus verticillatis, verticillis 
pedunculatis bifidis secundis, foliis lanceolatis cordatis 
acuminatis serratis glabris. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 155. 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 420. Persoon Syn. 2. p. 133. 
Dracoceruatum sibiricum ; floribus subverticillatis, pedun- 
culis bifidis secundis, foliis cordato-oblongis acuminatis 
nudis. Sp. Pl. 830. 
Neperta corymbis geminis pedunculatis axillaribus, foliis cor- 
dato-oblongis acuminatis serratis. Hort. Ups. p. 164. 
Dracoceruatum verticillis pedunculo communi elevatis se- 
cundis. Gmel. Sib. 3. p. 234. t. 51. 
Cararia montana, foliis Veronice pratensis. Buxb. Cent. 3. 
p. 2. t. Of. 1. 
Dracocernatum sibiricwm is a hardy perennial, with large 
handsome flowers, but the scent of the herb is to some persons 
very unpleasant, compared by WittpEnow to rancid oil; but 
Lixnzvs in the Hortus Upsaliensis, where he has given a full 
description of this plant, only says it has a strong scent ; for 
our own part we should say it smelt strongly of Mint, with a 
mixture of the scent of Ballota nigra or stinking Horehound. 
Its taste is hot, like peppermint, but at the same time bitterish 
and nauseous ‘I'he leaves at the lower part of the stem are 
cordate, but upon the flowering branches are frequently 
rounded at the base. 
Cultivated by Mr. James Gorpon in 1760. Flowers from 
June to August, . 
