LABIATE. XCIII. PHLOMIS. 



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cate, glabrous or pubescent at apex. Herbs, under-shrubs, and 

 shrubs ; in the first section clothed with floccose wool, and in 

 the second section green. Leaves wrinkled. Whorls many- 

 flowered, axillary, propped by bracteas, rarely naked. Corollas 

 in the first section yellow or purple ; but in the second section 

 purple or white. 



SECT. I. EUPHLO'MIS (from tv, eu, well ; and phlomis ; so 

 called because this section is supposed to contain the true spe- 

 cies of the genus.) Benth. lab. p. 622. Galea of corolla large, 

 incumbent, tomentose, rarely villous, shortly somewhat bearded 

 inside and along the margins ; lateral segments of the lower lip 

 small, furnished each with a lanceolate, or ovate, truncate, small 

 appendage ; the middle lobe large, very broad, rounded, emar- 

 ginate, or somewhat 2-lobed. 



1. LYCHXI'TIS (from \V\VOQ, lychnos, a lamp; down used for 

 making wicks.) Benth. lab. p. 623. Plant suffruticose. Floral 

 leaves broadly dilated at the base, clasping thejlorvert. 



1 P. LYCHNI'TIS (Lin. spec. p. 819.) suffruticose, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum ; leaves sessile, oblong-linear, narrowed at both 

 ends, stem-clasping, wrinkled ; floral leaves very broad at the 

 base ; bracteas subulate, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed 

 with silky pili, with short subulate teeth. f; . H. Native of 

 Europe, in the region of the Mediterranean, in dry places ; as 

 of Spain, South of France, North of Italy. ? Sims. bot. mag. 

 999. Mill. fig. 203. Lob. icon. 558. Barrel, icon. 132?. 

 Stems numerous, simple, rising from a woody base. Cauline 

 leaves 2-3 inches long, and scarcely 4 lines broad, green or 

 canescent above, very veiny, and clothed with white tomentum 

 beneath. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx. The dry 

 leaves of this sort are used for wicks ; hence its specific name, 

 and its Spanish one of Candelera. 



Link Phlomis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1658. Shrub 2 feet. 



J 2. GYMNOPHLOMIS (from yvpvof, gymnos, naked ; and 

 f\ofjioc, phlomos, the Greek name of Mullien ; so called from 

 the whorls being almost destitute of bracteas.) Benth. lab. p. 

 623. Perennial herbs or undershrubs. Floral leaves narrowed 

 at the base. Whorh fere-flowered. Bracteas few, loofe or want- 

 ing. Calycine teeth soft, mutic. 



2 P. BRVGUIE'RI (Desf. mem. mus. 11. p. 9. t. 5.) perennial 

 or suffruticose, very white from floccose tomentum ; leaves 

 ovate-oblong, roundly cuneated at the base, densely woolly ; 

 whorls about 6-flowered ; bracteas linear, loose ; calyx very 

 pilose, with lanceolate soft plumose teeth, which exceed the 

 corolla, y. . F. Native of Persia, near Kermanchan. Stems 

 almost simple. Leaves 2-3 inches long, acutish, a little cre- 

 nated, and a little wrinkled. Whorls approximate. Corollas 

 deep red, a little smaller than those of P. lychnltis. Superior 

 filaments thickened at the base, scarcely appendiculate. 



Bruguier's Phlomis. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



3 P. CRINI'TA (Cav. icon. rar. 3. p. 25. t. 247.) perennial or 

 suffruticose, clothed with very white floccose wool; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, roundedly truncate at the base, the radical leaves sub- 

 cordate, very thick, densely woolly on both surfaces ; floral 

 leaves narrowly rounded at the base; whorls 6-10-flowered ; 

 bracteas linear, loose ; calyx very pilose, with linear plumose 

 mutic teeth, which are shorter than the corolla. I/ . F. Native 

 .of Spain. Stems rising from a woody base. Radical leaves 2-3 

 inches long, almost quite entire. Whorls disposed in a panicu- 

 lately branched raceme. Corolla like those of P. lychnltit, yel- 

 low or pale orange. 



Long-haired Phlomis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 

 to 1| foot. 



