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LABIATE. XCIII. PHLOMIS. 



clothed with floccose tomentum ; leaves oblong, obtuse, cre- 

 nated, truncate or subcordate at the base, greenish above, and 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; bracteas oblong-lanceo- 

 late, and are, as well as the calyxes, clothed with white tomen- 

 tum ; calycine segments lanceolate, softly acuminated. 1? . H. 

 Native of Spain, near Malaga. Smith, spicil. C. t. 7. P. ferru- 

 ginea, Mill. diet. no. 12. P. salviaefolia, Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 

 3. p. 58. t. 359. Floral leaves ovate-lanceolate, much longer 

 than the whorls. Corollas reddish-purple ; upper lip tomen- 

 tosely villous outside. Appendages of upper filaments subu- 

 late. 



Purple-fion ered Phlomis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1661. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



10 P. ITA'LICA (Smith, spicil. 1. t. 6.) shrubby, clothed with 

 floccose tomentum ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, truncate 

 at the base, wrinkled ; whorls dense ; bracteas linear, obtuse, 

 adpressed, about equalling the calyxes, clothed with floccose 

 tomentum ; calyx truncate, with very short obtuse mutic teeth. 

 *2. H. Native of Spain, Italy, and Balearic Islands. P. ro- 

 tundifolia, Mill. diet. no. 13. fig. 202. Wool subferruginous or 

 white. Leaves all petiolate, 2-3 inches long, velvety on the 

 upper surface, a little crenated. Corollas purple. Upper fila- 

 ments thickened a little under the insertion. This differs from 

 P. purpurea in the calyxes and bracteas. 



Italian Phlomis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1661. Shrub 1 to 2 

 feet. 



IIP. ELLI'PTICA (Benth. lab. p. 626.) shrubby, clothed with 

 subfloccose tomentum ; leaves ovate-elliptic, truncate at the 

 base, much wrinkled, clothed with floccose tomentum beneath, 

 or on both surfaces : whorls dense, many-flowered ; bracteas 

 lanceolate, linear, bluntish, stiff, clothed with floccose wool ; calyx 

 truncate, with linear stiff pungent teeth. Tj . F. Native of 

 Persia. Branches at length glabrous towards the tops. Leaves 

 an inch long, at length naked above, but clothed with floccose 

 tomentum on both surfaces while young. Whorls about 10- 

 flowered. Corolla purplish. 



Elliptic-leaved Phlomis. Shrub. 



12 P. LANA'TA (Willd. enum. suppl. p. 41.) shrubby; branches 

 divaricate, clothed with subfloccose wool ; leaves small, ovate- 

 roundish, very blunt, roundly cuneated at the base, much wrin- 

 kled, green above, and clothed with white wool beneath ; brac- 

 teas ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, shorter than the calyxes, and 

 are, as well as them, clothed with white wool ; calycine teeth 

 very short, obtuse, or stiffly mucronulate. ^ N- Native of 

 Calabria and Candia. P. parvifolia, Presl. del. prag. p. 86.. P. 

 microphylla, Sieb. in bot. zeit. 1823. 2. p. 598. Shrub divari- 

 cately much branched. Branches clothed with rusty wool. 

 Whorls solitary on the branches, or twin and remote, 6-8-flow- 

 ered. Corolla yellow ; upper lip clothed with velvety to- 

 mentum. 



Woolly Phlomis. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1696. Sh'rub 1 to 2 

 feet. 



13 P. ANGUSTirbuA (Mill. diet. no. 2.) shrubby; branches 

 clothed with floccose tomentum ; leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, 

 truncate at the base, much wrinkled, canescent above, and 

 clothed with white tomentum beneath ; bracteas lanceolate, cloth- 

 ed with soft white tomentum, mutic ; calyx clothed with white 

 tomentum ; calycine teeth truncate, mucronate, very short and 

 stiff, t F. Native among rocks in the desert of Sinai, Bove ; 

 and in the Grecian Archipelago. P. flavescens, Mill. diet. no. 10. 

 This species differs from P. purpurea, in the stem being taller ; 

 in the calyxes being truncate, &c. Corolla cream-coloured, size 

 of those of P. purpurea. 



Narrow-leaved Phlomis. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1596. Shrub. 



