C6S LA.BiAr.E Nepeta. 



floralibiis majoribiis sessilibiis nuinerosis orbiculytis integris nervosis 

 capitiiia involucrautibus et superanlibus, floribus in capituia globosa 

 congestis, l)racteis oblongo-lanceolalis intiuiis submembranaceis ca- 

 lycis tubo breviorilius, calycis hirti dentibus subulatis rigidis tubo 

 triplo brevioribus, corollie tubo lenui inclu30, nuculis ovalis laivibus 

 lucidis O. 



Hub. in aridis ad inontem Schahkuh Persiae (Derderian), in prov. Khora.ssan 

 prope Schahrud (Bge!). 



Valde affinis A^. bracteatre a qua dlffert foliis floralibus orbiculatis integris, 

 bractei.s meinbranactMs, cal}'cis dcnlibu.stubi ratione brevioribus. 



S'2. N. spathulifera (i^ti. in d.c. Prodr. Xl[, p. 380) annua! 

 a collo rauiosa ramis pumilis diffusis vel ascendentil)us hispidulis 

 parte inferiori folialis, foliis minimis canescentibus longe peliolatis 

 ovalis vel orbiculatis inciso-crenalis, spicis globoso-capitatis lauatis 

 ionge pedunculatis basi inlerdum verticillastro remotiusculo auctis, 

 bracteis longe stipitatis calyces pequantibus vel superantibus exte- 

 rioribus ovatis cajteris elliplico-lanceolatis omnibus acuminatis, calycis 

 mcmbranacei lanati dentibus cGijualibus lanceolato-subulatis rectls 

 lubo suo subbrcvioribuscorollam subn3(iuantibus, nuculis hcvibus Q- 



Hab. in regno Ca])ulico (Griff. 500 in herb. Kew!). 



Rami ri-H-pollicares, folia 4-G lineas longa et lata, capitula avelland vix 

 majora. Species bractearum Ibrma insignis. 



SeCT. II. OXYNEPETA. 



83. N. Ucranica (L. Sp. p. 797 non M.B. et auct. plur.) tomen- 

 tella vel glabresceiis, caulibus erectis patule paniculalis, foliis breviter 

 petiolalis oblongis subcordatis crenatis, superioribus scnsini dimi- 

 imlis subsessilibus lanceolatis, cymis pedunculatis laxe dicliotomis, 

 bracteis linearibus calyces ^quantibus, calycis pubescentis obconico- 

 tubulosi ore icqualis dentibus lanceolatis acutissimis rectis tubj 

 tetiuilongis intus parce pilosis corollam cperuleam ffiquautibus vcl 

 subsuperautibus, nuculis apice subtuberculatis ^. Ic. liclib. tab 42. 

 — Ttiicrinin Sihirknm L. Sp. 788. — N. Sibirica M.B. II, p. 41. — 

 N. parvijlora M.B. II, p. 41. 



Hab. in campis et collibiis siccis praisertim regionis montanae, Tauria 

 (Stevl), Caucasus (M.B. etc), Karadagh (Szovi), dilio Talysch 4-500 »' (Hoh!), 

 Persia ijorealis (Buhse!), Armenia in neglectis Erzerum (Huet! Calv!), Cap- 

 padocia (Auch. 1545!). 



Species ab auctoribus prop(>sitfB noimisi indumento valde varianti interdura 

 subuullo dilferunt, nucutae am. a de Bunge observante nunquain apice pubes- 

 ceiites. 



Ar. Geogr. Tran^ylvania, Kossia australis, Soongaria, Sibiria Uralensis et 

 Altaica. 



84. N. haliotropifolia (Lam. Dict. I, p. 711) inferne et ad 



