LABIATE. LXXXVII. BALLOTA. 



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of Ballbta nigra, or Black Horehound, which is derived from 

 /3aX\ai, ballo, to emit ; rejected by cattle on account of the 

 offensive smell.) Benth. lab. p. 592. Ballota and Marrubium, 

 species of Lin. and other authors. Beringeria, Necker. Pseu- 

 dodictamnus, Tourn. and Moench. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx somewhat fun- 

 nel shaped ; tube 10-nerved ; teeth 5-10, dilated at the base or 

 combined into an orbicular spreading limb. Corolla having 

 the tube a little inclosed, with a transverse pilose ring inside, 

 and a bilabiate limb ; upper lip erect, oblong or subconcave, 

 emarginate at apex ; lower lip spreading, trifid, middle lobe emar- 

 ginate. Stamens 4, ascending, didynamous ; lower ones the 

 longest ; anthers exserted from the tube of the corolla, approxi- 

 mating by pairs, 2-celled : cells at length divaricate, and nearly 

 distinct. Style bifid at apex, with subulate lobes, which are 

 stigmatiferous at apex. Achenia dry, obtuse at apex, not trun- 

 cate. Perennial, hairy, woolly, or tomentose herbs. Leaves 

 wrinkled, usually cordate at the base, entire or crenated, never 

 cut ; floral ones almost similar. Whorls axillary, many rarely 

 few-flowered. Bracteas numerous, oblong, subulate, spine- 

 formed, but sometimes very short. 



SECT. I. BERINGE'RIA (probably named after some botanist of 

 the name of Beringer, of whom we know nothing.) Benth. lab. 

 p. 594. Bracteas oblong or subulate, soft. Limb of calyx 6-20- 

 toothed or crenated. 



1 B. AFRICA'NA (Benth. lab. p. 594.) hairy ; leaves orbicular, 

 irregularly crenated, green on both surfaces ; limb of calyx 

 spreading, orbicular, dilated, with about 10 short setaceous 

 teeth ; galea of corolla ovate ; stamens scarcely exserted from 

 die tube. H . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Mar- 

 rubium Africanum, Lin. spec. p. 816. Pseudodiclamnus emar- 

 ginatus, Mosnch, ex Steud. Marrubium crispum, Lin. spec. 

 1674. Marrubium Thouini, Schultes, ex syll. pi. soc. ratisb. 

 2. p. 23. Comm. hort. 2. p. 179. t. 90. Whorls globose, many- 

 flowered, distant. Corollas nearly glabrous, white or purple. ? 



African Stinking Horehound. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1710. 

 PL 1 foot. 



2 B. psECDomcTA'MNCs (Benth. lab. p. 594.) clothed with 

 white wool ; leaves orbicular, quite entire or obscurely crenated, 

 thick, woolly ; limb of calyx spreading, dilated, woolly, with 

 5-10 crenatures. ^ . F. Native of Candia. Marrubium pseu- 

 dodictamnus, Lin. spec. 817. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 50. 

 t. 562. Lam. ill. t. 508. f. 2. Beringeria pseudodictamnus, 

 Necker, Link, handb. 478. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 47. Park. 

 theatr. 28. f. 2. Whorls dense, many-flowered, distant. Corollas 

 white, spotted with red. 



Bastard Dittany of Crete. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1596. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



3 B. UNDDLA'TA (Benth. lab. p. 595.) hairy ; leaves orbicu- 

 lar, crenated, villous on both surfaces, rugosely curled ; limb of 

 calyx spreading, orbicular, rather shorter than the tube, thick, 

 villous, with an undulately curled 10-20 crenated margin : crena- 

 tures mutic. If. H. Native of Arabia, in the desert of Sinai, 

 N. Bove. Marrubium umbellatum, Fres. pi. aegypt. in mus. 

 senk. p. 92. Some of the hairs glanduliferous. Whorls many- 

 flowered, less dense than those of B. pseudodictamnus. 



Undulated-ca\\"s.ed Stinking Horehound. PI. ? 



4 B. ACETABULOSA (Benth. lab. p. 595.) hairy or somewhat 

 woolly ; leaves orbicular, crenated, villous above, and clothed 

 with white wool beneath ; limb of calyx spreading, with a 20- 

 crenated margin : crenatures mutic. I/ . or Tj . F. Native of 

 the Grecian islands and Syria. Marrubium acetabulosum, Lin. 

 spec. p. 817. Marrubium pseudodictamnus, Steud. et Hochst. 

 pi. exs. un. itin. but not of Lin. Beringeria acetabulosa, Necker, 

 Link, handb. p. 478. Marrubium suffruticosum, Mill. diet. no. 9. 



