Labiatse. 
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443. Calamintha. Calamint. XIV, 12. 
1. Clusters many-fld, dense, surrounded by bracts which 
are numerous, long, bristly, long-ciliate and forming 
an invol. Clinopodium vulgare L.— Wooded, stony places; 
distrib. 7 .... Clinopodium Spenn. 1738. 
— Clusters without bracts, or the bracts small, not nu¬ 
merous, and not forming an invol. ... 2 
2. Clusters peduncled (pedicels on a common branched- 
dichotomous peduncle) ...... 3 
— Clusters sessile (pedicels 3-5 together, placed in the 
l.-axils, without a common peduncle) ... 6 
3. Clusters few-fld (3 — 5 fls). Cor. large, more than 30 mm 
long. Ls toothed, with deep, acute teeth.—Stony, thickety 
places, road-sides; T. 0. (Wissembourg), W.(Arbignon).7 
grandiflora Monch. 1739. 
— Clusters several-fid (5—15 fls). Type of C. officinalis 4z 
4. Clusters shortly peduncled, the ramifications stretched 
forwards, umbel-shaped (springing almost from the same 
point), shorter than the ls. Ls with smaller and less 
distinct teeth than in 1741. Fls smaller, paler. Cal. 
shorter. Rt-stock not creeping. Hairs of the cal.-throat 
not prominent. C. mentheefolia Gr. Godr. not Host.— 
As the last; W. Y. 7 . . ascendensJord. 1740. 
— Clusters with longer peduncles, the ramifications lax, 
dichotomous, more spreading, as long as, or longer than, 
the Is . . . . . . . . . 5 
5. Cal.-teeth very unequal, the 2 lower lanceolate-sub¬ 
ulate, much longer than the 3 upper. Cor. 15—18 mm 
long (but also varied to smaller), of a purplish lilac. Hairs 
of the cal.-throat not or hardly prominent. C. sylvatica 
Bromf.—As the last; distrib. 7 officinalis Monch. 1741. 
— Cal.-teeth less unequal, the 2 lower triangular-lanceo¬ 
late, not so much longer than the 3 upper. Hairs of 
the cal.-throat prominent between the cal.-teeth after 
the cor. has fallen off. Ls smaller than in the last, less 
distinctly toothed, stronger haired. C. Einseleana F. 
Schultz; C. Nepeta auct. p.—As the last; G. T. W. Y. 
B. 0. U. A. (wanting in northern Switz.). 7 
nepetoides Jord. 1742.*) 
6 (2). Cal. closed at maturity, the upper teeth acute-triang¬ 
ular. Fls 10mm long.—Dry, stony fields; distrib. 6 
Acinos Clairv. 1743. 
*) The true C. Nepeta Savi which is distinguished by its shorter rt-stock, 
its more branchy stem, its crenate, instead of toothed, ls, and its denser 
clusters, is found, according to Christ., in Tess. (Solduno). 
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