NEPETA. 



LABIATAE. 789 



aequali, denlib. linearib. rigidis corollam superanlibus. ^ — Caulis pedalis, rami 

 divaricati tetragoni, basi pilis palentibus villosi, sub floribus tenuiler pubescen- 

 tes. Folia inferiora l-l'/.-poIlicaria, grosse serrato-crenata rugosa, supra tenuiter 

 pubescenlia v. fere glabra, subtus laxe villosa, superiora gradatim magis sessilia 

 integriora minora angustiora et acutiora glabriora, suprema bracteaeformia , uti 

 bracteae calyces subaequantia linearia acutissima integerrima uninervia, vix pu- 

 bescentia. Flores 3-5 ad apices ramulorum paniculae subsessiles. Calyces 3 lin. 

 longi erecti, profunde striali. Dentes tubum subaequantes acutissimi subpungen- 

 tes. Corollae minutae coeruleae? , extus pubescentes. — Habital in Tauriae et 

 Caucasi etiam Iberiae campis collibusque siccis, prope Cherson, Odessa et in 

 montibus Talysch. 



69. N. UCRANICA Linn. Spec. plant. 797. - Bth. 1. c. 487. f — Erecta paniculata 

 subglabra: foll. caulinis subsessilib. oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis subdentatis, basi 

 rotundato-cuneatis, utrinq. viridib.; cymis laxis trichotome paniculatis; bracteis 

 linearib.; calycis elongati hispidi ore subaequali, dentib. lanceolato-linearib. 

 acutis corollam subaequantibus. 2|. — Habitu N- parviflorae similis, sed distincta 

 caule foliisque glabris v. tomento tenuissimo subcanescentibus, foliis tenuibus 

 nec rugosis et calycibus fere duplo longioribus , saepius hispidnlis. Tota planta 

 saepe in parte superiore purpurascit. Corollae coeruleae tubus tenuis inclusus, 

 faux inflata vix incurva, limbi labium superius subrectum, inferioris lobi laterales 

 integerrimi, vix patentes , dentes calycinos aequantes, lobus medius duplo major 

 orbiculatus concavus crenatus. — Teucrium Sihiricum Linn. Spec. plant. 788. — 

 N. Sibirica M. Bieb. FI. Taur. Cauc II. 41. — Habitat in Sibiria circa Orenburg, 

 in deserto Soongoro-Kirghisico, ad Irtim in jugo Altaico. 



70. N. HELIOTROPIIFOLIA Lam. Dict. L 711. — Bth. 1. c. — Erecta paniculata ca- 

 nescens: foll. brevissime petiolatis oblongis subinlegerrimis, basi angustatis, 

 utrinq. canescenlib.; cymis laxis trichotome paniculatis; bracleis linearib.; calycis 

 elongati hispidi ore subaequali, dentib. lanceolato-linearib, acutis corollam sub- 

 aequantibus. 2j. — iV. Ucranicae simillima, sed vix differt foliis subintegerrimis, 

 basi angustatis et ramis, foliis calycibusque pubescentia v. tomento brevi canes- 

 centibus. — Satureja stricta Russ. Nat. Hist. Alep. — Habitat in Oriente, in Syria 

 prope Aleppo. 



71. N. PUNGENS Bth. I. c. — Erecta glabriuscula: foll. petiolatis ovatis acutis, basi 

 angustatis subcarnosis, utrinq. subcanescentib.; racemis subsimplicib.; bracteis 

 foliaceis subspinosis calyce longiorib.; calycis elongati ore subaequali, dentib. 

 linearib. rigidis; corollis calycem vix superantibus. ^ — Caulis erectus herbaceus, 

 basi ramosus, vix pubescens semipedalis. Folia (Chenopodii) acute dentata, basi 

 attenuata, in petiolum decurrentia carnosula glabra subcanescentia, petioli basi 

 dilatati, floralia conformia minora. Verticillastri distincti (30-flori et ultra), in- 

 feriores remoti, supremi approximati spicati. Bracteae nervosae acutissimae ri- 

 gidae. — Habitat in Persia inter Bagdad et Kermancha. 



72. N. PUSILLA Bth, 1. c. 488. f — Pumila erecia, tenuiter pubescens: foU. paucis 

 parvis ovatis acute serratis, floralib. supremis bracteisq. lanceolato-linearib. 

 acutissimis pungentib.; florib. cymoso-capitatis subcorymbosis; calycis tubulosi 

 pubescenlis dentib. subaequalib. acutissimis, corollam superantibus, 2j. — Caules 

 Gliformes subsimplices 3-4-poIIicares, apice ramis paucis corymbosl. Folia 3-4- 

 linearia subglabra, ulrinque viridia, serraturis hinc inde aristulatis, floralia in- 

 fima conformia, interiora v. bracleae integerrima basi angustala, at sessilia, ca- 

 lyces aequantia. Cymae 3-5 irregulares densae capituliformes pauciflorae. Ca- 

 lyces sessiles, 3 lin. longi, basi subinflati. CoroIIa minuta tenuis, at omnino 

 Tfepetarum hujus sectionis. Slamina cerle didynama, inferiora breviora. — Zi- 

 zyphora pungens Bnge. mss. in Ledeb. FI. Alt. I. 23. — Ledeb, Icon. fl, Ross, 

 Alt. illustr. t. 124. — Habitat in Altaico monte Arkaul. 



t Species dubiae. 



73. N. JAPONICA Willd. Spec. planl. III. 52. - Bth. 1. c. t - Florum paniculis 

 axillarib,; foll, pedunculatis ovatis serralis tomentosis, 2j. — Caulis herbaceus, 



