LABIATE. LXVII. LOPUANTHUS. LXVI1I. NEPETA. 



acutish ; genitals much longer than the corolla. I/. H. Native 

 of China. Stature of L. urticifblivs ; but differs in the leaves 

 being caudately acuminated ; in the calycine lobes being acutish. 

 Corollas blue. Odour of Peppermint. 



JfrrH/t/erf-leaved Lophanthus. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



4 L. SCROPHULARLEFOLIUS (Benth. lab. p. 463.) stem pubes- 

 cent ; leaves ovate, serrately crenated, green on both surfaces, 

 glabrous above, and pubescent beneath ; spikes cylindrical, in- 

 terrupted at the base ; calycine teeth lanceolate, acute, y.. H. 

 Native of North America, in shady humid places from Penn- 

 sylvania to Virginia, rare, Pursh ; at West Chester, Drummond. 

 Hyssopus scrophularisefolius, Willd. spec. 3. p. 48. Hyssopus 

 catariaefolius, Hon. par. Habit of L. anisatus ; but differs in 

 the leaves being broader, pubescent beneath, not white ; and in 

 the flowers being a little larger. Corolla blue. ? Calyx coloured 

 at top. 



Scrophularia-like Lophanthus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. 

 PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



5 L. NEPETOI'DES (Benth. lab. p. 463.) glabrous ; leaves 

 ovate, acutish, serrately crenated, green on both surfaces, gla- 

 brous, or scarcely pubescent beneath ; spikes cylindrical, inter- 

 rupted at the base: calycine teeth ovate, bluntish. 7/ . H. 

 Native from Pennsylvania to Virginia, Pursh ; near St. Louis, 

 on the Mississippi ; and near West Chester, Drummond. Hys- 

 sopus nepetoides, Lin. spec. p. 796. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. p. 28. 

 t. 69. Leaves H to 2 inches long, rounded or subcordate at 

 the base. Corolla yellowish-white, scarcely exceeding the caly- 

 cine teeth. Achenia villous at top. 



Xepeta-like Lophanthus. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1692. PI. 3 

 to 5 feet. 



SECT. II. RESUPIKA''RIA (so called from the almost resupinate 

 flowers of the species.) Benth. lab. p. 464. Cymes axillary, 

 pedunculate, loose, few-flowered. Flowers almost resupinate. 

 Lower stamens nearly erect ; upper ones ascending. 



6 L. CHINE'XSIS (Benth. lab. p. 464.) leaves ovate or ob- 

 long, crenated : floral ones similar to the others ; cymes axil- 

 lary, pedunculate, loose, few-flowered. If. . H. Native of the 

 North of China, ex Lin. ; Siberia, about Peshkova, near Nert- 

 scha, Patrin. Hyssopus lophanthus, Lin. spec. p. 796. Jacq. 

 hort. vind. 2. p. 85. t. 182. Hyssopus resupinatus, Mcench. 

 Nepeta lophantha, Fisch. Plant rather clammy, glabrous, or 

 scarcely pubescent. Leaves an inch long. Peduncles subse- 

 cund, bearing unilateral cymes at apex. Corollas blue : tube 

 shortly exserted. Achenia oblong, smooth. 



China Lophanthus. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1752. PI. H to 

 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Xepeta, p. 811. 



LXVIII. NE'PETA (a name used by Pliny ; derived from 

 nepa, a scorpion ; being supposed to be efficaceous against the 

 bite of the scorpion. Linnaeus derives it from Nepet, a town in 

 Tuscan}'.) Lin. gen. no. 710. Schreb. gen. no. 964. Juss. 

 gen. p. 113. ed. Usteri, p. 126. Benth. lab. p. 464. Cataria, 

 Tourn. inst. p. 202. t. 95. Moench. Glechoma, Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnosperma. Calyx tubular, 13- 

 15-nerved, for the most part incurved, with an obliquely 5- 

 toothed mouth ; rarely ovate, straight, with the mouth and teeth 

 equal. Corolla having the tube slender at the base, inclosed or 

 exserted, naked inside, the throat widened, and the limb bila- 

 biate ; upper lip straight, and rather concave, emarginate or 

 bifid ; lower lip spreading, trifid, the middle lobe large, some- 

 times sub-bifid, with reflexedly spreading lobes, and sometimes en- 

 tire, concave, and crenulated. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending: 

 lower ones the shortest. Anthers usually approximate by pairs, 



2-celled ; cells diverging, at length divaricate. Style about 

 equally bifid at apex ; lobes subulate, stigmatiferous at apex. 