Park, theatr. 28. f. 3.? Barrel, icon. t. 129. Calyx woolly 

 or villous at the base. Corolla small, pale purple ; galea scarcely 

 emarginate. 



/Saucer-leaved Stinking Horehound. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 

 1676. PI. 2 feet. 



5 B. MOLLI'SSIMA (Benth. lab. p. 595.) stems clothed with white 

 wool ; leaves broad-ovate, obtuse, canescent or white on both 

 surfaces, floccosely woolly beneath ; limb of calyx spreading, 

 about equal in length to the tube, villously tomentose, with a 

 shortly 10-toothed margin : teeth broad, acute, scarcely mucro- 

 nate. fj . F. Native of Spain. ? Marrubium Hispanicum, 

 Lin. herb, but scarcely of his spec. pi. 816. but not of other au- 

 thors. Marrubium cinereum. M. scrophulariaefolium Hortul. 

 Herm. par. 201.? Bocc. mus. 2. p. 167. t. 122.? Leaves 

 more broad than long, regularly crenated, very soft. Whorls 

 dense, many-flowered. Bracteas spatulate. Corolla whitish. 

 Perhaps only a variety of B. hirsuta. 



Very soft Stinking Horehound. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1714. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



6 B. HIRSC V TA (Benth. lab. p. 595.) hairy or somewhat woolly ; 

 leaves orbicular, crenated, hairy above, green on both surfaces, 

 or clothed with white wool beneath ; limb of calyx spreading, 

 about equal to the tube, hairy, with a shortly 10-toothed mar- 

 gin : teeth broad acute or mucronate. I/ . F. Native of the 

 North of Africa, near Mogodor. Marrubium hirsutum, Willd. 

 spec. 3. p. 113. ? Marrubium crispum, Desv. in Lam. diet. 3. 

 p. 719. ? and of many other authors, but not of Lin. Habit 

 and leaves of B. acetabulosa, but differs in the limb of the calyx 

 being 10 not 20-toothed, smaller, and in the plant being more 

 hairy. Corollas pale purple. ? 



Var. (3, hispida (Benth. lab. p. 596.) greener and more hairy. 

 Tf. . H. Native of Spain. 



Hairy Stinking Horehound. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 1| 

 foot? 



7 B. MICROPHY'LLA (Benth. lab. p. 596.) tomentose ; leaves 

 subcordately ovate, finely crenulated ; calyx funnel-shaped : limb 

 spreading, with 10 acute . unequal teeth; bracteas spatulate, 

 acute. I/ . ? F. Native of the Levant. Marrubium micro- 

 phyllum, Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 720. Leaves nearly sessile, 

 soft, thick, 7-9 lines long, and 4 lines broad. Whorls numerous, 

 many-flowered. 



Small-hated Stinking Horehound. PI. 



8 B. RUGOSA (Benth. lab. p. 596.) stem pubescent, rather 

 woolly ; leaves ovate, obtuse, crenated, wrinkled, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum on both surfaces ; whorls few-flowered ; limb 

 of calyx short, spreading a little, with 10 short mucronulate 

 teeth. I/ . F. Native of the Levant. Marrubium rugosum, 

 Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. 3. p. 395. Marrubium humile, Desf. 1. 

 c. ? Leaves scarcely | an inch long, usually clothed with white 

 wool beneath. Whorls 4-6 rarely 10-flowered. Corolla of B. 

 acetabulosa, but more glabrous. 



Wrinkled-leaved Stinking Horehound. PL humble. 



9 B. OBLI'QUA (Benth. lab. p. 596.) stems clothed with hoary 

 pubescence ; leaves ovate, crenated, wrinkled, canescent above, 

 and clothed with white wool beneath ; whorls few-flowered ; 

 limb of calyx short, unequally dilated, with 10 mucronate teeth. 

 %. F. Native of Syria, on mountains about Aleppo and An- 

 tioch, P. Russell. Marrubium rugosum, var. Russell, herb. 

 All parts as in B. saxdtilis, but twice the size. 



Oblique-caAyaed Stinking Horehound. Shrub. ? 



10 B. SAXA'TILIS (Sieb. pi. exs. ex Benth. lab. p. 596. ) hairy ; 

 leaves ovate or orbicular, crenated, thick, wrinkled, green on 

 both surfaces or white beneath, hairy on both surfaces ; whorls 

 few-flowered ; limb of calyx short, spreading a little, with 10 

 mucronate teeth, fj . F. Native of Syria, near Aleppo and of 

 Palestine. Marrubium rugosum, Russel, nat. hist. alep. 2. p. 



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