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PHLOMIS* floccdsa. 

 Flocculeiit Phlomis. 



DIDViNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Labiate. Trihus 5. Nepelece. Bentliam. 

 PHLOMIS L Supra, fol. 1289. Bentham in notis. 



P. floccona^ floccoso-lanata ; foliis cordato-oblongis, calycis dentibus bracteisque subulatis uncinato- 



revolutis, corollae labiis adpressis, caule fruticoso — Don in litt. 



Planta fntlicosa, bipedalis, diffuse ramosa, land e pilis stellato-ramosissimis composita, floc- 

 cosd., nivea, dense obrida. Rami patentes, tetragoni, quandoque decumbentes. Folia opposita, 

 petiolala, cordato-oblonga, obtusissima, crenata, recurvato-patentia, supra rugosissima, subtus 

 reliculato-venosa, venis prominentibus, palmaria v. paullb longiora: posticibus disti7ictis, ro- 

 tundatis, scepe sursiim flexis. Petioli pollicares v. bipollicares, subtus rotundati, supra canali- 

 culati, bast parum dilatati., connati. Flores subtriplici ordine conferti, sessiles, verticillati : 

 verticillis convexiusculis. Bractese duplici ordine digests, numerosw., lineari-subulatcB. calycibus 

 subcBquales, apicibus spinescentibus, glabris, uncinato-revolutis. Calyx tubulosus, 5-angulus, 

 limbo 5-pUcatus, basi pariim attenuatus, longitudine semuncialis, pube stellatd copiosissime ves- 

 titus: dentibus patentibus, subulatis, apice spitie.tcentibus, uncinato-revolutis. Corolla Jlava, 

 magna : tubus medio constrictus, intiis villis clausus., superne dilatatus., subcompressus : labiis 

 adpressis, pube stellata vestitis ; superiore cucullato, compresso, dorso planiusculo, suhdepresso, 

 margine abrupte dilatato et pariim revoluto, apice truncato, levissime A-lobo ; mieriave longiore, 

 planiuseulo, trilobo ; lobo intermedio maximo, cuneato-dilatato, emarginato ; lateralibus bi- 

 dentatis ; dente anteriore abbreviatissimd, rotundatd. Stamina 4, fauci inserta ; duo anteriora 

 paullb longiora: filamenta teretia, arcuata, villis simplicibus barbata: anthera? compresscB, uni- 

 loculares, filamenti apici dilatato parallelo adnatcB, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovaria 4, disco 

 carnoso imposita, minute papillosa, hinc convexa, inde compressa, subcarinata. Stylus filijormis, 

 apice arcuatus. Stigma obtuse bidentatum, pruinosum ,• dente anteriore minima, fere obsoleto. 

 Cariopsides maluros nondum vidi Don. 



" This very distinct species of Phlomis was raised from a collection of 

 Egyptian seeds presented to Mr. Lambert by Mr. Greenough, to whom they had 

 been sent by Mr. Burton, who has been residing several years in Egypt ; but the 

 particular district where the seeds were collected was not mentioned. It flowered in 

 the greenhouse at Boyton, in the beginning of November. The plant appears to 

 thrive luxuriantly ; biit I do not think it is likely to prove hardy. The hooked 

 points of the bractese and calycine teeth essentially distinguish it, independently 

 of any other characters, from all the frutescent species of Phlomis hitherto 

 recorded." 



To Mr. Lambert we are indebted for the opportunity of figuring this plant ; and 

 to Mr. Don for the specific character, description, and remarks upon it. 



Mr. Bentham having supplied us with the conclusion of his characters of the 

 tribes and genera of Labiata^, they are given below. 



J. L. 



t/Jfio; was the Greek name of the Verbascum, which this resembles in the leaves. 



