LABIATE. LXVIII. NEPETA. 



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mere, in stony, grassy, and humid places, Jacquemont. Very 

 like A", supina ; odour of Sdlvia qfficinalis. 

 Grateful-scented Cat-mint. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



16 N. MULTIBRACTEATA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 11. 1. 123.) erect, 

 pubescent ; leaves on short petioles, ovate-oblong, crenated, cor- 

 date at the base, green on both surfaces ; racemes spike-formed, 

 dense, simple, somewhat interrupted at the base; bracteas linear- 

 subulate, coloured, equalling the calyxes ; tube of corolla equal- 

 ling the calycine teeth. "U H. Native of Mount Atlas, near 

 Tlemsen. Stems almost simple. Lower leaves 1-2 inches long, 

 striped, purplish ; whorls dense, many-flowered : lower ones 

 distant. Corollas purple, similar to those of N. reliculata. 



Many-bractead Cat-mint. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1817. PI. 3 

 feet. 



17 N. VAILLA'NTI (Benth. lab, p. 471.) plant erect, nearly gla- 

 brous ; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, obtuse, cordate at the base : 

 superior leaves almost sessile, green on both surfaces ; raceme 

 simple, interruptedly spike-formed ; whorls few-flowered ; outer 

 bracteas oblong, bluntish, adpressed, striated, coloured a little, 

 and are, as well as the calyxes, pubescent ; tube of corolla 

 shortly exserted. If . H. Native of the Levant. Stems many 

 from the same root. Leaves an inch long, broadly crenated, 

 rather pubescent on the veins beneath. Corolla glabrous, in- 

 curved, twice as long as the calyx. Calycine teeth linear-lanceo- 

 late ; upper ones narrower. 



VaillanCs Cat-mint. PI. 1 foot. 



18 N. APU'LEA (Ucria, ex Guss. prod. fl. sic. . p. 80.) plant 

 erect, nearly glabrous ; leaves sessile, ovate-lanceolate, crenated, 

 cordate at the base, green on both surfaces ; racemes spike- 

 formed, dense, simple ; bracteas oblong-lanceolate, coloured a 

 little, about equal in length to the calyxes ; calycine teeth lanceo- 

 late, longer than the tube ; tube of corolla much exserted. If. . 

 H. Native of Sicily, on calcareous hills ; and of the North of 

 Africa, at Tangiers. N. tuberosa, Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 10. but not 

 of Lin. N. rosea, Salzm. pi. tang. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 471. 

 Stems generally simple, glabrous, or downy. Leaves smaller, 

 shorter, and less wrinkled than in N. tuberosa. Calyx 5-toothed, 

 nearly equal. Corolla pubescent, violaceous, middle lobe of 

 lower lip crenulated. 



Apulean Cat-mint. PI. 1 foot. 



19 N. TUBEROSA (Lin. spec. p. 798.) stem erect, simple, rather 

 woolly ; lower leaves petiolate ; superior ones sessile, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, crenated, dilated at the base, cordate, green on both sur- 

 faces, or rather woolly beneath, wrinkled ; racemes spike-formed, 

 dense, simple, elongated ; bracteas broad-ovate, reticulated, 

 coloured, equalling the calyxes ; tube of corolla equalling the 

 calycine teeth. If.. H. Native of the South of Spain, Portu- 

 gal; Atlas, near Tlemsen, Sicily. N. tuberosa, Rchb. icon. bot. 

 eur. 5. p. 23. t. 439. N. lanata, Jacq. obs. bot. 3. p. 21. t. 75. 

 N. reticulata, Desf. fl. atl. 2. p. 11. t. 124. Rchb. icon. bot. 

 eur. 5. p. 23. t. 440. N. violacea, Brot. N. scabra, Tausch, 

 in bot. zeit. 1831. 1. p. 218. N. foliosa, Mor. clench, sard, ex 

 Linneea, 5. p. 69. Barrel, icon. t. 602. Ger. emac. t. 685. f. 

 7. Root lasciculately tuberous. Stems beset with rather clammy 

 loose wool. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Calyx a little incurved, 

 witli narrow-lanceolate teeth. Corollas blue, or pale purple ; 

 middle lobe of lower lip crenulated. 



Tuberous-rooted Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1683. PL 

 1 to 2 feet. 



20 N. SCORDOTIS (Lin. spec. p. 798.) plant ascending, tomen- 

 tose ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, obtuse, cordate at the 

 base, villously woolly on both surfaces, wrinkled ; raceme sim- 

 ple, rather spike-formed ; whorls distinct, densely many-flow- 

 ered ; bracteas ovate, acute, adpressed, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, villously woolly. If,. H. Native of Candia. Viv. fl. 

 libyc. t. 6. f. 2. N. tomentosa, Sieb. pi. exsic. Alp. exot. p. 



