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LABIATE. LXV. WESTRINGIA. LXVI. MICROCORYS. LXVII. LOPHANTHUS. 



leaves 3 in a whorl, linear, with revolute margins, cinereous be- 

 neath ; calyxes clothed with silky pubescence, having the teeth 

 rather longer than the tube. ^ . G. Native of New Holland, 

 in the interior ; in deserts near the river Lachlan, and on rocks 

 near Bathurst, Cunningh. ; at the river Macquarie, and in the 

 valleys of Lushington and Glen Finlas, ex herb. Hook. 

 Branches divaricate, very leafy. Leaves scarcely \ an inch 

 long. 



Desert Westringia. Shrub. 



8 W. LONGIFOUA (R. Br. prod. p. 501.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 linear, with recurved margins, and are, as well as the calyxes, 

 green on both surfaces ; calycine teeth length of tube. ^ G. 

 Native of New South Wales, about Port Jackson, on the banks 

 of rivulets. Prostanthera linearis, Sieb. fl. nov. holl. exs. but 

 not of R. Br. Angles of branches rough. Leaves an inch long, 

 rather scabrous above, and pilose beneath while young. 



Long-leaved Westringia. Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. ? 



9 W. GLA'BRA (R. Br. prod. p. 501.) leaves 3 in a whorl, 

 linear-lanceolate, flat, glabrous on both surfaces, as well as the 

 calyxes. ^ G. Native of tropical New Holland. Allied to 

 W. longifolia ; but the leaves are broader, and flat, and the 

 whole plant quite glabrous. Leaves about an inch long. 

 Flowers nearly sessile. 



Glabrous Westringia. Clt. 1824. Shrub. 



10 W. RUBISFOLIA (R. Br. prod. p. 501.) leaves 4 in a 

 whorl, elliptic, flattish, quite glabrous, shining ; calyx nearly 

 glabrous, having the teeth rather longer than the tube. ^ G. 

 Native of Van Diemen's Land. This differs from W. rosmari- 

 niformis in its smoothness, acuter calycine teeth, shorter, 

 broader leaves, with the edges almost flat. Whorls 6-8- 

 flowered. 



Madder-leaved Westringia. Clt. 1820. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Prostanthera, p. 800. 



LXVI. MICROCO'RYS (from /m-poe, micros, small ; and 

 Kopvc, korys, a helmet ; probably from the upper lip or galea 

 of corolla.) R. Br. prod. p. 502. Benth. lab. p. 460. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx campanu- 

 late, about 10-nerved, equal, 5-toothed ; throat naked inside. 

 Corolla with the tube equal in length to the calyx, naked inside : 

 throat widened : limb sub-bilabiate ; upper lip flattish, emargi- 

 nately bifid, erectly spreading : lower lip spreading, trifid. Sta- 

 mens 4, erect, distant, inclosed in the tube of the corolla : upper 

 2 fertile, bearing dimidiate, 1 -celled, bearded anthers: lower 2 

 sterile, bearing bipartite anthers, the lobes linear, dependent, 

 and empty, btyle almost equally bifid at top ; lobes subulate, 

 stigmatiferous at apex. Shrubs, with the habit of Westringia. 

 Leaves 3 in a whorl. Flowers small, white or purple, solitary 

 in the axils of the floral leaves, which are similar to the cauline 

 leaves, and, like them, 3 in a whorl. 



1 M. VIRGATA (R. Br. prod. p. 502.? Benth. lab. p. 461.) 

 leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, and are, as well as the calyxes, 

 glabrous ; bracteas caducous ; corolla hairy outside. F? . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the south coast ; and in boggy 

 places at King George's Sound. 



Twiggy Microcorys. Shrub. 



2 M. BARBA'TA (R. Br. prod. p. 502.) leaves linear, obtuse, 

 glabrous ; calyxes and corollas hairy outside ; bracteas cadu- 

 cous, fy . G. Native of New Holland, on the south coast, 

 R. Br. ; at King George's Sound, ex herb. Hook. Very nearly 

 allied to M. virgata, but differs from it in the calyxes being 

 densely villous, &c. 