14 P. FRUTICOSA (Lin. spec. p. 818.) shrubby; branches 

 clothed with floccose tomentnm ; leaves ovate or oblong, roundly 



cuneated at the base, wrinkled, green above, and clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath ; whorls densely many-flowered ; brac- 

 teas broad-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, greenish, ciliated, 

 villous ; calyx villous, with truncate teeth, which end each in a 

 subrecurved, or spreading, subulate, stiff acumen. ^ . H. Na- 

 tive of the region of the Mediterranean, in dry exposed places 

 of mountains; as of Sicily, Abruzzo, Greece, Levant, &c. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1843. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 6. p. 51. t. 563. 

 P. ferruginea, Hortul. but not of Tenore nor Mill. P. latifolia, 

 Mill. diet, no 3. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 15. Shrub branched. 

 Tomentum of branches usually yellowish. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long, quite entire, or more or less crenated, villous above. 

 Whorls solitary or twin at the tops of the branches, 20-30-flow- 

 cred. Corollas yellow or dusky yellow, showy. Appendages of 

 upper filaments recurved. 



Shrubby Phlomis, or Jerusalem Sage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1596. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



15 P. FERRUGI'NEA (Tenore, fl.nap. 2. p. 36. t. 57.) shrubby; 

 branches clothed with loose floccose tomentum ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, crenulated, cordate at the base, much wrin- 

 kled, villous and preen above, but clothed with loose floccose 

 tomentum beneath; bracteas lanceolate, hispid; calyx villous, 

 with a long-haired throat, and short stiff subulate teeth, f; . H. 

 Native of Lucania and Japygia, Tenore. Branches clothed with 

 rusty purple loose wool. -Leaves 2-3 inches long, green above, 

 and canescent beneath. Whorls 12-20-flowered. Corollas yel- 

 low, densely tomentose outside. Appendages of upper fila- 

 ments short, acute. 



Var. j3, Cretica (Benth. lab. p. 627.) leaves lanately villous, 

 canescent ; bracteas linear-subulate. ^ H. Native of Can- 

 dia. P. fruticosa, Sieb. pi. cret. exs. P. Cretica, Presl. del 

 prag. 



Rusty Phlomis. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



16 P. VISCO'SA (Poir. diet. 5. p. 271.) shrubby; branches 

 scarcely tomentose ; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, crenated, 

 truncate or subcordate at the base, green above, and scarcely to- 

 mentose beneath ; whorls many-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate- 

 linear, ciliated ; calyx hispid, with truncate, subulately acumi- 

 nated, stiff, rather spreading teeth, 2 of the teeth longer than the 

 rest. Tj. H. Native of the Levant. P. virens, D. C. cat. 

 hort. monsp. p. 132. Nearly allied to P. ferruginea ; but the 

 leaves are broader, greenish, and scarcely wrinkled ; and the 

 calyx is distinct. Leaves form of those of P. fruticbsa, rather 

 villous above. Whorls about 16-flowered. Corollas yellow, 

 villous outside. 



Clammy Phlomis. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? Shrub 2 to 3 

 feet. ? 



4. OXYPHLOMIS (from owc, oxys, sharp ; and <f>\ofios, pklo- 

 mos, the Greek name of Mullien ; in reference to the very acute, 

 stiff, sub-pungent bracteas.) Benth. lab. p. 628. Herbs or 

 undsr-shrubs. Whorls usually many-flowered, rarely so low an 

 S-flowered. Bracteas very acute, with stiff", rather pungent tops. 



17 P. FLOCCO'SA (D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 1300.) suffruticose ; 

 branches clothed with white floccose wool ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 cordate at the base, greenish above, and much wrinkled, and 

 clothed with floccose wool beneath ; whorls densely many-flow- 

 ered ; bracteas linear, clothed with white wool, and are, as well 

 as the calycine teeth, subulate, stiff, glabrous, and hooked at 

 apex. 17 . F. Native of Egypt. Leaves with the auricles 

 closed at the base, covered with canescent villi above. Whorls 

 few, distant, large, 20-30-flowered. Corollas yellow, size of 

 those of P. Sdmia. 



Floccose Phlomis. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1828. Shrub 2 feet. 



18 P. BI'COLOR (Benth. lab. p. 629.) corolla deep yellow out- 

 side ; lower lip purplish above ; bracteas entire ; calyxes mucro- 



