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LABIATE. LXVIII. NEPETA. 



an oblique mouth ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, with a 

 shortly exserted tube. I/ . H. Native of the Levant, Tourne- 

 fort. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 6. p. 19. t. 585. This species dif- 

 fers from N. Mussmi in the erect stem. 

 Racemose-fiowereA Cat-mint. PI. 



41 N. MUSSI'NI (Henkel, aclumb. pi. p. 15. Benth. lab. p. 

 480.) diffuse ; branches ascending, clothed with hoary pubes- 

 cence ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cordate at the 

 base, green and wrinkled above, and canescent beneath ; racemes 

 loose, simple, secund ; cymes nearly sessile, few-flowered ; 

 bracteas much shorter than the calyxes ; calyx elongated, in- 

 curved, clothed with soft wool, with an oblique mouth ; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx, with a shortly exserted tube. 7/ . H. 

 Native of Caucasus and Iberia, on stony hills. Rchb. icon. bot. 

 eur. 6. p. 20. t. 587. N. longiflora, Sims, bot. mag. t. 923- ? 

 bad, but not of Vent. N. salvisefolia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 115. 

 N. cyanotricha, Tausch, in bot. zeit. 1831. 1. p. 218. ? N. ar- 

 gentea, N. diffusa, N. incana, N. lamiifolia, N. teucrioides, N. 

 violacea, N. Willdenoviana, &c. &c. Hort. Corollas pale blue, a 

 little smaller than those of TV. colorata. The leaves in the cultivated 

 specimens are very like those of N. colorata, but those of the 

 wild specimens are much smaller, more wrinkled, and more 

 woolly beneatli. 



Mussin's Cat-mint. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1804. PI. diffuse, 

 2 feet. 



42 N. GRANDIFLORA (Bieb fl. cauc. 2. p. 42.) erect, almost 

 glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, obtuse, crenated, cor- 

 date at the base, green above, and pale and canescent beneath ; 

 racemes a little branched at the base ; cymes pedunculate, many- 

 flowered ; bracteas much shorter than the calyxes ; calyx elon- 

 gated, incurved, nearly glabrous, with an oblique mouth ; corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx, with a shortly exserted tube. 1. H. 

 Native throughout Caucasus, in grassy mountain woods ; island 

 of Melos. Rchb. icon. bot. eur. 3. p. 68. t. 279. N. melissse- 

 folia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 115. and many other authors, but not of 

 Lam. N. lamiifolia, Hoffm. hovt. mosc. ex Bieb. N. colorata, 

 Willd. enum. 2. p. 602. N. argentea, N. grandis, N. incana, N. 

 teucrioides, N. violacea, &c. Hortul. Stems many feet high, 

 branched, glabrous or pubescent tow;irds the tops. Corollas 

 blue, 7 lines long, incurved. This with N. Mussmi have pro- 

 duced various hybrids in the gardens. 



Great-flowered Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1806. PI. 4 

 to 6 feet. 



43 N. BETONIC^EFOLIA (Meyer, verz. pflanz. p. 92.) erect, 

 almost simple, villously tomentose ; lower leaves petiolate : supe- 

 rior ones sessile, ovate-lanceolate, crenated, cordate at the base, 

 green on both surfaces, and clothed with soft pubescence ; ra- 

 cemes short, simple ; whorls all dense ; bracteas much shorter 

 than the calyxes ; calyx elongated, villous, with a scarcely ob- 

 lique dilated mouth ; corolla twice as long as the calyx, with an 

 exserted tube, which is attenuated at the base. 1J. . H. Native 

 of Caucasus, on the Talusch mountains. This differs from N. 

 grandiflora, in the superior part of the stem, leaves, calyxes, and 

 corollas being clothed with soft tomentum ; and in the racemes 

 being short and spike-formed. 



Betony-leaved Cat-mint. PI. 2 to 4 feet. ? 



44. N. SALVI^FOLIA (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. 

 p. 379.) erect, clothed with hoary tomentum ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, wrinkled at the base, 

 clothed with soft tomentum on both surfaces, canescent above 

 and white beneath ; racemes loose, almost simple ; cymes pedun- 

 culate, elongated, many- flowered ; bracteas very short; calyx 

 oblong, erect, pubescent, with an oblique mouth ; corolla more 

 than twice as long as the calyx. 1. H. Native of the Valley 

 of Cashmere, Royle ; on the mountains of Pyr-Pundjal and 



Hlamabad, Jacquemont. Leaves hardly an inch long. Corolla 

 slender, 6-7 lines long. 



