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LABIATJE. LXXXV. SIDERITIS. LXXXVI. MARRUBIUM. 



34. S. LANA'TA (Lin. spec. p. 804.) annual, clothed with soft 

 wool-like hairs; leaves ovate, rounded at the base: floral leaves 

 ovate, crenulated ; calyx woolly, greenish, sub-bilabiate, with 

 lanceolate-subulate acuminately subspinose teeth, the upper tooth 

 twice the size of the lower ones. Q. H. Native of the region 

 of the Mediterranean, as of Candia, Leri, Syria, &c. S. elegans, 

 Murr. nov. comm. goett. 1778. t. 4. S. nigricans, Pers. ench. 

 2. p. 117. Lam. diet. 2. p. 167. Marrubiastrum elegans, 

 Moench, meth. p. 391. Habit of Stachys dnnua. Plant densely 

 pilose. Leaves 1 to \\ inch long. Corolla yellowish at the base ; 

 lips black at apex. 



Woolly Ironwort. Fl. July. Clt. 1787. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



35 S. PURPU'REA (H. F. Talbot, fl. corf. ined. ex Benth. lab. 

 p. 742.) annual, very villous, green ; leaves oblong-ovate : lower 

 floral leaves toothed: upper ones ovate- lanceolate, acute, almost 

 quite entire ; calyx pilose, witb>aristately mucronate teeth, the 

 upper tooth very large, ovate, the lower ones lanceolate-subu- 

 late ; galea of corolla oblong, purplish. . H. Native of the 

 islands, Corfu and Zante, Talbot. Sideritis Cretica, maxima, 

 Ocimi Valentin! facie, Tourn. This differs from S. Romano, in 

 being more densely beset with long hairs, and particularly in the 

 purple, not yellow, corollas ; and the galea is longer and much 

 narrower. 



Pttrp/e-flowered Ironwort. PI. | foot. 



36 S. ROMA'NA (Lin. spec. p. 802.) annual, clothed with soft 

 rather woolly pili, green ; leaves oblong-ovate : floral leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, toothed ; calyx nearly glabrous, with aristately 

 mucronate teeth, the upper tooth large and ovate, and the lower 

 teeth lanceolate-subulate. Q. H. Native of the region of the 

 Mediterranean, in cultivated and waste places ; as of Spain, 

 France, Italy, Sicily, Grecian Islands, Syria, c. Cav. icon. 2. 

 p. 69. t. 187. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 43. t. 552. S. 

 spatulata, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 377. Burgsdorffia rigida, Mcench, 

 meth. p. 392. Burgsdorffia, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. Stems 

 branched at the base, ascending, clothed with long soft villi like 

 the rest of the plant. Whorls 6-flowered, distant. Corolla 

 yellowish. 



Roman Ironwort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1740. PI. J foot. 



37 S. AFPROXIMA'TA (Gasp, in Guss. prod. fl. sic suppl. p. 

 191.) bractless, very villous; leaves oblong, crenately toothed, 

 tapering into the petioles : floral leaves equalling the calyxes ; 

 whorls all approximate into elongated spikes; teeth of calyx spi- 

 nose, pungent: upper tooth ovate. H. Native of Sicily, 

 near Seceiara, in maritime pastures, Gasparini. Habit of S. 

 Romano. 



jlpproximate-floviereA Ironwort. PI. J foot. ? 



38 S. MONTANA (Lin. spec. p. 802.) annual, ascending; stem 

 hairy ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 



narrowed at the base : floral FIG. 83. 



leaves awned, a little toothed ; 

 calyx green, nearly glabrous, 

 sub-bilabiate; teeth all ovate, 

 aristately mucronate, at length 

 spreading. 0. H. Native of 

 the South of Europe and Middle 

 Asia, in cultivated fields ; as of 

 the South of France, Italy, Si- 

 cily, Dalmatia, Syria, Tauria, 

 Caucasus, Altaia, &c. Jacq. fl. 

 austr. 5. p. 16. t. 434. Hesiodia 

 bicolor, Mosnch, meth. 392. 

 Hesiodia montana, Dumort, fl. 

 belg. p. 44. Colum. ecphr. 1. 

 p. 198. t. 196. Habit of S. 

