of Puiomis, containing P. nepetifoha, P. Leonurus, and 
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P. Leonitis of Linnxvs, has separated another division of - 
the genus, under the name of Leucas, by which he has_ 
reduced the genus Patomis very considerably, limiting it 
to fruticosa, purpurea, italica, Nissolii, armenica, a 
nitis, laciniata, samia, crinita, biloba, pungens, 
erba | 
venti, alpina, and perhaps tuberosa, of the hitherto re-— 
corded species. 
It is surprising that this handsome plant, which has been | 
in our gardens occasionally from the time of Grrarp, should 
never before have been figured-in any modern botanical | 
work; the wooden cut of Losex and its 
only representations existent. — 2. 
When exposed to wind and rain, the leaves are apt to 
lose their softer parts, leaving merely a network of fibres, 
pervious to the wind, whence the old name of Herba-venti. 
A hardy herbaceous perennial. Native of the South of 
Europe. Flowers from July to September. Communi- 
cated by Mr. Anperson, from the Chelsea Garden. 
copies being the 
