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mernbranaceous at apex, shortly 5-toothed, 5-nerved ; nerves 

 drawn out into subulate, stiff, uncinately revolute awns under 

 the top of the calyx. Corolla with an inclosed, exannulate tube ; 

 upper lip galeate, very pilose ; lower lip spreading, somewhat 

 equally trifid. Stamens 4, ascending, didynamous ; lower 2 the 

 longest. Filaments naked at the base ; anthers approximate by 

 pairs, 2-celled ; cells at length divaricate. Lobes of style short, 

 equal. Achenia dry, truncate at apex, naked. This genus is 

 allied to section A. Phlomidopsis of Phlbmis, and particularly to 

 Phlomis bretiflora, but differs in the structure of the calyx and 

 that of the anthers. 



1 X. HA>i6sA (Benth. 1. c.) If. ? F. Native of Nipaul, Wall. 

 Stems herbaceous, branched, erect, pubescent. Leaves on long 

 petioles, 3-5 inches long, ovate, acuminated, serrately crenated, 

 obliquely and roundly cuneated at the base, nerved, green on 

 both surfaces and nearly glabrous, but tomentose beneath while 

 young. Whorls remote, globose, densely many- flowered, much 

 shorter than the petioles. Bracteas subulate, stiff, revolute, 

 exceeding the corolla. Corollas small, purplish. 



.//ooi-etf-calyxed Notochaite. PL 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Phlomis, p. 854. 



XCV. EREMO'STACHYS (from tp^oc, eremos, deserted ; 

 and <rraY_vc, stachys, a spike ; in reference to the species being 

 inhabitants of desert places, and from the flowers growing in 

 verticillate spikes.) Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. alt. 2. p. 414. Benth. 

 lab. p. 636. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx amply tubu- 

 lar, subcampanulate or funnel-shaped, with 5 spinose or mu- 

 crone-formed teeth ; limb large and membranaceous. Corolla 

 with an inclosed tube, which is annulate or naked inside, and 

 a gaping bilabiate limb ; upper lip elongated, galeate, some- 

 what compressed, attenuated at the base, pubescent outside, 

 and bearded inside and on the margins ; lower lip spreading, tri- 

 fid, the lobes all rounded, but the middle one is the broadest. 

 Stamens 4, ascending, didynamous, the lower 2 the longest. 

 Superior filaments thickened into an obtuse or fringed appen- 

 dage at the base ; anthers approximate by pairs, 2-celled : cells 

 divaricate. Style bifid at top ; lobes subulate, equal, or the 

 upper one is scarcely a half shorter than the lower. Achenia 

 dry, densely pilose at apex. Rather branched herbs. Radical 

 leaves larger than the cauline ones, entire or dissected. Whorls 

 many-flowered, usually approximate at the tops of stem or 

 branches. Bracteas adpressed. Corollas usually yellow or 

 cream-coloured, rarely purple. 



1 E. LACISIA'TA (Bunge, in Led. fl. alt. 2. p. 416.) leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate or linear, deeply pinnatifid ; 

 calyx amply tubular, campanulate, hardly dilated at apex. 1. 

 H. Native of the Levant, Eastern Caucasus, and Siberia, Per- 

 sia, &c. Phlomis laciniata, Lin. spec. 819. Sweet fl. gard. 1. 

 t. 24. Stems nearly simple. Radical leaves J foot long : floral 

 leaves scarcely exceeding the calyxes. Petioles, stems, and 

 nerves of leaves clothed with loose wool. Whorls 10-20-flow- 

 ered, upper ones approximate. Calycine teeth spinosely mucro- 

 nate. Corollas purplish ; tube annulate. Appendages of upper 

 filaments obtuse, nearly entire. Lobes of style unequal. 



Jagged-leaved Eremostachys. FL July. Clt. 1731. PL 1 

 to H foot. 



2 E. SUPE'RBA (Royle, ex Benth. in Hook. hot. misc. 3. p. 

 S8\. lab. p. 637.) radical leaves large, pinnate; leaflets 2-3 

 pairs : lower ones petiolulate : outer one very long : all broad and 

 coarsely crenate-lobed, green on both surfaces : floral leaves 

 ovate, acute, almost quite entire ; calyx amply tubular, scarcely 

 dilated at apex. }/.H. Native of the East Indies, at Kheere 

 Pass, and Deyra Dhoon, Royle. Royle, ill. pi. himal. t. 74. 



