LABIATAE 231 



I. B. foetida.— /'Vorc.s racemoso-corymbulosi, racemo termi- 

 iiali, foliato, interriipto el magis interne saepe elongato, co- 

 rymbnlis axillaribus, solitariis, oppositis, laxis, breviter pe- 

 clunculatis; tblia floralia bracteaelorniia, opposita, caulinis 

 superioribus siniilia sed brevius petiolata, corymbulos snpe- 

 rantia vel aequantia; hiacfeolae ad corymbulorum divisiones 

 et in pedicellis liueari-filiformes, longae, ciliatae, calyce bre- 

 viores vel subaequales; calijx infundibuliformis, pentagonus, 

 10 - nervis, pubernlus, superne saepe purpurascens, interne 

 barbatus, limbo quinquedentato, dentibus brevibus et subae- 

 qualibus, ovatis, carinato-recnrvis, mucronatis; corolla purpu- 

 rascens, rarius alba, calyce etiam duplo longior, externe pu- 

 bescens, interne in fauce piloso - glandulosa, galea convexiu- 

 scula, subcrenata, albo - pilosa, labio inferiore trilobo, lobis 

 lateralibus parvis, patulis, mnrgine revolutis, intermedio gran- 

 diore, paulo prodnctiore, obcordato, lateribus demum deflexis; 

 stamina inclusa, antice incurvula, filamentis purpurascentibus, 

 antheris atropurpureis, loculis oblongis, divaricatis, polline 

 albido; fitylus purpurascens et staminibus aequilongus; sti~ 

 gma bifidum, crusculis subaequalibus, subulatis, divergenti- 

 bus, recurvis; achenia laevia, nigra; caulis tetragonus, erectus, 

 plerumque caespitosus, spithamali-.bipedalis et ultra, scaber, 

 inferne saepe hirsutus, villis deflexis, superne pubescens, in 

 aprico purpurascens, valde ramosus, ramis brachiatis, potius 

 strictis; folia opposita, longe petiolata, ovata vel ovato-ob- 

 longa, inferiora acutn, superiora acutiuscula, irregulariter 

 dentato-serrata, pubescentia, rugosa, supra saturate viridia, 

 subtus albidiora, reticulato-venosa; radix fusiformis, crassa, 

 lateraliter valdc fibroso-ramulosa. Herba odorem ingratum ef- 

 fundens, siccando nigrescens. 



Floret a Julio ad Autumnum. %. 



Aetnae, in vulcanicis et in sylvaticis pedemontanae et ne- 

 morosae regionis: Cafania, Adernd, Bronte, Mascalncia, Ni- 

 colosi, Tardaria, Milo, Boschi di Maletto. 



Icon. Reich. Cent. 8. ■pag. 30. tab. 775. fig. lOil. — Lam. 

 III. 6. fab. 508. fig. 1. sub nomine: Ballota nigra. — Clus. 

 Hisf. Pl. lih. 4. pag. 34 sub noraine: MarruhiHm vidgare. 



Ballota foetida. Lam. Fl. Fr. 2. pag. 552. — Gass. Syn. 

 Fl. Sic. 2. png. 8L — Torn. Fl. Sic. pag. 414. — Ten. Fl. 

 Xap. 5. pag. 17. — ReicJi. loc. cit. — Moris Fl. Sard. 3. 

 pay. 313. 



