hicpeta. lAniAT.K. C37 



Ti.. V. NEPETE.4:. 



NKPKTA (L. Gen. 710). 



Calyx lnbulosLis rcctus vel incurvus ore reclo vcl obliquo cl tunc 

 (lcnlibus superioril)us sul)lon;.Moril)us ininus profuiKb (issis. Corolbe 

 lubus cxannulalus in fauccin ampliatus inclusus vel cxs>rtus, labium 

 supcrius planum rcctum bifiilum, infcrioris iacinia mcdia rolundala 

 valdc concava. Stamina 4 sub labio supcriorc parallela antrorsum 

 curvata infcriora brcviora, antlicni; biloculares loculis divcrgentibus 

 vel divaricatis, nuculrc krves, mallcat.T, ruguloste vcl tubcrculalie. — 

 llcrbic pcrennes rarius annuas. — Ceiuis ob sjjccicrum ingentem 

 nuuicrum ct charactcrum cssentialium deficientiam lotius ordinis 

 difficilliiiium el nimis artificialitcr in scrics dispositum. 



Speclcnim Orientalium dispositio. 



Sect. I. EuNKPETA. — Florcs omnes bermaplirodili. Corolhe labia 

 parum inaBqualia. 



' Series I. — Perennes. 

 + Nuculae loeves. 



§ 1. Spicatae Btb. — Verlicillastra in spicas basi interdum in- 

 terruptas coiidensata. Calycis fauce glal)ri os iion obli- 

 quum, dentes recti subulali. Nuculse laives. 



N. podostachys, subincisa, puhescens, raphanorrhiza, Maracandia. 



^ t. Capituliferae Bth. — Verlicillastra in capitula tcrminalia 

 ovata vcl globosa condeiisata. Calycis fauce glabri os 

 obliquum, denlibus anticis profuiidius fissis. Nuculai 

 Iffives. — Herbfc villosfc ramis fragilibus. 



N. la(jopsis, ccphalotcs, prostrala, /loccosa, lasiocephala. 



§ 3. Catariae. — Verlicillastra spicas sirpius interruptas for- 

 manlia, calycis fauce glaliri os obliquum dentibus anticis 

 profundius fissis. Corollaj tubus inclusus vel brcviter 

 exsertus. Nuculae l«ves. 



N. supina, crispa, menthoides, chionophila, Cataria, Bodeana, rudcralis, 

 rugosa, crinita. 



