Nepete^e.} CXXYI. LABIAT-^. 1199 



Stamina 4, Sfepius exsurta, distantia v. divaricata, posticjs longiuribua ; antlierio 2-locn- 

 lares, loculis distinctis parallelis v, demum subdivergentibua. Discus requalis. Stylus apice 

 breviter 2-fiduSj lobis subulatis subsequalibus, Nucuhe ovoideaj, liieves. — Herbaj erectfe 

 liabitu Nepetce, foiiis dentatisj floralibus conformibufj v. s&ei^ius ad bracteas reductis. 

 Verticil! astri multiflorij nunc dcnsi in spicam termihalem confeiii v, inforiorea disaiti, 

 nunc axillares cymis utrinque plus minus evolntis, Bracteolse ssepius lineares, Corollse 

 CEerulete v. purpiu-ascentes. Florea in una specie torsione pedicelli reaiipinati. 



Species 6, America borealis et Asine orient-ilig extratropiese incolse. Benlh. in DC. Prod, xii- 

 368. Jacq. HorL Vind. i. 69 et 182 {Hy&sopm). 



76. Kepeta, Lmn. Gen. ?i- 710. (Cataiiaci Saussuria, Mi^nch^ Mdh, 337, 388,) — Calyx 

 lubulosusj 15-nervis, plerumque incurvus^ S-dentatus, ore obliquOj dentibus posticis sa^pe 

 longioribus, nee distincte 2-labiatu3, rarius ovoideua, rectua, ore dentibuaque aiqualibus. 

 Corolla) tubus basi tenuis, inclususv. exsertus, intus exannulatuaj superne in faucem am- 

 pliatus; limbus 2-labiatus. labio poatico erecto sa^pius concavo emarginato v. 2-fido, antico 

 patente 3-fido, lobo medio maximo concavo integro v. crenulat>o v- 2-fido, lobis subreflexis. 

 Stamina 4, sub labio poatico ascendentia v. rarius exserta, didynama, poaticis antica 

 superantibua ; anthene 2-looulareSj loculis divergentibus demum divaricatis. Discus 

 lequalis v, antice in glandulam lumens, integer v, breviter 4-lobus. Stylus apice breviter 

 2-fiduSj lobis subtequalibus subulatis. Nuculse ovoideae v. compressa), obtus*e, Iceves. — 

 Herbai nunc elatse erectEe, nunc diffuase porennesque v. annual Immiles interduni nauai, foiiis 

 dentatis v. incisis, floralibus ad bracteas reductis v, inferioribus rarius omnibus caulinis 

 conformibus. Verticillastri seepixis multiflori, nunc densiaaimi dissiti v. in spicam termi- 

 nalem conferti, nunc laxi cymis utrinque plus minus evolutis, v. infloreacentia tuta 

 corymboso-paniculata, rarius verticillastri pauciflori omnes axillares. Corollae saepius 

 cserule^ v, albte^ rarius flavre. 



Species ad 120, per ht^mispli^rii borealis regioncs extratropicas orbis veteris late dispersse, per- 

 paiic£e intra tropicos extens^, una specie Sfepe in America boreali v. Africa australi inquilinn, 

 BentkAnDCFrod.nn.ZIO. Walp. Ann. ili. 260, v. 682. Boiss, Diagn. PL Or. ser. 2, iv. 2'2. 

 Bimge, Lab. Pers. 53. Cav. Ic. t. 49. Vent Jard. Cd$, L 66. Jacq. HorL Vuid. t. 112; FL 

 Ausir. t 24, 129. Nees, Gen. FL Germ. Beichb. Ic. FL Germ. L 1242, 1243; Iconogr. Fur. L 

 261, 279, 30o, 439. 440, 483, 530, 585 ad 587- Haij^ie, Arzneigew. iv. t. 8. Ledeb. Ic. FL Ross. L 

 124 (Zizipkora), 412, Bene, in Jacquem. Voy. BoL L 136, 137- Sibth. FL Gr. L 547> 548- Bm/ 

 et Chaub. Fl. Pciop. L 17. Besf. in Ann. Mus, Par. x. t. 23. Moris. FL Sard. L 107. Boiss, Voy. 

 Esp. L 144. BroL Phytogr. Lusit. L 111, Hoffm. et Unk. Fl. PorL L 5. Desf. FL Ati. L 123, 124. 



Webb. Phytogr. Canar. L 165. Bot. Mag. i. 923. 



Genus in Prodmmo in secliones 9 divisura, qua^ tamen potius series existimandje inter se nee 

 limitibus defiuitis nee characteribus essentialibus separatee, etsi nonnullae pro generibus distinctis a 

 pluribus acceptse; differentia pler^iue ex habitu inflonsscentia foiiis calyce plus minus iueurvo 

 V, coroUifi tubi lon-itudine petitae, et species plures inter series diversas ambigna^. Insigniores 



sunt: 



Glechoma, Linn. Gen. n. 7J4, I^'ees, Gen. FL Germ., Bvichh. Ic. FL L 1241, Hayne, Ar^nelg. ii. 



L 8, et aitct.plur. (Cham.icclesia, Mcench, Meth. 393), et Marmorites, Benth. in Hook. BoL Misc. 

 iii. 377, sunt species perennes, diffusse v. repentes, verticilUstris pancilioris omnibus axiilaribus, 

 floribus nulio charactere a Nepetu typicis distinguendis. 



OxYNEPETA, Bunge, Lab. Pers. 68, in Mem. Acad. Pctrop. ser. 7, xxi., herboe perennes brachiato- 

 ramofifie floribus ex Bungeo monoicis sen potius dimorphis, lateralibus paullo nuijuribus submas^ 

 culis, centralibus pnecocioribus paullo minoribus fojmineis, caljcibus rectis dentibus subjequalibus, 



fructiferis campanulatis. -a • • 



Micronepeta. herbae nan^, annu;e, floribus saepuis nnmmis, cymis laxe pauciflons v. m capitulum 



conft:rtis, 



77 Bracocephalum. Linn. Gni. n. 729.— Calyx tubulosus, IS^nervis, rectus v. rarius 

 incurvus 5-dentatus, dente postico cteteris multo latiore v. 3 posticis in labium posticuin 

 coalitis ' CoroUte tubus basi tenuis, inclusua v- sfepiua exaertus, intus exannulatus. 



