L A B I A T A E 3oi 



bractcolis anguslc lanceolalis lincaiibusvc, acnniinalis, caliccs siibac- 

 quanlihns; calicis, Inhiilosi , mcdio coarclati , dcutibns lanccolatis, 

 suprcuio longiorc ; corollac tiibo brcvitcr exscrto. 



Nepcla foliosa Mouis Slirp. said. 1^1. fasc. 3. j). ro. Hkntii. in DC. rioil. 12. 

 p. 386. BKnTOL. Fl. iial. (i. p. ^3. 



Tc. — Tab. cvii. 



Caiilis, basi, cacspitosns, rrnlicosns, corlicc rnfo-cincrasccntc: raini 

 asccudcnlcs ercctivc, uuuc villosuli, nuuc fcrc laungiuosi, siinpliccs 

 aut, in ranuilos oppositos, brcvcs, divisi. Folia scsqnnciam, ad ma- 

 ximniu, louga, uuciamque lata , crcuata aciitcve, passimvc obtnse , 

 deutata aut serrato-dcntata , rngosa, facic viridia vircutiave , dorso 

 pallcutia aut cinerasceutia , ibidcmqne praescrtim , pubesccutia aut 

 viUoso-piibcsccnlia: nunc omuia, praeter suprcma, ovata, nuuc iufima 

 dumtaxat ovata , proxime sequeutia ovalo-olilouga , scusim brcvius 

 petiolala: iloralia scssilia , caeteris tamen, pleraque saltem, conformia, 

 superiora lanceolata, scnsim augnsliora, snnnna intcgra. Verticillastri, 

 ad foliorum, panciornm plnrinmve, axillas, invicem, remotinsculi, su- 

 prcmique dnmtaxat, pauci, invicem proximi ant coufcrti. Cyiuae Iji- 

 tri-uuiltiflorae, inferiores brevitcr peduuculatac, snpcriores subsessiles. 

 Bractcolae villoso-pubescentes ciliataeque, nonnullae , identidem, una 

 cum calicis laciniis, apice purpnrascentcs. Calix tnbulosus, i3-i5- 

 uervius , cxtns villoso-pubesceus glaudulisque flavicantibus obsitus , 

 intns glabcrrimus, versus apicem paiillnlum dilatatus, oblique et plns 

 luiuusvc profnude 5-deutatus, dcutibus lauccolatis ant triaugularibus, 

 nunc brevins, nuuc longius aciuuinatis : tribns superioribus vix ma- 

 joribus, intermcdio Iateralil)ns uonuibil longioic, dnobns iufcrioribus 

 paullo brcvioribns. Corolla cocrulca aut albida, extns (praeter quam 

 ad plcramque partem lobi termiualis labii iuferioris) pubcscens glau- 

 dulifeiaqne: labii ejns superioris lobi ovato-orbicnlarcs: infcrioris latc- 

 rales semiorbiculati , plaui , patcntes ant patnli puuctis piirpnra- 

 scentibns adspersi, tcrmiualis , e basi coidato-cuneata , orbicularis, 

 egrcgie concavus , crcnatns , superna baseos facie barbatus , inferna 

 longinscule villiger, cactera parte giabcr. Stjlns. infcrnc, glaiidnlis 



