LAVANDLLA. 



LABIATAE. 573 



verticillastris 6-10-norls; caljcib. ovalis incanis; tubo corollae breviore. 6 — 

 Fruticulus S-S-pedalis ramosissimus erectus, ramis subteretibus, junioribus cano- 

 tomentosis, saepius abbreviatis dense foliosis. Folia sessilia subsemipollicaria, 

 janiora breviora, in axillis subfasciculata, omnia subtus venosa. Spica breviter 

 pedunculata terrainalis l-lVi-poIIicaris. Folia floralia dense imbricata rhombeo- 

 cordata acuminata opposita v. in var. /S. quaternalim verticillata 3-5-flora tomen- 

 toso-pubescenlia, superiora sterilia comosa dilatata oblongo-cuneiformia colorata. 

 Calyx ovalo-tubulosus tomentosus, dentibus brevibus obtusiusculis, 4 inferioribus 

 subaequalibus, supremo in appendicem obcordatum dilalato. CoroIIa atro-purpurea, 

 tubo breviter exserto. Achaenia ovato-triangularia. — Stoechas purpurea Tourn. 

 Instit. 201. t. 95. — Stoechas officinarum Mill. Dict. no. 1. — L. Stoechas Sibth. 

 el Sm. Flor. Graec. VL t. 549. 

 J3. macrostachya Ging. Hisl. Lav. 130. — Spicis crassioribus 8-gonis; coma spe- 



ciosa; foliis laiioribus. — L. pseudo-stoechas Rchb. ex Holl. in Bol. Zeitng. 



1829. 11. 691. — Habitat in Europae mediterraneae et Africae borealis coUibus 



siccis petrosis arenosisque. 



2. L. PEDUNCULATA Cav. Praelect. 70. — Bth. 1. c. — Foll. lanceolalis integerri- 

 mis, margine revolulis, ulrinq. cano-lomentosis; spicis densis comosis; verticil- 

 lastris 6-10-floris; calycib. elongatis pubescentib., lubum corollae aequanlibus. 6 

 — Differt a L. Stoechade imprirais spica crassiore breviore et laxiore alque longe 

 pedunculata, calyce cylindraceo nec ovato, lubum corollae vix aequante nec bre- 

 viore, et habitu. Odor debilior quam L. Stoechadis (De Ging.). An revera species 

 dislincta? — L. Stoechas ^. Linn. Spec. plant. 800. — Stoechas pedunculata Mill. 

 Dict. no. 2. — Habitat in Hispania, in Lusitania ad ripas Tagi in ericetis sed ra- 

 rior, frequentior inter Lamego el Viseu et iu insula Madera. 



3. L. VIRIDIS Ait. Hort. Kew. II. 288. — Bih. I. c. 148. — Foll. oblongo- linearib. 

 integerrimis, margine revolutis, utrinq. viridib. villosis; spicis laxiusculis subco- 

 mosis; verticilLastris 6-10-floris; calycib. tubulosis subvillosis, lubum corollae 

 aequantibus. 'b — A £. Stoechade differt praecipue foliis villosis uti spica et coma 

 viridibus, spica laxiore et calyce longius appendiculato. — Stoechas viridis Raj. 

 Hist. I. 514, — Lavandula viridis L'Herit. Sert. Angl. 19. t. 21. — Hoffm. et Lnk. 

 Flor. Portug. I. 91. t. 4. — L. Massoni Cels. ex Ging. Hist. Lav. 137. — Habitat in 

 Lusitania ad Serra de Monchique el inter Castromaria et Merlota et in insula 

 Madera. 



4. L. DENTATA Linn. Spec. plant. 800. — Blh. 1. c. f — FoII. oblongo-linearib. lan- 

 ceolatisve obtuse pinnato-dentaiis pubescenlib., subtus canis, margine revolutis; 

 spicis laxis subcomosis; calycib. oblongis pubescentib., tubum corollae subae- 

 quantibus. ^ — Suffrutex sesquipedalis, basi ramosus, ramis adscendentibus te— 

 Iragonis tomentoso-pubescentibus, basi foliosis, extremitate pedunculo elongato 

 nudo terminalis, Folia l-l'/.-poIIicaria, margine regulariter crenata v. obtuse 

 pinnalifida, basi angustata, supra viridia glabriuscula, subtus cano-pubescentia. 

 Spica 1-2-poIlicaris, basi interrupta. Verticillaslri 6-10-flori. Folia floralia rhom- 

 boidea acuminata, basi cuneata membranacea villoso-toraentosa, supreraa sterilia 

 colorata subcoraosa. Calyces breviter pedicellati oblongo-cylindracei , fructiferi 

 parum elongati, basi subinflati, dentibus 4 inferioribus aequalibus abbreviatis 

 acutis, supremo in appendicem latissimum membranaceum obcordatura dilatato. 

 CoroIIa L. Stoechadis. Achaenia ovoideo-lriquetra pallida laevia, — L. hetero- 

 phylla (Poir, Dict. Suppl, 11,308.) varietates duas hortenses verosimiliter hybridas 

 jncludit, quarum allera forte ex L. dentata et L. vera, altera ex L. dentata et L. 

 Spica orta est, — (cf. Ging, Hist, Lav. 142.) — Stoechas dentata Mill. Dict. no. 3.— 

 L.dentala Curtis, Bot. Magaz. t, 400, — Habitat in Europae etAfricae regionis me- 

 diterraneae occidentalis aridis, in Hispania a regno Valentino ad Andalusiam el in 

 insulis Balearicis, in regno Napolitano ad Gargano, in Sicilia, in insula Zacyntho 

 Archipelagi Graeci, al vix spontanea, in regno Algeriensi et iu insula Madera. 



