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104. ST. CUNEATA Banks mss. ex Blh. I. c. — Suffruticosa lomenloso-lanata: foll. 

 . peliolatis obovato-cunealis subrolundatis obtusis crenatis undulato -crispis ru- 



gosissimis, utrinq. subiloccoso-tomentosis; verticillaslris bifloris; bracteis parvis 

 subulatis; calycib. campanulatis dense lomentosis, dentib. ovato-lanceolatis acu- 

 tiusculis muticis; corollis calyces breviter superantibus. 2}. — Rami et folia fere 

 Marruhii Alyssi. Folia vix semipollicaria, floralia calyces superantia. Flores ad 

 apices ramorum approximali decussati. Calyces 3-4 lin. longi. Corollae parvae, 

 exius sericeae. — Habitat in Africa australi in Promontorio bonae spei. 



105. ST. PAUCIFLORA Blh. 1. c. f — Suff"ruticosa floccoso-Ianata: foll. subsessilib. 

 oblongo-lanceolalis obtusis integerrimis, basi angustatis rugosis; verticillaslris 

 bifloris (rarissime sub-4-floris) distantib.; calycib. tubuloso-campanulatis floc- 

 coso-tomentosis, dentib. lanceolatis acutis muticis; corollis calycem breviter 

 superantibus. 6 — Caules l-r/2-pedaIes ramosi. Rami, folia et calyces constan- 

 ter dense tomento albo v. flavescente lanati. Folia inferiora l-lVs-poIlicaria, 

 superiora breviora, floralia plerumque calycibus breviora. Verticillastri in exem— 

 plaribus sylveslribus constanter biflori. Calyces subsessiles. Bracleae minulae. 

 Corolla parva, exlus sericea. — St. orientalis Forsk. FI. Aeg. LXVIII. (non Linn.) 

 — St. Palaestina Vahl, Symbol. bot. II. 64. (non Linn.) — Habitat in Syria prope 

 montem Sinai. 



106. ST. NIVEA Labill. Ic. pl. Syr. III. 5. t. 3. - Bth. 1. c. f - Suffruticosa lo- 

 mentoso-Ianata: foll. subsessilib. oblongis obtusis integerrimis, basi angustalis 

 crassis; verticillastris 2-4-floris paucis dislantib.; calycib. lubuloso-campanulatis 

 niveis, dentib. ovatis obtusis muticis; corollis calyce dimidio longiorib., extus 

 pubescenlibus, 2f — Rami erecli subsimplices semipedales pedalesve, uli folia et 

 calyces tomento albo denso subfloccoso lanati. Folia IV^-poIIicaria, venis paucis 

 sublus notata, floralia calyce longiora. Verticillaslri in axillis foliorum superio- 

 rum 2-3. Bracleae minutissimae. Calyces 4-5 lin. longi, dentibus crassis mol- 

 libus brevibus. Corollae tubus denles calycinos aequans. Labia subaequalia 

 palentia, superius subintegerrimum, inferioris lobi laterales parvi. — Habilat in 

 Syriae aridis prope Damascum. 



107. ST. BURCHELLII Bth. I. c 561. f — Suffruticosa floccoso-tomentosa : foll. 

 subsessilib. oblongis v. oblongo-lanceolalis serralo-crenatis, basi anguslatis ru- 

 gosis; verticillastris 6-10-floris distinclis; bracteis minutissimis; calycis tubuloso- 

 campanulati dentib. lanceolatis obtusis muticis patentib., superiorib. majprib.; 

 corollis calyce subbrevioribus. 2f — Suffrutex facie Marruhii peregrini. Rami 

 subteretes, tomento floccoso molliter incani, Folia tenuiter floccoso-tomentosa, 

 inferiora 2-3-polIicaria, valde rugosa, subtus dense reliculata subviridia, floralia 

 caulinis conformia at minora candidiora, flores tamen duplo triplove superantia. 

 Verticillastri laxiusculi. Dentes calycini breves. CoroIIa parva, labio superiore 

 integerrimo, inferiore majore patente, lobo medio late rotundato undulato. — 

 Phlomis micrantha Burch. Cat. Geogr. no. 1672. — Sideritis rugosa Thunb. Prodr. 

 fl. Cap. 95. — Habitat in Africa australi extratropica, in Promontorio bonae spei. 



108. ST. AEGYPTIACA Pers. Enchirid. IL 124. — Bth, I, c. — Incana: florib. spi- 

 catis; foll, ovalis rugosis; bracteis late ovatis acuminatis; calyce campanulalo 

 laevi, 2|, — A 5<. Palaestina calyce omnino laevi differt. Spica densa, — Habitat 

 in Aegypto, 



109. ST. PALAESTINA Linn. Spec. plant. 1674. - Bth. 1. c. - Suffruticosa canescens 

 lomentosa: foll. sessilib. oblongo-lanceolatis oblusis v. aristato-mucronatis inte- 

 gerrimis, basi parum angustatis amplexicaulib. rugosis; verlicillastris subsexfloris, 

 demum remolis v. supremis approximatis; calycib. lubuloso-campanulatis cano— 

 tomentosis, dentib. obtusis muticis; corollis calyce vix duplo longioribus. 2J. — 

 Rami subteretes albo-tomentosi. Folia 1-2-pollicaria, supra pallide viridia v. 

 canescenlia bullato-rugosa, sublus candidiora, venis elevatis rugosa, ulrinque uti 

 calyces pubescentia brevissima tomenlosa, in exemplaribus sylvestribus saepe 

 mucrone rigido aristata, Qoralia breviora, suprema ovata, omnia calyces su- 

 perantia. Racemi juniores densi , demum elongati. Bracteae rainutae. Calyces 



