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LOPHASTHUS* anisatus. 

 Afiise-scented Lophanthus. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. LabiaTjE. § Satureinece Bentham MSS. 



LOPHANTHUS. — Calyx tubulosus, 15-striatus,5-dentatus, subsequalis 

 V. apice subincurvus. CorollcB tubus calycem subsequans; labia subsequalia; 

 superius erectum emarginatum v. bifidum, inferius 3-fidum, lobis suberectis, 

 medio lato crenato, lateralibus minoribus. Stamina 4, exserta, distantia. 

 Antherarum loculi paralleli v. demiim subdivergentes. — Bentham MSS. 



L. anisatus ; foliis ovatis acutis serratis subtus canescentibus, verticillis 

 densis spicatis ; inferioribus subremotis, calycibus pubescentibus, denti- 

 bus ovatis. Bentham MSS. 



Hyssopus anisatus. Nutt. gen. 2. p. 27. 



Hyssopus discolor. Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. 3. p. 97. 



A handsome hardy perennial, native of borders of thickets on the 

 plains of the Missouri. With us it flowers profusely in the months 

 of July, August, and September, and is remarkable for the strong 

 scent of anise which it yields when slightly bruised. It is a neat 

 species, much better known on the continent than in this country. 

 Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. 



For the following remarks we are indebted to our friend 

 Mr. Bentham, by whom Labiatae have been made a particular 

 study, and to whom we confidently look for rescuing them from 

 a state of confusion, that has been gradually increasing since the 

 days of Linnaeus, until it has become the disgrace of Botany. 



J. L. 



" This genus is nearly allied to Hyssopus and to Nepeta. It differs from the former by 

 its habit, by the middle division of the lower lip of the corolla, which is broad and 

 crenate, instead of being divided into two entire divergent lobes, and by the anthers, of 

 which the cells are parallel, not divaricate. The form of the corolla, the divergent 

 stamina, and the parallel cells of the anthers, distinguish it from Nepeta. 



* From Xo(po;, the crest of a helmet, and av^o;, a flower ; because the flowers have 

 been thought to have a crested appearance. 