Radical leaves 1J foot long, the ultimate leaflet 10 inches 

 long ; petioles and petiolates villous ; but the limb is almost 

 glabrous. Stems woolly towards the top. Whorls 6-flowered, 

 disposed in dense racemes. Calycine teeth ending in spiny mu- 

 crones. Corollas almost as in E. laciniata, but yellow ; tube 

 exannulate. Appendages of upper filaments obtuse, scarcely 

 fringed. Lobes of style equal. 



Superb Eremostachys. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



3 E. PHLOMOI'DES (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 414. fl. ross. 

 alt. ill. t. 122.) leaves ovate, toothed; calyx tubular, scarcely 

 dilated at apex, with spreading spinose teeth. If. . H. Native 

 of Altaia, in saltish places, adjacent to the Arkaul and Dolenkara 

 mountains. Stems branched, hairy from long soft white pili, as 

 well as calyxes and bracteas. Radical leaves petiolate, obtuse ; 

 and floral leaves sessile, acute, spiny-toothed, narrowed at the 

 base. Whorls 6-flowered, distinct. Bracteas subulate, spinose. 

 Corolla pale yellow, one half smaller than in E. laciniata. 

 Appendages of upper filaments short, fringed. 



Phlomis-like Eremostachys. PL 1 foot. 



4 E. TUBEROSA (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. alt. 2. p. 415.) leaves 

 ovate, toothed ; calyx glabrous, tubular at the base, with a mem- 

 branaceous rather spreading limb, which is shorter than the tube, 

 and ending in 5 spinose teeth. TL. H. Native of Siberia, at 

 Lake Inderio. Molucella tuberosa, Pall. itin. 3. append, no. 

 101. t. 1. Leaves clothed with loose wool, and the petioles 

 with dense wool, the rest of the plant glabrous ; radical leaves 

 petiolate ; cauline ones sessile. Whorls 6-flowered, rather dis- 

 tant. Corolla cream-coloured, about twice as long as the calyx. 

 Appendages of upper filaments, shortly fringed. 



Tuberous-rooted Eremostachys. PL ^ to 1 foot. 



5 E. XOLUCELLOI DBS (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. atl. 2. p. 416.) 

 leaves ovate, toothed ; base of calyx tubular, pubescent, and 

 with the limb large and membranaceously dilated, furnished with 

 5 short mucrones. If. . H. Native of the Kirghisean Steppe, 

 in dry sandy places. Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 437. Phlomis 

 lanigera, Sievers in Pall, beytr. 7. ex Bunge. Root thick, tube- 

 rous. Stems usually almost simple, clothed with white wool at 

 the knees and base, the rest with spreading white hairs. Radical 

 leaves wrinkled, rather hispid above, and clothed with villous 

 wool beneath. Whorls 6-flowered. Corolla cream-coloured, 

 like that of E. tuberosa. Genitals and achenia like those of E. 

 tuberosa. 



Molucel la-like Eremostachys. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Phlomis, p. 854. 



XCVI. ERIOPHYTON (from epior, erion, wool; and <t>vro,; 

 phyton, a plant ; in allusion to the plant, which is clothed with 

 long white wool.) Benth. in Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 63. lab. 

 p. 638. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Gymnospermia. Calyx membranous, 

 amply campanulate, equal, 5-toothed. Corolla with an inclosed 

 tube and a bilabiate limb ; upper lip large, galeate, compressed, 

 incumbent ; lower lip small, trifid, with rounded lobes. Stamens 

 4, ascending, didynamous, the lower ones the longest ; superior 

 filaments appendiculately thickened at the base ; anthers ap- 

 proximate by pairs, 2-celled : cells divaricate. Style about 

 equally bifid at top; lobes subulate, stigmatiferous at apex. 

 Achenia dry, naked. This genus is nearly allied to Eremosta- 

 chys, but differs in the form of the calyx and corolla, as well as 

 in habit, which is nearly that of Phlomis. 



1 E. WALLICHIA'NUM (Benth. in Wall. 1. c.) y.. F. Native 

 of Nipaul, on Gosainsthan. Wall. Stems rising from a tube- 

 rous root, ? simple. Lower leaves small ; superior and floral 

 ones rhomboid or orbicular, subcuneated at base, sessile, cre- 

 nated, very soft. Whorls 6-flowered. Calycine teeth rather 