 Romano, but taller, the whorls 

 more numerous, the calycine 

 teeth all nearly equal ; the 3 superior teeth less deeply cut 



than the lower ones. Corollas yellow, with a ferruginous mar- 

 gin ; upper lip entire, rather concave (fig. 83.) 



Mountain Ironwort. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1752. PI. to 1 

 foot. 



39 S. REMOTA (D'Urv. enum. pi. arch, in mem. soc. Lin. par. 

 p. 322.) annual ; branches elongated, divaricate, rather villous 

 or woolly; leaves oblong-lanceolate, narrowed at the base: flo- 

 ral leaves obtuse, mutic, a little toothed ; calyx clothed with 

 loose wool, sub-bilabiate : teeth all ovate-lanceolate, aristately 

 mucronate, at length spreading. Q. H. Native of the Grecian 

 Islands and Syria. S. lanata, Hochst. et Steud. pi. exs. but not 

 of Lin. S. montana, Sibth. et Smith, fl. grsec. 6. p. 42. t. 551, 

 but not of Lin. Very nearly allied to S. montana, but the 

 habit is stronger, and the calyxes are clothed with white loose 

 wool, not with long pili as in it. 



Remote Ironwort. PI. 5 to 1 foot. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



40 S. TOMENTOSA (Ucria, pi. ad Lin. Opus. add. no. 15. ex 

 Guss. prod. fl. sic. suppl. 192.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, toothed, 

 hoary; flowers verticillately spicate ; spikes leafy. .? H. 

 Native of Sicily. 



Tomentose Ironwort. PI. ? 



41 S. ROSEA (Desf. cor. Tourn. in ann. mus. 10. p. 302. t. 

 24.) villous ; leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, sessile, crenated ; 

 flowers twin, axillary; calyxes mutic. .? H. Native of 

 Egypt. Plant canescent from adpressed tomentum, with the 

 habit and leaves of Teucrium Scordium. Leaves 6-10 lines long, 

 and 4-5 broad. Flowers nearly sessile. Corolla pale red ; tube 

 equalling the calyx ; upper lip arched, entire. 



y?ose-coloured-flowered Ironwort. PI. f to 1 foot. 



j- f Doubtful species. 



42 S. CILIA'TA (Thunb. fl. jap. 245.) leaves ovate, serrated ; 

 bracteas ciliated. If.? H. Native of Japan, Thunb. Plant 

 villous. Leaves petiolate, dotted above, hardly an inch long. 

 Spikes terminal, lanceolate, erect. Bracteas nearly orbicular, 

 acuminated, nerved, ciliated, imbricated. 



Ciliated Ironwort. PI. 1 to 1 J foot. 



43 S. PARVIFOLIA (Lam. ill. t. 505. f. 2.) This can hardly he 

 enumerated as a species. 



44 S. PROSTRA^TA (Zucc. ex Steud. nom. p. 776.) 



45 S. TEUCRIIFOLIA (Juss. ex Steud. nom. p. 776.) 



Cult. All the shrubby species are well fitted for decorating 

 rockwork ; they prefer a dry chalky or gravelly soil, and are 

 readily increased by cuttings, seeds, or by division. Those spe- 

 cies belonging to the first section being natives of the Canary 

 Islands are properly greenhouse plants. The seeds of annual 

 kinds only require to be sown in the open ground in Spring in 

 dry light soil. 



LXXXVI. MARRITBIUM (of Pliny, from the Hebrew mar- 

 rob, a bitter juice, the species being extremely bitter.) Tourn. 

 inst. t. 91. Lin. gen. no. 721. Schreb. gen. no. 976. Juss. 

 gen. p. 114. Benth. lab. p. 585. Lagopsis, Bunge. 



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

 nerved, equal; teeth 5-10, acute, rather spinose, nearly equal, 

 erect or often spreading at maturity. Corolla with an inclosed 

 tube, which is naked inside or somewhat annulated, and a bilabi- 

 ate limb ; upper lip erect, flattish or concave, entire or shortly 

 bifid ; lower lip spreading, trifid, the middle lobe the broadest, and 

 usually emarginate. Stamens 4, didynamous, the lower ones the 

 longest, inclosed within the tube of the corolla ; anthers 2-celled : 

 cells divaricate, sub-confluent, all nearly similar. Style bifid at 



