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and embracing flowers ! L. sessile, oblong ; 

 lower attenuate. Bracts subulate, silky. Teeth 

 acuminate. s.S. 6. Calc. rocky, s. Fr. 



2. italica. L. oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 truncate at base. Wborls dense. Bracts li- 

 near, obtuse, approximate, equalling calyx. 

 Cal. truncate, with short, unarmed teeth. s.S. 

 It. ?— Pers. 



3. lanata. Branches divaricate. L. small, 

 ovato-subrotund, white, and woolly beneath. 

 Bracts ovato-lanceolate, not pointed, reaching 

 to about middle of calyx, woolly. Teeth of 

 Cal. short, obtuse, but sometimes with a rigid 

 mucro. s.S. 6-9. Calabria. 



4. fruticosa. L. ovate, prolonged or oblong, 

 cottony beneath. Whorls many-flowered, 

 dense. Bracts lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate, 

 acute, ciliate, villous, sometimes pointed. Cal. 

 villous. Teeth short, with a subulate acumen. 

 s.S. 4-6. Dry open hills. Sic. Umhria. 

 Calabria. 



5. ferruginea. Floccosfe.. L. oblongo- 

 lanceolate, oblong, erenulate, cordate at base, 

 very rugose. Bracts lineari-lanceolate, hispid. 

 Mouth of Cal. with long hairs. Teeth short, 

 with a subulate point. s.S. 5-9. lapygia. 



6. I-Ierba-Vemti. Herbaceous, erect. 

 Branches numerous, divaricate, hairy L. ovate, 

 prolonged, serrate, coriaceous, shining above. 

 Bracts lineari-subulate, rigid, somewhat pun- 

 gent, ciliate, equalling calyx. Teeth of Cal. 

 ending in a slender, subulate, spreading point. 

 p. 6, 7. Umbria. 



S. Segments of Label nearly equal. Plant 

 herbaceous. 



7. tuberosa. Nearly smooth. L. broad 

 cordate, crenate. Floral L. oblongo-lanceolate. 

 Bracts subulate. Upper Lip of Cor. nearly 

 erect, very hairy within, p. 6, 7. Woody. 

 Aust. Moravia. 



652. BALLOTA. 



1 . italica. Tomentoso-viRous. Stem erect. 

 L. cordate, acute or cuspidate, unequally cre- 

 nate. Whorls axillary, many-flowered. Teeth 

 of Cal. spinescent, straight at top. Helmet 

 4-cleft. p. or w. 5-8. Umbria. Calab. Sic. 

 — Bert. 



2. nigra. Border of Cal. with 5 nearly 

 erect, subnlato-mucrunate teeth. Bracts soft. 

 L. ovate, truncate at base, green, on both 

 sides, p. 5-10. Hedge hanhs, ^c. 



j8. ruderalis. Awns of Cal. longer than 

 teeth. 



3. urticifolia. " Slender. L. ovate, deeply 

 and acutely serrate, exactly resembling in 

 shape those of Urtica urens, the earliest alone 

 being cordate. Teeth of Cal. erect, lineari- 

 setaceous, as long as the tube. Rubbish. Sax. 

 Boh." — Benth. 



4. frutescens. Border of Cal. with 5-10 

 erect, somewhat spinous teeth. Bracts straight, 

 spiniform. Upper Lip of Cor. very hirsute. 

 s.S. 6, 7. Rocky hills- Pdm. Prov. Lig. 



653. MOLUCCELLA. 



1. spinosa. Border of Cal. narrow, coria- 

 ceous, somewhat 2-lipped, wdth 10 spines, p. 

 or a. 5, 6. Calc. rocks and stony. Taoraiina. 

 Messina. 



654. MARRUBIUM. 



A. Calyx with 5 teeth. 



1. Alysson. Bracts nearly wanting. Cal. 

 woolly, with 5 spreading teeth. Upper Lip of 

 Cor. short, cloven. L. subrotund, cuneate at 

 base, inciso-crenate or lobed, white, villous, 

 soft on both sides, p. 4-7. Cal. Apulia. 



2. candidissimuni. Hoary, somewhat 

 wooUy. L. ovate, crenate. Whorls subglobose, 

 many -flowered (20-50). Bracts subulate, at 

 least half as long as calyx. Teeth of Cal. 

 subulate, rigid, spreading. Upper Lip of Cor. 

 oblong, cloven, p. 7, 8. Rough uncult. adr. 

 G. Italy. 



3. peregrinuxn. Branches divaricate. L. 

 oblong, hoary. Whorls about 6-flowered. Cal. 

 tomentose. Teeth and Bracts subulate. Galea 

 oblong, cloven, p. 7, 8. Uncult. Aust. 



B. Lower Calyces with more than 5 teeth, but ' 



not all ivith 10. 



4. pannonicum. Branches divaricate. L. 

 ovate or hoary. Ploral L. twice as long as 

 flowers. Whorls all distant, many-flowered. 

 Teeth of Cal. subulate. Galea oblong, cloven. 

 p. 7, 8. Aust. Koch says that in the upper 

 whorls the Calyces have only 5 Teeth, and 

 considers it a var. of M. peregrinum. 



5. radiatum. Branches divaricate, hoary. 

 L. ovate or oblong, soft, hoary ; upper hardly 

 exceeding calyx. Whorls somewhat lax, many- 

 flowered ; the upper approximate. Cal. sm;ill, 

 tomentose. Teeth long, subulate, spreading in 

 a star, spinescent, p. Port Juvenal. 



