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Plectranthus. — Lavandula. 817 
the axils of the upper leaves; pedicels pubescent, long or short. 
Flower-calyx pubescent, 3 mm long; teeth ovate, equal, shorter 
than the tube. Corolla-tube twice as long as the calyx; lips 5 mm 
long. — Flow. February. 
N. v. mes. Island of the Sirdar near Aswan (Muschler). 
Also known from Abyssinia, where the plant is common in hedges and 
at the foot of mountains. 
466. (3.) Lavandula Linn. 
Calyx cylindric, straight, usually 13-nerved; teeth short. Corolla- 
tube slender, cylindric; limb oblique, small, obscurely bilabiate. 
Stamens 4, didynamous, declinate, included in the corolla-tube; fila- 
ments free, filiform; anther-cells confluent. Disk confluent with the 
persistent base of the ovary. Nutletles smooth, glabrous. — Perennial 
herbs or shrubs, fragant. Leaves simple or decompound. Panicles 
spicate; whorls 2- or many-flowered; bracts: persistent; upper often 
large, membranous, highly coloured. Corolla small, blue or lilac. 
Species about 30, extending from Madeira to India. 
AY  Theaves centine od Sith milter elses 1. L. atriplicifolia. 
B. Leaves compound. 
I. Calyx-teeth oblong-cylindrical . ..... 2. L. multifida. 
IT) Calyx-teeth deltoid epi) dive! eile cdg 3. L. pubescens, 
IU... Calyx-teeth lanceolatess ..i4). es). le) . 4. L. coronopifolia. 
1143. (1.) Lavandula atriplicifolia Benth. in DC. Prodrom. XI, 
p- 146. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV., p. 541. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. 
d’Kg., p.120 no. 814. — A low shrubby plant, shortly canescent- 
tomentose. Branches erect. Leaves entire, lmear-oblong or rarely 
oblong-lanceolate. Spikes somewhat ternate densely paniculate flowers 
solitary, opposite. — Flow. February to March. 
D. a. mer. (?) Collected by Figari in Upper Egypt. 
Only known from this locality.’ 
1144. (2.) Lavandula multifida L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 800. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.541. — Ging. Hist. Nat. Lavand., tab. 11. 
— Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.120 no. 815. — Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 266. — A perennial plant, 50—60 cm high, 
sometimes 1,50 m high, pubescent-viscidulous. Stems erect oppositely 
branched. Leaves bipinnatisect, lobes short, oblong-linear, rarely 
linear, acute. Spikes solitary or paniculate, linear, densely flowered; 
bracts shortly puberulous, oblong, acuminate shorter than the calyx, 
nerved; calyx puberulous oblong-cylindrical, teeth triangular acute 
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