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AUDIBEIITIA* incana. 

 Hoary Audibertia. 



DIANDRIA MONOCYNIA. 



Nat. ord. L.MUAT^ Juss. Tribus Nepetcce Bciitham, supra, vol. 15. 

 fol. 1289. {Introduction to the natural system of Botany, p. 239.) 



AUDIBERTIA. — Calyx ovatus, bilal)iatus, labio siiperiore siibintogro, 

 inferiore bifido, intiis fauce mida. CorolLe tubus exsertus; liinbus sub- 

 bilabiatus, labio supcriore l)iHdo, lobis patentibus ; inferiore trirtdo, lobis 

 lateralibus ovatis, patentibus, medio latissimo eniar^ijinato. Slaviina fer- 

 tilia 2, exserta. Anthcrtn dimidiatte, connect ivo elon^ato fililormi postic^ 

 in filamcntum articulato. Stylus breviter subulato-bitidus. — Bcnth. MSS. 



Audibertia incana. Bentham. 

 Salvia carnosa. Herb. Dourjlas. 



Suffrutex humilis, rainis divaricatis, terctiuscuUs, canescentibtis. Folia 

 breviter petiolata, \-\\-pollicaria, obovato-cnneata, obtusa, inteyerrima, vel 

 rariiis hinc indc obtusi} dentata, basi lonye angustata, crassiuscula, subencrviu, 

 glabriuscula, incana, deminn pallide subviridia ; floralia sessilia, latiora, 

 pubescentia, suprcvia orbiculata, ciliata, bracteis vix majora. Racemi ter- 

 viinales, simpliccs. Verticillastri densi, globosi, multijlori, distincti, infe- 

 riores ultra pollicem distantes. Bractea- calycem cp(juantes, imbricatce, orbi- 

 culatce, vel obovatce, pubcscentes, ciliatce. Calyces subsessiles, pubcscentes, 

 labio superiore lato, rotundato, obtusissi/tio ; inferioris lobi oblongi, obtusi, 

 labio superiore breviores. Corolla pallid-} cccrulea. Tubus calyce duplb 

 longior, rectus, cequalis, intiis glaber, nudas. Limbus 5-Jidus, lobis 2 su- 

 premis divaricato-patcntibus, planis, injimo latissimo, concavo, emaryinato, 

 denticulato. Genitalia longc exserta, glaberrima. Staminum siiperiorum 

 rudimenta ntdla, Styli lobus superior brevissirnus. — Bentham. 



" This plant was considered by Mr. Douglas as a species 

 of Salvia ; but it differs from that genus in habit, by the 

 form of the corolla, and by the anthers, of which the con- 



* " I have dedicated this genus to my friend M. Audibert, of Tarascon, 

 proprietor of one of the most extensive Nurseries of France, who has intro- 

 duced and naturalised in that country many rare and valuable exotics." — 

 Bentham, supn\, fol. 1282. 



