LABIATiE. 



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Throat villous. Cor. twice as long as calyx. 

 w. s. Fr. ? 



12. rupestris. "Ascending, smooth or 

 very finely hoary. L. stalked, ovate or oblong, 

 obtuse, somewhat dentate. Floral L. gradually 

 smaller, llac. dense, leafy, branched, secund. 

 Cymes on short stalks, with many crowded 

 flowers. Cal. shortly tubular. Teeth nearly 

 equal. Throat naked. Cor. three times as long 

 as calyx, w. at base. 7, 8. Rocky. Carn. 

 Carinthia. Istria. Floral L. shorter than flow- 

 ers. Bracts minute. Cal. 13-nerved." — Bert. 



635. CALAMINTHA. 



A. Calyx nearly equal at hose. 



1. ^andiflora. L. stalked, ovate, acute, 

 coarsely dentate. Rac. lax, few-flowered. Throat 

 of Cal. nearly naked, very open. Cor. more 

 than twice calyx. 7, 8. Shady hills, m. and 

 s. Europe. 



2. sylvatica. L. ovate, sessile. Cymes 

 7-flowered, the lower falling short of L. Com- 

 mon Stalk about as long as primary partial 

 stalk. Cor. about four- times tube of calyx. 

 Root sending out slender runners, p. 7, 8. 

 Woody, m. and s. Eur. — Dk. Bromfield. 



3. officinalis. L. ovate, obscurely crenate. 

 Cymes 7-flowered, the lower falling short of 

 L. Common Stalk not half as long as primary 

 partial stalk. Root stout, woody, p. 7, 8. 

 Woody hills and hedges. 



4. uepetoides. L. ovate, serrate. Cymes 

 7-flowered, all exceeding L. Common Stalk 

 about as long as primary partial stalk, and 

 much longer than L. in upper cymes. Root 

 slender, with runners, p. 8, 9. Stont/ bor- 

 ders. Daa. Prov. — Jokdan. 



5. Nepeta. L. subrotundo-ovate, crenate. 

 Cymes typically 15 -flowered, low^r equalling 

 L. Common Stalk about as long as primary 

 pai'tial stalk. Root stout, woody, p. 7, 8. 

 Warm banks. 



6. ^landulosa. L. ovate, somewhat acute, 

 coai'sely serrate. Whorls forming a very lax, 

 few-flowered, secund raceme. Cal. closed with 

 hairs. Cor. hardly exceeding calyx, p. or iv. 

 7, 8. Niolo in Cors. 



7. thymifolia. Hoary. L. stalked, ovate, 

 obtuse, entire or very obscurely crenate. Whorls 

 forming a lax, secund raceme. Cal. closed with 

 hairs. Lips very short. Cor. nearly twice 

 calyx, p. Rocks. Cam. Idria? Not no- 

 ticed by Koch, whose C. thymifolia is Micro- 

 meria rupestris. 



B. Calyx nearly sessile, gibbous at base. 

 Throat villous. 



8. graveolens. Erect, villous. L. stalked, 

 ovate, somewhat serrate. Floral L. similar, 

 exceeding flowers. Whorls 6-flowered. Lips 

 of Cal. incurved, as long as tube. Cor. nearly 

 half as long again as calyx, a. 6, 7. Umbiia. 

 K. Naples. 



9. Aciuos. Pubescent. L. ovate, some- 

 what serrate, all similar. Floral L. exceeding 

 flowers. Whorls 6-flowered, remote. Lips of 

 Cal. shorter than tube. Cor. hardly exceeding 

 calyx, a. 6-8. Fields. 



10. pata'vina. Herbaceous, ascending, pu- 

 bescent. L. stalked, ovate, acute, nearly smooth, 

 veiny, all similar. Lips of Cal. shorter than 

 tube. Cor. hardly twice calyx, p. Verona. 

 Pdm. mdt. Fr. Bentham quotes C. acinoides 

 of Tenore, but the descriptions hardly agree, 

 nor the habitats. C. patavina is, perhaps, a 

 var. of alpina. Bert, pronounces it an ima- 

 ginary plant. 



11. acinoides. " Woody, ascending. Stem 

 vOlous with recurved hairs. Lower L. ovate, 

 obtuse ; upper lanceolate, acute, nearly entire, 

 without dots, green on both sides. (Lips of 

 Cal. shorter than tube.) Whorls 6-flowered. 

 Fl. nearly' sessile. Cor. twice calyx, w. 5, 6. 

 Lucania. Lecce." — Ten. 



12. microphylla. Woody, small. L. 

 stalked, subrotund, quite entii-e, all similar. 

 Lips of Cal. much shorter than tube. Cor. 

 twice calyx, -w. 7. Monte Coscione, Corsica. 

 — Bert. 



13. alpina. Diffuse, pubescent. L. stalked, 

 ovate or subrotund, hardly serrate. Lips of 

 Cal. shorter than tube. Cor. more than twice 

 calyx, p. 6-8. Shady mountains, m. and 

 s. Em-ope. 



14. rotundifolia. " Stems tufted, diffuse, 

 vrith spreading pubescence. L. roundish ovate, 

 somewhat serrate, rather hairy. Whorls 4-10- 

 flowered. Cal. villous, tubular. Cor. two to 

 four times as long as calyx. Throat inflated. 

 b. p. 5, 6. Hill pastures. Madonie, &c." — 

 Guss. 



636. CLINOPODIITM. 



1. vulgare. Erect, villous. Whorls equal, 

 many-flowered. Involucrum as long as calyx. 

 p. 7, 8. Hedges, ^c. 



637. MELISSA. 

 1. officinalis. Erect, branched. L. some- 



2 p 



