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LEPECHINIA* spicata. 

 Spiked Lepechinia. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. LABiATjf:. § Nepetece. Bentham. 



LEPECHINIA Willd Calyx campanulatus, 13-nervis, bilabiatus, labio superiori 3-dentato 



aristato, inferior! truncato biaristato, post anthesin inflexo calycem claudente : fauce intus nuda. 

 Corolla tubo calyce breviori, bilabiata : labio superiori erecto emarginato subplano : inferiori 

 patente 3-fido, lobo medio integerrimo. Stamina 4, sub labio superiori asceudentia, lateraliter 

 divergentia. Antherw biloculares, loculis divergentibus demum divaricatis. Stylus apice sub- 

 aequaliter bifidus. Achenia sicca, leevia — Bentham. 



L. spicata. Willd. hort. berol. 1. p. 21. t. 21. enum. 2. 612. Kunth synopsis, 2. 87- 

 Horminum caulescens. Orteg. dec. p. 63. Pers. synops. 2. 132. 



We have frequently seen this plant raised from collections of Mexican seeds, 

 wherefore we suppose it to be a common weed in that country. With us it is a 

 hardy annual or biennial, growing a foot or two high, flowering from June to 

 October, and readily increased by seeds. 



Our principal motive for publishing it now is for the purpose of giving a figure 

 something better than the very bad one of Willdenow, which is commonly quoted, 

 and Mr. Bentham's amended character of the genus. 



We also profit by the present opportunity to continue that gentleman's cha- 

 racters of LabiatfiB, comprising all the genera, except those of Ocymoidece, which 

 will appear hereafter. 



J. L. 

 {Continued from fol. 1289.) 

 " 56. Chaiturus. Mcench.. — Calyx ovatus, 5-10-nervis, aequalis, 5-dentatus, aristatus, intiis fauce 

 nuda. Corolla tubo calycem subaequante, bilabiata, labiis subaequalibus : superiori erecto integro 

 fornicato : inferiori patente trifido, lobo medio integro. Stamina 4, sub labio superiori ascendentia, 

 e tabo vix exserta. Antherae biloculares, loculis divaricatis. Stylus apice subaequaliter bifidus. 

 Achenia sicca, leevia. 



57. Cymaria. Benth Calyx subglobosus, sub lO-nervis, aequalis, 5-deutatus, fauce coarctata 



intus nuda. Corolla tubo subexserto, bilabiata, labiis subaequalibus : superiori erecto integro 

 fornicato : inferiori patente 3-fido, lobo medio integro. Stamina 4, sub labio superiori ascendentia. 

 Antherae biloculares, loculis divaricatis. Styli lobus superior brevissimus. Achenia sicca, punc- 

 tato-rugosa. 



Species 2 Indicae. 1. C. elongata Benth. in Wall. cat. herb. ind. no. 2079. 2. C. diehotoma 

 Benth. in 1. c. no. 2080. Habitus Craniotomis. 



58. Craniotome. Reichenb Calyx ovatus, post anthesin subglobosus, sub 10-nervis, aequalis, 



5-dentatus, fauce coarctata intus villosa. Corolla tubo exserto, bilabiata, labio superiori bre- 

 vissimo erecto integro, inferiori longiore patente 3-fido. Stamina 4, sub labio superiori ascendentia. 

 Antherae biloculares, loculis demiim divaricatis. Stylus apice subaequaliter bifidus. Achenia 

 sicca, laevia. 



This genus appears to me to have no affinity to Anisomeles, with which Sprengel has joined it. 



59. Nepeta. Linn Calyx tubulosus, basi subgibbus, 15-nervis, aequalis, v. ore obliquus, 



5-dentatus, intiis fauce nuda. Corolla tubo subexserto, fauce inflata, bilabiata, labiis sub- 

 aequalibus : superiori erecto emarginato fornicato v. subplano : inferiori patente 3-fido, lobis 

 lateralibus reflexis, medio lato concavo. Stamina 4, sub labio superiori ascendentia. Antherae 

 biloculares, loculis divaricatis. Stylus apice subaequaliter bifidus. Achenia sicca, minute rugoso- 

 punctata, rariiis laevia. 



60. Glechoma. Linn Calyx tubulosus, 15-nervis, aequalis, 5-dentatus, intiis fauce nuda. 



Corolla tubo exserto, fauce inflata, bilabiata, labiis sub»qualil)us : superiori erecto subplano 



* Named after Lepechin, a Russian Botanist and traveller. 

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