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PHLOMIS LUNARIFOLIA. 8. Russeliana: Rvs- 
SELLS HONESTY-LEAVED PuLomMis. 
: Siowinilain Giricghcbasinat: 
Gesibvit Character. 
Cal. 5-gonus, 5-dentatus. Corolle gale@ incutbens, 
carmato-compressa, barbata, emarginata V. incisa; lab. 
verius proportionatum: lobo medio majore. Stigma 
superiore breviore. Brown in Hort. Kew. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. fi 
Putomis lunarifolia ; foliis cordatis crenatis subtus tomen- 
tosis, bracteis ovato-lanceolatis fasciculato - ciliatis 
mucronatis. Smith Prodr. Fl. Grec. 1. p. 414. 
Putomis samia herbacea, lunariz folio. Tournef. Cor. 10. 
(¢.) Russeliana, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, verticillis dis- 
tantibus. eee 7 
Putomis Russeliana. Lagasca Mss. ( 
ERBE —_ forte varietas floribus luteis. Russell Alepp. 2. 
a 
+4 Or. or 
The stem of this plant is square, with the 
ed; leaves large, ailctc decaste, hairy, though green, on 
€ upper surface, white-tomentose and very rugose-veined 7 
on the under; in form they are not unlike those of Lu- 
NARIA redeviva, or common Honesty ; the Bractes, which 
are described by Sir James E. Smura as ovate-lanceolate, 
in our specimens, though somewhat dilated at the base, 
#re Very narrow, but clothed as he describes with fascicu- 
lated hairs; the calyx and colour of the corolla also cor- 
respond with his description. Our friend Mr. Lamserr is 
enfident that this plant is the Patomrs /unarifolia of the 
7, cromus flore grace ; but the eminent Spanish botanist, 
M. Laeasca, now an unfortunate exile in this country, ang 
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