836 LABIATE. LXXXII. SPHACELE. LXXXIII. LEPECHINIA. LXXXIV. CRANIOTOME. LXXXV. SIDERITIS. 



Algue Laguen, Feuill. chil. 3. t. 1. Phytoxys acidissima, Mo- 

 lina ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 716. Branchlets tomentosely pubes- 

 cent. Leaves on short petioles, to 1 inch long. Corollas pale 

 blue. 



Campanulate-calyxed Sphacele. Fl. July. Clt. 1795. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



7 S. SUBHASTA'TA (Benth. 1. c.) shrubby ; branches tomen- 

 tose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, truncately subhastate at the 

 base, green, and bullately wrinkled above, but clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath ; racemes loose, nearly simple ; whorls 

 many-flowered ; corolla about twice as long as the calyx. F? . 

 G. Native of Chili, near Valparaiso. Leaves scarcely an inch 

 long, obtuse, crenulated. Whorls 4-6-flowered. Calycine teeth 

 linear-subulate. Corolla blue. Stamens a little exserted. 



Sub/iastale-\eaved Sphacele. Shrub. 



8 S. LINDLE'VI (Benth. 1. c. lab. p. 570.) shrubby; branches 

 clothed with floccose wool ; leaves ovate, cordate at the base, 

 bullately wrinkled, clothed with white wool beneath ; racemes 

 simple, dense ; whorls many-flowered ; corolla twice as long as 

 the calyx. J? . G. Native of Chili, near Valparaiso. Hook, 

 bot. mag. t. 2993. Stachys Salviae, Lindl. in bot. reg. t. 1226. 

 Leaves 1 j to 3 inches long. Corollas purplish-violet, more than 

 an inch long, pubescent outside. 



Lindiey's Sphacele. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1825. Shrub 3 to 4 

 feet. 



9 S. LAMIIFOLIA (Benth. lab. p. 570.) shrubby ; branches 

 clothed with rufous tomentum ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, 

 cordate at the base, villous, wrinkled, of nearly tlie same colour 

 on both surfaces ; racemes loose, a little branched ; whorls 

 many-flowered ; corolla much exserted. ^ . G. Native of 

 Peru, Dombey. Leaves obtuse, crenated, glandular beneath : 

 floral ones sessile. Whorls 4-6-flowered. Calyx sub-bilabiate, 

 with setaceously acuminated teeth. Corolla scarlet, almost \\ 

 inch long. 



Dead Nellie-leaved Sphacele. Shrub. 



10 S. SPECIOSA (St. Hil. mss. ex Benth. lab. p. 570.) shrub- 

 by ; branches clothed with rufous tomentum ; leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, truncately subcordate at the base, 

 bullately much wrinkled above, and rather woolly beneath, but 

 at length neaily glabrous ; racemes loose, paniculately branch- 

 ed ; whorls 2-flowered ; corolla much exserted. f? . G. Na- 

 tive of Brazil, in shady rocky places on Serra do Papagaio, in 

 the province of Minas Geraes. Leaves doubly crenulated : 

 floral leaves small, bractea-formed, acuminated, nearly entire. 

 Corolla reddish-violet, more than an inch long. 



Showy Sphacele. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



Cull, The species are free growers, and flowerers. Any 

 light rich earth will answer them ; and cuttings readily strike 

 root, with a hand-glass placed over them. 



LXXXIII. LEPECHI'NIA (named after John Lepechin, 

 a Russian botanist.) Willd. hort. berol. 1. p. 21. t. 21. Benth. 

 lab. p. 415. Horminum species, Ortega. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx inflately 

 campanulate, reticulately veined, truncate at apex, sub-bila- 

 biate ; upper lip bidentate ; lower lip tridentate : teeth all 

 awned ; throat naked inside. Corolla equal in length to the 

 calyx ; tube naked inside ; limb bilabiate ; upper lip erect, 

 flattish, emarginate ; lower lip trifid, with flat, entire, rather 

 spreading lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending : lower 2 

 the longest ; anthers approximate : cells rather parallel. Style 

 glabrous, almost equally bifid at apex. Achenia dry, smooth, 

 black. Herbs. Whorls many-flowered, remote, or spicate. 



