C52 LABiAT^. Nepeta. 



Hab. ad vias et in siccis regi.onis inferioris Cretag (Sieb., Heldr! Weissl). 



Bipedalis, folia inferiora 2-2V2-pollices longa, spica 4-5-pollicaris basi valde 

 interrtjpta, calyx florifer 3 lineas, corolla 6 lin. longa. Facies Stachydis cir- 

 cinnatce. 



38. N. Sibthorpii (Btli. Lab. p. 474) adpresse tomentosa 

 cana, caulibus ereclis vel ascendeutibus simplicibus vel parce ramo- 

 sis, foliis breviter petiolalis rugosis ovato-oblongis cordalis crenatis, 

 verticillastris paucis densifloris inferioribus distantibus superioribus 

 in spicam oblongam condensatis, bracteis numerosis membranaceis 

 albidis oblongo-lanceolalis subulato-acuminatis calyces sequantibus» 

 calycis recli dentibus subeequalibus lotige lanceoJato-subulatis tubo 

 aequilongis, corollse albidse pubescentis tubo calycem non excedenle, 

 nuculis tuberculatis ^. N. Italica Sibtli. et Sm. Fl. Grsec. 6, t. 548 

 iion-L. — N. Argolica Bory et Ghaub. Exp. Mor. No 889, tab. XVII 

 (mala). 



Hab in siccis regionis inferioris Grfficise rarius, saepius in monlana et sub- 

 alpina. ad Naupliam et Argos (Bory, Sprun !), mons Kyllene 3-4000' (Heldr I 

 Orph. Fl. Gr, exs. 210!), regio abietina montis Parnes Attic» (Sibth., Sprun! 

 Heldr!), circa Patras (Link). 



/3. Birphya. — Planta minus cana, flores paulo minores. — N . Di- 

 rphya Heldr. herb. Norm. 777 ! 



Hab. in lapidosis monlis Dirphys Eubese 4500' (Heldr!). 



Species afflnis N. Orientali, magis cana, spicae breviores magis condensatoe, 

 bractese latiores albo-membranacea3, calyx profundius fissus. 



39. N. leucostegia (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I, 12 p. 63) 

 adpressissime cana multicaulis, caulibus ascendentibus gracilibus sim- 

 plicibns vel ramosis, foliis parvis petiolatis cordatis ovato-oblongis 

 obtuse crenatis, verticillastris numerosis parvis multifloris distanti- 

 bus longe et laxe racemosis. bracteis numerosis nervosis albo-margi- 

 natis oblongo-lanceolatis mucronatis calyce vix brevioribus, calycis 

 tomentelli recti dentibus aequalibus lanceolatis tubo oequilongis, co- 

 rollae albse pubescentis tubo subincurvo subexserto nuculis tuber- 

 culatis ^. N. Sibthorpii Bth. ex parle quoad plantam ex Analolia 

 et Syria. 



Hab. in Lycia prope Elmaju (Bourg. 213!), Pisidia ad Bouldur et Egirdir 

 (Heldr!), ad Amasia, Tokat, Safranbol, Samsun, Mersivan (Wied!), Cilicia ad 

 Giilek (Ky. 458! Bal !), monte Ssoflfdagh Galaonioe et prope Orfa Mesopotamiae 

 (Haussk!), in monte Pir Omar Gudrun Kurdistanis 3-4000' (Haussk!), Syria 

 prope Zebdani et Antilibano 4-6000' (Ehr! Boissl Ky. 4!). 



Aflfinis N. Sibthorpii a qua diflfert indumento brevissimo, verticillastris 

 numerosis dislantibus et prsesertim ut et a N. Orientali tloribus minoribus, 

 bracleis et calyce breviter nec longe nristatis, corolla subexserta. 



§ 7. Stenostegiae 



40. N. Cadmea (Boiss. Diagn. Ser, I, 5 p, 21) adpresse et 

 brevissime pruinoso-tomentella pallide virens, caulibus erectis elatis 