 Achenia dry, smooth, naked. 



SECT. I. SCHIZONE'FETA (from <r\i^u, tchizo, to cut; and 

 Nepeta ; in allusion to the cut leaves of the species.) Benth. 

 lab. p. 468. Whorls crowded : upper ones approximating into 

 somewhat interrupted terminal spikes ; cymes all sessile. 

 Bracteas various. Calyx tubular, straight, but usually incurved, 

 with an equal or oblique mouth. Stamens exserted a little, 

 loosely ascending. Leaves dissected or lobed. 



1 N. BOTRYOI'DES (Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 287.) plant ascend- 

 ing, humble, much branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, deeply 

 sub-bipinnatifid : segments oblong-lanceolate or linear, obtuse, 

 quite entire, or somewhat pinnatifid ; floral leaves linear-subu- 

 late ; spikes cylindrical, hardly interrupted at the base ; ra- 

 cemes simple, spike-formed ; bracteas and calycine teeth acute. 

 If. . H. Native of Eastern Siberia, in the Altaic region, at the 

 rivers Katunga and Tschuja, Bunge ; in the Kirghisean Steppe, 

 Meyer. N. mulufida, Lin. fil. suppl. 273. N. annua, Pall, in 

 act. petrop. 1779. 2. p. 263. t. 12. N. bipinnata, Cav. icon. 

 1. p. 36. t. 49. Leaves usually bipinnatifid : upper ones simply 

 pinnatifid : floral ones minute. Bracteas minute. Calyx with 

 an oblique mouth. Corolla cream-coloured or white, villous. 

 Stamens rather shorter than the corolla. 



Botrys-like Cat-mint. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1779. PI. | to 



1 foot. 



2 N. TENUIFOLIA (Benth. lab. p. 468.) stems procumbent, 

 glabrous, or finely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, pinnate : seg- 

 ments oblong-linear, acute, a little serrated, narrowed at the 

 base, almost glabrous on both surfaces ; upper leaves and floral 

 ones entire ; spikes slender, interrupted at the base ; corollas 

 minute, exceeding the calyxes a very little. If.. H. Native of 

 China, between Pekin and Jehol, Sir G. Staunton. This species 

 differs from N. latandulacea, in the leaves, slender spikes, and 

 minute flowers ; and from N. botryoides, in the elongated, pro- 

 cumbent stems, &c. 



Fine-leated Cat-mint PI. procumbent. 



3 N. LAVANDDLA'CEA (Lin. fil. suppl. 272.) plant ascending, 

 pubescent ; leaves petiolate, deeply pinnatifid at the base, with 

 oblong or ovate, obtuse segments ; floral leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated ; spikes cylindrical, interrupted at the base ; calycine 

 teeth very short, ovate ; corolla about twice as long as the 

 calyx. If. . H. Native of Eastern Siberia, in the Altaic region, 

 in dry mountain places frequent. N. multifida, Lin. spec. 799. 

 Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 6. p. 22. t. 530. N. lobata, Rudolph, ex 

 Steud. nom. p. 552. Lophanthus multifidus, Benth. in bot. reg. 

 vol. 15. under no. 1282. Saussurea pinnatifida, Moench. meth. 

 p. 388. Lavandula foliis ovatis. &c., Gmel. sib. 3. p. 242. t. 

 55. Stems many, simple. Leaves sometimes all cut into 5-7 

 segments, sometimes deeply pinnatifid, or nearly entire. Co- 

 rolla blue, incurved. Mouth of calyx hardly oblique. 



Lavender-like Cat-mint. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1796. PI. 1 



2 feet. 



SECT. II. PTCHKONE'PETA (from m/x>'oe, pychnot, dense ; and 

 Nepeta ; so called in allusion to the dense spikes of the species.) 

 Benth. lab. p. 469. Whorls crowded : upper ones, or all, col- 

 lected into terminal spikes ; cymes all sessile. Outer bracteas 

 alone imbricate, equalling the calyxes. Calyx tubular, straight 

 or incurved, with an equal or oblique mouth. 



4 N. LINEA'RIS (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. misc. 3. p. 377.) 



stems ascending, nearly glabrous ; leaves sessile, linear, acutish, 



quite entire, narrowed at the base, green and glabrous on both 



surfaces ; spikes ovate, few-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate-subu- 



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