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Habitat.—China : probably a native of the hills near Ningpo. 
pecimens from a tree cultivated in the garden of H. B. M. Consulate 
at Ningpo, Playfair. 
Arbor 12-pedalis, fide Playfair. Folia cum petiolo usque ad 5 5 po oll. 
longa sed sæpius breviora; petioli 6-12 lin. longi. Pedicelli 3-6 lin. 
longi, bracteis maximis vix lin. latis. Calyx 1-1 lin, diametro. Corolla 
3-4 lin. diametro. 
Res specting this tree, Mr. G. M. H. Playfair, H.M. Consul at Ningre 
writes :—** Mr. W. M. Cooper, que Consul rome informe 
short time since that he believed a certain Olea n the garden of thi 
Consulate to be of an undescribed go The as, I presume, 
transplanted by him from the ei erret hills, like% many others in 
the compound. 
227. Nepeta suavis, Stapf [Labiatae] ; perennis basi indurata 
cmon caulibus tomentellis, foliis petiolati is e basi cordata ovatis 
obtusis obtuse crenatis utrinque tomentellis supra rogoni, verticillis in 
spicas inferne interruptas angustas” dispositis, brac infimis plus 
minusve foliaceis ceteris albo-membranaceis viridi- finita ovatis vel 
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curv ore o its s A 
obtusiseimi is E sque um uno alterove abrupte in mueronem 
brevem poani EU tallide roses tubo eurvato quam calyx sub- 
duplo longiore pubescente labio supero brevi bilobo lobo labii inferioris 
intermedio pupureo- punctato medio hirsuto emarginato crenulato, 
nueulis verruculos 
Habitat.—Afghanistan: Griffith, 4060 Kew Distr.; Kuram Valley, 
Kaiwas and Shalizan, Aitchison 643. 
Herba 1-2 ped. alta, Folia majora 7-12 lin. longa, 5-8 lin. lata; 
petioli ad 4 lin, longi. ee ad 6 poll longa. Calyx 3 lin 
longus. 5 lin. 
A plant raised in the es Gardens from seeds communicated by 
Mr. J. F. Duthie in 1878, agrees with Griffith's dried specimens and 
Aitchison's quoted above ; "but it is taller and much less hai aur Ber 
leaves at least twice as large. The two lower calyx- 
always produced into short mucros, whilst the middle xa of e 
upperlip is generally very small and triangular, or sometimes quite 
suppressed, Nepeta suavis is nearly allied to N. leucophylla, B T 
from which it differs mainly in the calyx and in the broader bra 
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228. Salvia schiedeana, Stapf AMD dime tomentello-pubes- 
-cente, foliis ‘longiascale petiolatis e basi r vel breviter cuneata 
atis crenatis utrinque minute imme puberulis verticillis 
ovatis breviter acuminatis 9-nervi in nervis prominentibus dense brevi- 
- terque pilosis, corolla cyanea e ealyce vix exserta tubo medio constricto 
>et intus denticulis 2 instructo superne dilatato labio supero extus piloso 
erecto bilobo marginibus recurvis, labio infero trilobo porrecto lobis 
latis intermedio emarginato, stylo parce pilosulo labio infero breviore. 
Habitat. —Mexico, Deppe & Schiede. 
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