LABIATE. LXVII1. NEPETA. LXIX. MARMORITIS. LXX. DRACOCEPHALUM. 



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Turnsol-Uaced Cat-mint. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



63 N. PU'NGEKS (Benth. lab. p. 487.) erect, nearly glabrous ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, acute, narrowed at the base, rather 

 fleshv, somewhat canescent on both surfaces ; racemes nearly 

 simple ; bracteas foliaceous, rather spiny, longer than the 

 calyxes ; calyx elongated, with linear, stiff teeth ; corolla 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx. If.. H. Native of Syria, between 

 Bagdad and Kermancha, Olivier, and Bruguiere. Whorls 30- 

 flowered, and more. 



Pung-eni-bractead Cat-mint. PI. | to 1 foot. 



66 N. PUSI'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 488.) dwarf, erect, finely pu- 

 bescent ; leaves small, ovate, acutely serrated ; upper floral 

 leaves and bracteas lanceolate-linear, very acute, pungent ; flow- 

 ers cymosely capitate, subcorymbose ; calyx tubular, pubescent ; 

 teeth of calyx very acute, exceeding the corolla. Tj . H. Na- 

 tive of Altaia, on Mount Arkaul. Ziziphora pungens, Bunge, 

 in Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 23. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 124. Stems fili- 

 form, almost simple. Leaves 3-4 lines long. Corollas minute, 

 slender. 



Least Cat-mint. PI. j to J foot. 



f Doubtful specie*. 



67 N. JAPOMCA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 52.) stems decumbent, 

 and naked at the base, tomentose at top ; leaves petiolate, ovate, 

 acute, serrated, toraentose on both surfaces, white beneath ; pa- 

 nicles of flowers axillary, trifid, fastigiate. 1. H. Native of 

 Japan, on the tops of the mountains called Kosido. N. incana, 

 Thunb. jap. p. 244. Leaves J an inch long. 



Japan Cat-mint. PI. decumbent. 



68 N. MACROC'RA (Led. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 729.) cymes 

 many-flowered, spreading, panicled, almost leafless ; calyx 

 hoary, striated ; leaves subcordately triangular, on long peti- 

 oles, serrated, canescent : upper ones quite entire. If. . H. 

 Native of Siberia. Corollas whitish. The plant in the gar- 

 dens under this name appears to be hardly distinct from the 

 common form of .V. Cataria. 



Long-tatltd Cat-mint. Fl. July, Aug. Ch. 1820. PI. 2 to 

 4 feet. 



69 N. NEPALE'NSIS (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 730.) spikes com- 

 pound, subsecund ; calyxes hoary ; leaves lanceolate, serrated 

 in the middle, petiolate, a little reflexed, attenuated at both 

 ends, and quite entire. I/. H. Native of Nipaul. 



\epaul Cat-mint. PI. ? 



t + Species only known by name. 



1 N. CANE'SCENS (Raeusch. ex Steud. nom. p. 552.) Perhaps 

 nothing but Hyptis canescens. 



Z N". PATAVI'XA (Fisch. ex Steud. 1. c.) Perhaps Melissa 

 Palarlna, 



3 N. PAUCIFLORA (Spreng. ex Steud. 1. c.) 



4 N. SIDJFOLIA (Raeusch. ex Steud. 1. c.) Perhaps Hyptts 

 polydntha. 



5 N. SUAYE'OLENS (Rcem. ex Steud. 1. c.) Perhaps ffy"ptis 

 tuareolemt. 



Cult. Some of the species are rather pretty when in blos- 

 som, and are therefore well fitted for flower borders ; and 

 others are coarse plants, without beauty. They all grow in 

 common garden soil, but prefer one light and dry. They are 

 increased by dividing at the root in spring or autumn, or by 

 seeds. 



rot, white, in allusion to the plant being clothed with white 

 tomentum.) Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 377. lab. p. 

 480. 



