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NE'PETA* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, Gymnospe'rmia +. 
Natural Order. Labia'ta:§, Juss. (Jen. PI. p. 1 10. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 99. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. G3. — Bentham, in Bot. Regist. 
(1829). — Lindl.Syn. p. 196.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 239. — 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 439. — Loud. Hort. Brit, p.528. — Don’s Gen. 
Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iv. p. 665. — Mack. FI. llibern. p. 209. — 
Vf.rticillatve of Linnaus. — Syringalf.s; subord. Piumulos.e; 
sect. MenthiNje; type, Menthace.« or Labiate; subtype, 
Saturid^e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, 968, & 972. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, tubular, cylindrical, with 
several ribs, and 5 pointed, rather unequal, direct, marginal teeth. 
Corolla (see fig. 2, b.) ringent ; tube cylindrical, slender, incurved, 
dilated at the throat, which is bordered, at each side, with a nar- 
row, reflexed lobe ; upper lip upright, roundish, slightly cloven ; 
loiver lip rounded, concave, large, undivided, numerously notched. 
Filaments 4, didynamous, awl-shaped, near together, covered by the 
upper lip. Jlnthers incumbent. Gcrmcn superior, small, 4-cleft. 
Style thread-shaped, of the length and situation of the stamens. 
Stigma cloven, pointed. Seeds 4, nearly egg-shaped, even, in the 
bottom of the dry permanent calyx (see fig. 3 ). The lateral lobes of 
the lower lip of the corolla are transferred to the margin of the tube. 
The nearly regular, 5-toothed calyx ; the corolla with the lower 
lip numerously notched, and the throat bordered and reflexed at 
each side ; will distinguish this from other genera in the same class 
and order. 
One species British. 
NE'PETA CATA'RIA. Common Cat-mint. Nep. 
Spec. Char. Leaves finely downy, heart-shaped, stalked, with 
tooth-like serratures. Flowers in spiked, somewhat pedunculated 
whorls. 
Engl. Bot. t. 137.— Ft. Dan. t. 580.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 796.— Iluds. FI. Angt. 
(2nd edit.) p. 249. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt. 1 . p. 49. — Sm. FI. Blit. v. ii. p. 608. ; 
Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 70. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 695. — Lindl. Syn. p. 203. ; 2nd ed. 
p. 202. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 278. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 183. — Lightf. FI. Scot, 
v. i. p. 304. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 181. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 126. — Davies’ Welsh 
Bot. p. 56. — Part. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 279. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rded.) p. 232. — Hook. 
FI. Scot. p. 180. — FI. Devon, pp. 96 & 144. — Johnst. FI. Berw. v. ii. p.282. — 
Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durh. p. 38. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. 
v. iv. p. 806. — Pamplin’s Indig. Plants of Battersea and Clapliam, p. 10. — Walker’s 
FI. of Oxf. p. 161. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Sel. p. 48. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 40. ; Supp. 
p. 87. ; Prim. FI. Sarn. p. 73. || — Irv. Loud. FI. p. 134. — Luxf. Iteig. FI. p. 52. — 
Cow. FI. Guide, p. 39. — Mack. Catal. l’l. of Ird. p. 54 ; FI. llibern. p. 21 7 . — Nepeta 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A separate Flower ; a. the Calyx ; b. the Corolla. — 
Fig. 3. A matured Calyx containing the Seeds. 
* From nepa, a scorpion ; it being reputed efficacious against the bite of that 
reptile. Linn,eus derives it from Nej>et, a city of Tuscany. 
-{• See folio 31, note t. t See folio 31, note t. $ See folio 94, a. 
|| “ Primitia: Flora: Sarnicac ; or, An Outline of the Flora of the Channel Islands 
of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Serk. Containing a Catalogue of the Plants 
indigenous to the islands: with occasional observations upon their distinctive 
Characters, Affinities, and Nomenclature. By Cn.utLES C. Babington, M. A. 
F. L. S. F.G. S., &c. See. Loudon. 1839.” 12rao. pp. 132. 