Sage-leaved Cat-mint. PI. 



45 N. MELISS^EFOLIA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 711. but not of Bieb.) 

 plant erect, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 

 cordate at the base, green on both surfaces, villous : the superior 

 ones sessile, acute ; racemes loose, nearly simple ; bracteas 

 shorter than the calyxes ; calyx elongated, incurved, pubescent, 

 with an oblique mouth ; corolla scarcely twice as long as the 

 calyx. "%. H. Native of the Grecian Archipelago, on arid 

 hills ; as of Candia and Melos, &c. Desf. in ann. mus. 10. p. 

 301. t. 23. Allied to N. grandiflora. Hairs on stem rather 

 glandular. Leaves scarcely an inch long. Calyx coloured a 

 little. Corollas blue or purple, a little smaller than those of 

 N. grandifldra. Perhaps this species is referrible to Sect, Macro- 

 nepeta. Branches of root fusiform. 



Balm-leaved Cat-mint. Fl, July, Aug. Clt. 1752. PI. 1 to 

 2 feet. 



SECT. V. MACRONE'PETA (from [uucpos, macros, long, and 

 Nepeta ; in allusion to the long corollas.) Benth. lab. p. 482. 

 Cymes pedunculate, few-flowered. Racemes terminal, very 

 loose, a little branched. Superior floral leaves or all bractea- 

 formed. Calyx elongated, with an oblique mouth and lanceolate 

 or ovate teeth ; the superior teeth rather the broadest. Corolla 

 much exserted, with a slender exserted tube, and an inflated 

 throat. 



46 N. MACRA'NTHA (Fisch. hort. gorenk. Benth. lab. p. 482.) 

 erect, branched, nearly glabrous ; leaves on short petioles, ovate- 

 lanceolate, serrately crenated, truncate, or subcordate at the 

 base, green on both surfaces : racemes elongated, rather loose ; 

 bracteas minute ; calyx incurved, with lanceolate teeth ; corolla 

 3 times as long as the calyx, having the tube much exserted and 

 attenuated at the base. 1. H. Native of Siberia, among the 

 Altaian mountains. Dracocephalum Sibiricum, Lin. spec. 830. 

 Pall. fl. ross. 3. t. 13. Sims. bot. mag. 2185. Moldavica elata, 

 Mcench. meth. p. 410. Moldavica Sibirica, Mcench. ex Steud. 

 nom. bot. p. 285. Dracocephalum, &c. Gmel. sib. 3. p. 234. t. 

 51. Root creeping. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Corolla showy, 

 1 to lg inch long, blue. 



Long-flowered Cat-mint. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1760. PI. 1 

 to 2 feet. 



47 N. GOVANIA'NA (Benth. lab. p. 482.) plant erect, branched, 

 clothed with fine pubescence ; leaves on short petioles, ample, 

 oblong-elliptic, crenated, rounded at the base ; racemes elongated, 

 loose, a little branched, bracteas minute ; calyx a little incurved, 

 with lanceolate teeth ; corolla 4 times as long as the calyx, with 

 a very slender much exserted tube. If. H. Native of the 

 Himalaya ; as in Cashmere, Kidarkonta, and Kanaour, Royle ; 

 Sirmore and Kamaon, Wall. Dracocephalum Govanianum, Wall. 

 pi. rar. asiat. 2. p. 65. Allied to the preceding. Corollas 

 yellowish. 



Gonan's Cat-mint. PI. 2 to 3 feet. ? 



48 N. ERE'CTA (Benth. lab. p. 482.) stem erect, pubescent ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, crenated, wrinkled, 

 cordate at the base, rather canescent beneath ; racemes elongated, 

 rather loose ; bracteas minute ; calyx rather incurved ; corolla 

 more than twice as long as the calyx, having the tube much ex- 

 serted and attenuated at the base. It. H. Native of Kanaour, 

 on the mountains, Royle. Dracocephalum erectum, Royle, ex 

 Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 380. Allied to N. macrdntha, 

 but differs in the leaves being wrinkled and canescent beneath, 

 and in the flowers being a little smaller. Perhaps both this and 

 the preceding are varieties of N. macrdntha. Corolla violaceous. 