Lix. STST. Didynamia, Gym*ospermia. Calyx 13-15- 

 nerved, tubularly campanulate, deeply 5-toothed : teeth equal, 

 acute. Corolla shorter than the calyx ; upper lip erect, bifid, 

 flat ; lateral lobes of lower lip erect : middle lobe spreading, 

 broad, crenulated. Stamens 4, ascending, didynamous : lower 

 ones the shortest ; anthers 2-celled : cells parallel. Style 

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

 ferous at apex. Achenia dry, smooth, naked. A small Hima- 

 layan plant, very nearly allied to Nepeta, of which, like the 

 other genera of this tribe, it might be considered a section. 



1 M. ROTCNDIFOLIA (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. 

 p. 377. lab. p. 490.) If. . H. Native of Himalaya, on moun- 

 tains in the province of Kanaour, Royle. Stem thick at the 

 base, branched. Branches procumbent, nearly simple, clothed 

 with tomentose villi, densely leafy at top. Leaves like those of 

 Lamium amplexicaule, renifonn, all petiolate, wrinkled, crenated, 

 clothed with white loose tomentum on both surfaces, but espe- 

 cially beneath. Whorls few-flowered, secund in the ayiU of the 

 superior leaves, shorter than the petioles. 



Round- leared Marmoritis. PI. procumbent. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Nepeta above. 



LXIX. MARMORITIS (probably from 



marmo- 



LXX. DRACOCE'PHALUM (from Ifa^v, draco*, a dra- 

 gon ; and st<j>a\ti, kephale, a head ; in reference to the ringent 

 corollas.) Lin. gen. no. 729. Schreb. gen. no. 984. Juss. 

 gen. p. 116. Gaertn. fruct. t. 66. Benth. lab. p. 490. Molda- 

 vica et Zornia, Mo?nch, meth. p. 410. Ruyschiana, Mill. diet. 

 Dracocephalum and Moldavica, Tourn. inst. t. 83. and t. 85. 



LIN. STST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx tubular, 13- 

 15-nerved, straight, rarely incurved, with a straight or equal 

 5-toothed mouth ; upper tooth the broadest, usually large, the 

 3 upper teeth sometimes joined into an upper lip. Corolla with 

 the tube slender at the base, inclosed, or more often exserted, 

 with a very wide throat, and a bilabiate limb ; upper lip erect, 

 rather concave, emarginate : lower lip spreading, trifid, the 

 middle lobe large, and rather bifid. Stamens 4, didynamous : 

 lower ones the shortest, ascending. Anthers approximating by 

 pairs, 2-celled ; cells divaricate. Style about equally bifid at 

 top; lobes subulate, stigmatiferous at apex. Achenia dry, 

 smooth, naked. Perennial herbs. Whorls many-flowered, ax- 

 illary, or approximate into a terminal spike. Bracteas usually 

 foliaceous, aristately toothed. Corollas generally large, blue or 

 purplish, rarely white or yellowish. This genus is readilv dis- 

 tinguished by the broad toothed bracteas. 



SECT. I. KEIMODRA'COX (from Kup.ai, keimai, to lie down ; and 

 , drakon ; in reference to the procumbent stems of the 

 species.) Benth. lab. p. 492. Stems procumbent, much branch- 

 ed. Leaves nearly orbicular, deeply crenated, or somewhat pal- 

 mately pinnatifid. Flowers capitate, or disposed in oblong 

 spikes. Anthers glabrous. 



1 D. pAUtA'Tru (Steph. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 151.) stems 

 procumbent, villous ; leaves petiolate, ovate-roundish, palmately 

 pinnatifid, green on both surfaces, villous ; whorls capitately 

 spicate ; bracteas small, cuneated, setaceously toothed ; upper 

 tooth of calyx broad, truncate ; corolla about 3 times longer 

 than the calyx : superior lip elongated, incurved. TJ. . H. 

 Native of Eastern Siberia, near Ishinginsk. Stems suflruticose 

 at the base. Floriferous branches ascending. Whorls 2-6- 

 flowered, approximate. Corollas showy, purplish, nearly gla- 

 brous. 



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