Bearded-fiowered Microcorys. Shrub. 



3 M. PURPU'REA (R. Br. prod. p. 502.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 with recurved margins, furnished with a few short hairs on both 



surfaces, dotted beneath ; branchlets silky ; calyxes greyish ; 

 bracteas setaceous, permanent. lj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land, on the south coast. 



Purple- finvi ere A Microcorys. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Prostanthera, p. 800. 



Tribe VIII. 



NEPETEjE (the genera contained in this tribe agree with 

 Nepeta in the characters given below.) Benth. lab. p. 462. 

 Calyx equal, oblique, or sub-bilabiate ; upper teeth the largest. 

 Corolla inclosed or exserted ; throat usually inflated ; upper lip 

 rather arched : lower lip spreading. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 ascending or diverging, the upper ones the longest. The whole 

 of this tribe may not inappropriately be considered as a single 

 genus, ex Benth. 



LXVII. LOPHA'NTHUS (from Xo^oe, lophos, a crest ; and 

 avdoe, anthos, a flower ; in allusion to the crenated or crested 

 middle lobe of lower lip of corolla.) Benth. in bot. reg. vol. 15. 

 lab. p. 462. Hyssopus species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx tubular, 15- 

 nerved, rather incurved, with an oblique, 5-toothed mouth : su- 

 perior teeth rather the longest. Corolla having the tube equal- 

 ling the calyx, naked inside ; and the limb bilabiate ; the upper 

 lip erectish, emarginately bifid : lower one spreading a little, 

 trifid, the middle lobe broadly crenated. Stamens 4, didyna- 

 mous, distant or divaricate : lower ones the shortest ; anthers 

 2-celled : cells parallel, at length rather diverging. Style 

 shortly bifid at apex ; lobes nearly equal, subulate, stigmatifer- 

 ous at apex. Achenia dry, smooth, naked. 



SECT. I. CHIASTA'NDRA (probably from x ' w > cheio, to scatter 

 abroad, and avrip avSpos, aner andros, a male ; perhaps from the 

 inequality of the stamens.) Benth. lab. p. 462. Whorls col- 

 lected into terminal spikes. Upper stamens declinate : lower 

 ones ascending. Leaves entire. 



1 L. URTICIFOLIUS (Benth. lab. p. 462.) glabrous ; leaves 

 cordate-ovate, crenated, green on both surfaces ; spikes dense, 

 oblong; calycine segments linear-subulate; genitals much ex- 

 serted. If. H. Native of North-west America, at Lewis and 

 Clark's River, frequent. Stem branched. Bracteas rather shorter 

 than the calyxes, coloured. Corollas purplish. 



Nettle-leaved Lophanthus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 S to 4 feet. 



2 L. ANISA'TUS (Benth. in bot. reg. t. 1282.) glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, crenated, green above and 

 white beneath ; spikes cylindrical, interrupted at the base ; caly- 

 cine segments lanceolate, acute; genitals exserted. 1].. H. 

 Native of North America, in bushy places at the rivers Mis- 

 souri, Nutt. ; Saskatchewan, Columbia, and Red River, Doug- 

 las. Hyssopus anisatus, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 27. Hyssopus dis- 

 color, Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. 3d. p. 97. Stachys foeniculum, 

 Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 407. Hyssopus Fceniculum, Spreng. 

 cent. pi. min. cogn. p. 24. Stem branched. Flowers one half 

 smaller than those of L. urticijolius. Corollas blue, incurved. 



Anise- scented Lophanthus. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1825. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



3 L. RUGOSUS (Fisch. et Meyer, ind. sem. hort. petrop. 1835. 

 p. 30.) nearly glabrous; leaves wrinkled, cordate-ovate, cau- 

 dately acuminated, serrately toothed, of the same colour on both 

 surfaces ; spikes dense, oblong ; calycine lobes lanceolate, 



