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re per paria approximatis, liberis, bilocularibus, loculis dl- 

 stinctis, divaricatis; stylus glaber, starainibus aequalis vel 

 longior; stigma bifidum, crusculis subaequalibus, subulatis; 

 achenia oblonga, sicca, laevia. Herbae perennes, inodorae; 

 caulis inferne radicans, adscendens, tetragonus, decussate ra- 

 mosus; folia integra vel pinnatifida, ovata, oblonga, linearia 

 vel lanceolata^ 



EmU. Gtn. Pl. pag. 620. n. 3624. — Lin. Gen. 735. — 

 Benth. Lab. pag. 417. — Reick. Pl. Crit. tab. 238. — DC. 

 Prodr. 12. pag. 409. — Parl. Fl. Ital. cont. da T. Caruel 

 vol. 6. pag. 153.-Bert. Fl. It. 6. pag. 249. — Guss. Syn. 

 Fl. Sic. 2. 2>ag- 103.— Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 409.—Moris Fl. 

 Sard. 3. pag. 322. 



I. P. vulgaris. — Flores parvi et in spica terminali, com- 

 pacta, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, verticillata, sessili vel pedun- 

 culata dispositi; bracteae sub verticillis cruciatim oppositae, 

 cordato-semiorbiculatae, saepe mucronatae, integrae, scario- 

 sae, nervosae, ciliatae et saepe liirsutae, inferne pallentes, 

 superne virides vel rubicundae; calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, 

 bilabiatus, labio superiore breviter tridentato, dentibus latis, 

 mucronulatis, labio inferiore profunde bifido, laciniis lanceo- 

 latis, acutis, ciliatis, superne saepe rubidis, subinde harum 

 altera apice bidentata; corolla coeruleo - violacea vel rosea, 

 angusta, calyce plus minus longior, fauce parum dilatata, 

 galea erecta, apice incurva, dorso carinato - villosa, obtusa, 

 integra vel leviter emarginata, labio inferiore patente, galeae 

 subaequali vel breviore, trifidc, lacinia media majore, obo- 

 vata, concava, emarginata, antice lacinnlata, lateralibus ob- 

 longis, obtusis, integris; geniialia generis; achenia oblongo- 

 trigona, laevia, nitida, flavida; caulis tetragonus, adscendens 

 vel erectus, glaber vel pilosus, pilis sursum adpressis, inter- 

 dum flexuosus, saepe rubens, pollicari - pedalis, simplex vel 

 ramosus, ramis patulis, imis decumbenti-adscendentibus; folia 

 opposita, longe petiolata, ovato-oblonga, obtusa vel superiora 

 acuta, basi rotundata vel breviter cuneata, nunc integra, uunc 

 subrepanda, nunc remote et minute denticulata, interdum pro- 

 pe basim ungniculata, glabra vel hirsuta, subtus pallidiora 

 et minutissime punctata, suprema subinde angustiora, lanceo- 

 lata, acuta, basi raro lacinia sursum versa utriuque insculpta; 