284. t. 283. Leaves scarcely an inch long : floral leaves sessile. 

 Teeth of calyx nearly equal. Corolla glabrous, white ? ; tube 

 incurved, a little exserted. 



Var. /3, viridif (Benth. lab. p. 473.) base of plant almost gla- 

 brous, and the top very villous ; leaves green on both surfaces. 

 If.. H. Native of Sicily. S. hirsuta, Lin. spec. 798. but not of 

 others. N. Scordotis, Lin. spec. 798. N. procumbens, Mill, 

 diet. no. 10. Bocc. sic. p. 48. t. 25. f. 2. Corollas white. 



Scordotis Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817*. PI. 1 to \\ 

 foot. 



21 N. CIRCINNA'TA (Willd. enum. p. 602.) stem simple, erect ; 

 spikes ovate, solitary ; leaves ovate-cordate, crenated, petiolate ; 

 bracteas ovate, acute. l/.-H. Native of Cappadocia. Leaves 

 3 inches long. 



Circinnate Cat-mint. PI. 1 foot. T 



22 N. SUPI'NA (Stev. in mem. soc. nat. car. mosq. 3. p. 165.) 

 stems decumbent ; leaves oval, sub-cordate, sessile, villous ; 

 bracteas subulate, about equal in length to the calyxes ; whorls 

 almost sessile, approximate. "%.. H. Native of Eastern Cauca- 

 sus, in stony places at the falls of Choodgal, Steven ; on Alp 

 Tafandagh, among fragments of schistous. N. fissa, Meyer, 

 verz. pflanz. p. !>3. Meyer, in his verz. pflanz. p. 93, gives 

 the following description of the plant : plant villous ; root 

 creeping ; stem erectish, a little branched ; leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, ovate or oblong, bluntish, crenately toothed ; cymes nearly 

 sessile, collected into a terminal head ; calyxes membranaceous, 

 exceeding the subulate bracteas, but shorter than the tube of the 

 corolla ; lobes acuminated, mucronate. Corollas blue. 



Trailing Cat-mint. PI. decumbent. 



23 N. GLUTINOSA (Benth. lab. p. 735.) stem erect, branched, 

 clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves sessile, ovate or lanceo- 

 late, deeply toothed, green on both surfaces, clammy, finely pu- 

 bescent ; raceme simple ; whorls distant, or the upper ones are 

 sub-spicate ; bracteas linear, very acute : outer ones a little 

 shorter than the calyxes ; calyx elongated, striated, with short 

 acute teeth ; tube of corolla much exserted. %. H. Native of 

 the Himalaya, between Poye and Rici, Jacquemont. Leaves 

 rather bullate above, g to f inch long, the nerves very prominent 

 beneath ; inflorescence almost of A 7 . Itdlica, and N. distant, but 

 the lower cymes are, for the most part, solitary. Calyx clothed 

 with clammy pubescence. Corolla violaceous ; tube incurved, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; lips short. 



Clammy Cat-mint. PL 1 to 1| foot. 



SECT. III. STEGIONE'PETA (from trrryw, tlego, to cover, and 

 Nepeta.) Benth. lab. p. 474. Cymes condensed into many- 

 flowered whorls, often pedunculate : superior ones sub-spicate. 

 Racemes simple, rarely remote. Bracteas about equal in length 

 to the calyxes, or exceeding them. Calyx sometimes elongated, 

 incurved, with an oblique mouth, and lanceolate or subulate 

 teeth, the upper teeth the largest ; sometimes almost straight, 

 with nearly equal teeth. Corolla having the tube hardly or a 

 little exserted, and the throat inflated. 



24 N. SIBTHORPI (Benth. lab. p. 474.) plant ascending or 

 erect, branched at the base, tomentose or woolly ; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate, wrinkled, clothed with soft 

 hoary tomentum or wool ; whorls dense, many-flowered : lower 

 ones distant : the superior ones crowded into a terminal-oblong 

 spike ; bracteas ovate or oblong, subulately awned, equalling the 

 calyxes ; calyx ovate, with nearly equal awned teeth, which are 

 equal in length to the tube ; corolla hardly twice as long as the 

 calyx. I/ . H. Native on mountains about Athens, and near 

 Zara in Dalmatia. N. Italica, Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. t. 

 548. but not of Lin. Stems decumbent at the base, and woody ; 



