8 DIDVYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA, Phlomis. — 
Root annual, Stems nearly erect, four-sided, villous, bran- 
chy near the base, from one totwo feet high. Leaves oppo- 
site, petioled, cordate, serrate, downy. Peduneles axillary, 
solitary, round, longer than the petioles, supporting a dicho- 
tomous head of many small purple flowers, at and near the 
apex they become more and more approximate, and the leaves 
smaller and smaller, and may then be called exterior bractes. 
Bractes numerous, lanceolate, ciliate. Calyx ventricose, ten- 
ribbed, five-toothed, villous, Anthers twin, Seeds very small. 
The plant possesses a pleasant smell, not unlike that of 
balm, and has a pungent bitterish taste, 
LEONURUS. Schreb. Sen XN. 9 
Bathe «speineee with glossy y dots 
Le aterius. Willd. ill, 116. 
Annual, erect, four-sided. Leaves from bipinnatifid to sim- 
ple. Calyces with divisions daggered. Involucres bristly, 
upper lip of the corol vaulted. 
Cardiaca foliis tenuis, &c, Mill, fig. 4. 80. 
Its native place uncertain, though common in gardens all - 3 
Sver India. It is a plant of short duration, not more than ag 
three or four mouths, but eset is a constant soe bal 
them all the — 
PHLOMIS. Schreb. gen. N.978. 
Calyx angular, toothed; upper lip of the emt corol 
vaulted, incumbent, Sina 
1. P. repeti, VEE Willd. iii, 126. Sire come: 
Annual, straight, _ Leaves long-petioled, cordate ceo, a8 
downy. Calyx sept spine ee” the SAP and lower 
larger. 
_ Hind, Hejur-chei. 