1 L. SPICA V TA (Willd. hort. berol. 1. p. 21. t. 21.) stem 

 erect ; whorls crowded into a terminal spike ; fructiferous calyx 



closed. I/ . F. Native of Mexico, near Ario and Santa Rosa 

 de la Sierra; and near Xalapa. Bot. reg. t. 1292. Horminum 

 caulescens, Orteg. dec. p. 63^ Ulricia pyramidata, Jacq. ex 

 Steud. nom. p. 413. Stem rather hairy. Leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, 2-6-inches long, ovate, obtuse, crenulated, cuneated at the 

 base, wrinkled, pubescent, green on both surfaces ; floral leaves 

 under the spike similar to the others, but smaller ; those in the 

 spike bractea-formed, equalling the calyxes. Spikes oblong or 

 sub-globose 1 to 1^ inch long. Calyx pubescent. Corolla 

 small, yellow. 



Spike-flowered Lepechinia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 1 to 1 foot. 



2 L. PROCU'MBENS (Benth. lab. p. 415.) stems procumbent; 

 whorls secund, remote ; fructiferous calyx spreading. 3. F. 

 Native of Mexico, Karwinski. Branches nearly simple, villous. 

 Leaves petiolate : lower ones ovate : superior ones oblong ; all 

 obtuse, crenated, sub- cordate at the base ; lower floral leaves 

 almost similar to the others, sessile : the upper ones small and 

 bractea-formed. Whorls 6-10-flowered. Corolla like L. spicata, 

 but a little longer. 



Procumbent Lepechinia. PI. procumbent. 



Cult. The species of Lepechinia should be grown in pots in a 

 rich open earth, or one composed of equal pans of peat sand 

 and loam. They require the protection of a frame or green- 

 house in winter, and are readily increased by division and seeds, 

 and even by cuttings. 



LXXXIV. CRANIOTOME (from Kpavtiov, kraneion, a 

 helmet ; and ro^n, tome, a section ; probably in reference to 

 the short galea or helmet.) Rchb. icon. bot. exot. 1. p. 39. 

 Benth. lab. p. 704. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx ovate, some- 

 what globose after florescence, equal, 5-toothed ; throat con- 

 tracted, villous inside. Corolla with an exserted tube, and a 

 bilabiate limb : the upper lip very short and concave, entire : 

 the lower lip longer, spreading, and trifid ; the lateral segments 

 short. Stamens 4, ascending, didynamous, shorter than the co- 

 rolla : lower ones longest. Anthers 2-celled ; cells at length 

 divaricate. Style about equally bifid at top. Stigmas minute. 

 Achenia dry, smooth. 



1 C. VERSI'COLOR (Rchb. 1. c. t. 54.) 11. H. Native of 

 Nipaul, Kamaon, and Silhet, &c. Nepeta versicolor, Trev. in 

 nov. act. acad. nat. cur. 13. p. 183. Anisomeles Nepalensis, 

 Spreng. syst. 2. p. 706. A'juga furcata, Link, enum. 2. p. 99. 

 Herb erect, branched. Branches pilose. Leaves petiolate, 

 ovate, acuminated, crenated, cordate at the base, hispid from 

 pili on both surfaces. Uppermost floral leaves bractea-formed. 

 Cymes loose, many-flowered, pedunculate, racemose. Racemes 

 slender, panicled. Flowers minute, elegantly variegated with 

 white, red, and purple. Calyx pubescent. 



Party-coloured-fiowered Craniotome. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 

 1824. PI. 4 to 6 feet. ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Lepechinia, above. 



LXXXV. SIDERITIS (of Pliny, and Si?,,p<rie of Diosco- 

 rides ; from triSnpos, sideros, iron ; so named on account of its 

 fancied property of healing flesh wounds.) Tourn. inst. t. 90. 

 Lin. gen. no. 712. Schreb. gen. no. 9(i6. Juss. gen. p. 113. 

 Benth. lab. p. 570. Hesiodia, Burgsdorffia, and Marrubiastrum, 

 Mcench. Empedoclea, Rafin. Navicularia, Fabr. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx tubular, 5-10- 

 nerved : teeth erect, rather spinose, sometimes equal, and some- 

 times the upper one is very broad, or the 3 upper ones are 

 almost joined into an upper lip. Corolla with an inclosed tube, 