4 P. BI'LOBA (Desf. fl. all. 2. p. 25. t. 127.) perennial or suf- 

 fruticose, woolly ; leaves ovate-oblong, rounded at the base, 

 clothed with sub-floccose tomentum on both surfaces ; whorls 

 4-6-flowered ; bracteas linear, loose ; calyx pilose, with linear 

 soft acute mutic teeth. 1^. F. Native of Algiers, near May- 

 ane. Lower leaves petiolate : upper ones sessile, scarcely cre- 

 nated. Corollas size of those of P. herba-tenli, purple, villously 

 tomentose outside ; upper lip bipartite. ? 



7W-/o6ed-lipped Phlomis. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



5 P. ORIENTALS (Mill. diet. no. 9.) perennial or suffruticose, 

 clothed with floccose wool ; leaves ovate : lower ones cordate at 

 the base, much wrinkled, villous or woolly on both surfaces ; 

 floral leaves narrowed at the base ; whorls 6-10-flowered ; 

 calyx elongated, pilose, with linear, soft, acute, plumose teeth. 

 "if.. F. Native of Syria, near Aleppo, and about Smyrna. 

 Habit of P. Nissolii, but the calyx is very different. Corollas 

 pale brown or yellow. 



Eastern Phlomis. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



6 P. OLIVIK'RI (Benth. lab. p. 624.) shrubby, woolly ; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, narrowed at the base : lower ones cordate, 

 wrinkled, densely clothed with wool in the young state ; whorls 

 few-flowered ; bracteas short, linear ; calyx hispidly woolly, 

 with lanceolate-linear obtuse teeth, f; . F. Native of Persia, 

 between Bagdad and Kermanchan, and between Kermanchan 

 and Armadan. Bracteas as in P. Armcmaca, but more hispid ; 

 but the calyxes are less pilose, and the stems more simple than 

 in P. orien'talis. 



Olicier's Phlomis. Shrub. 



7 P. ARMENI'ACA (Willd. spec. 3. p. 119.) perennial, clothed 

 with floccose wool ; radical leaves on long petioles, cordate-ob- 

 long, obtuse, crenated ; cauline leaves lanceolate, attenuated at 

 the base ; whorls 6-flowered ; bracteas loose, subulate, mucro- 

 nulate ; calyx clothed with tomentose wool, contracted at the 

 apex in the fructiferous state, with subulate mucronate straight 

 teeth, y. . F. Native of Armenia ; and of Caucasus, in dry 

 stony places among the Talusch mountains, near Perimbal and 

 Swant. D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. 4. t. 364. P. orien- 

 talis, angusto et lineare folio, flore luteo, Tourn. cor. p. 10. 

 Stems simple. Leaves obscurely crenated. Whorls distinct, 

 usually 6-flowered. Corollas yellow, similar to those of P. 

 lychnltis, twice the length of the calyx, clothed with stellate 

 pubescence outside. 



Armenian Phlomis. Fl. June, July. Clu 1834. PI. | to 1 

 foot. 



8 P. NISSOLII (Lin. spec. p. 819.) perennial or suffruticose, 

 densely clothed with sub-floccose wool ; leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong, deeply cordate at the base, much wrinkled ; whorls few- 

 flowered ; bracteas very short ; calyx densely woolly, with 

 ovate acuminated soft mutic teeth. If. F. Native of Syria, 

 near Smyrna and Aleppo. Mill. fig. 204. Stems rising from a 

 woody base. Lower leaves petiolate, 4-5 inches long, crenu- 

 lated. Whorls distant. Corolla yellow, similar to that of P. 

 lychnltis ; but the upper lip is a little acuminated, and the mid- 

 dle lobe of the lower lip more deeply emarginate. 



Nissole's Phlomis. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1757. PI. 1 to 1J 

 foot. 



3. DENDROPHLOMIS (from SivSpov, dendron, a tree ; and 

 c, phlomos, the Greek name of Mullien ; in allusion to the 

 species being woody). Benth. lab. p. 625. Shrubs, rarely sub- 

 shrubs. Whorls dense. Bracteas adpressed, numerous, about equal 

 in length to the calyxes. Calyxes usually truncate, mucronate. 



9 P. PURPC'REA (Lin. spec. p. 818.) shrubby; branches 

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