A NEW BRITISH CALAMINTHA 
ISO 
or triangular-deltoid with rounded-obtuse apex and truncate base, 
subentire or distantly crenulate with flattened teeth, frequently densely 
hairy with appressecl hairs in exposure, less so in shade (upper floral 
leaves more glabrous), and with short hirsute petioles. Cymes of the 
inflorescence borne on hairy peduncles shorter than the subtendino* 
leaves or the upper subsessile, few- or many-flowered. Pedicels 
pubescent, unequal, mostly exceeding the peduncles. Calyx ascend¬ 
ing and not spreading horizontally in fruit, pubescent and with 
sessile, shining glands, 6-7 mm. long, less strongly bilabiate than in 
C. ascendens but more so than in C. Nepeta ; teeth of straight upper 
lip 1*5-2 mm. long, those of lower lip 2-3 mm. long, straight and 
not curved upwards, all but especially the lower distinctly ciliate ; 
hairs of throat included. Corolla pale lilac-pink with purple mark¬ 
ings on the lower lip, hirsute ; £ with tube much exserted and dilated 
above, exceeding the calyx-tube by 8-12 mm.; $ much smaller, 
5-7 mm. long. Seeds brown, oval, punctulate. Plant with strong, 
rather foetid scent, resembling that of C. Nepeta. 
Widely distributed in the Iberian Peninsula from Galicia (Corunna) 
through Portugal to Andalousia. Morocco. Western Algeria. 
Doubtful for the Atlantic Islands. In Britain at present known 
only from one locality in Dorset. Guernsey ? 
The occurrence of C. bcetica in what appears to be a truly native 
habitat in the south-west of England is of special interest as adding 
one more unit to the Lusitanian element in the British Flora, and it 
is a peculiar coincidence that its British station is situated on the 
same calcareous ridge—now broken by the sea—as produces C. syl- 
vatica. If my identification of the Guernsey specimen is correct, 
this provides just such a connecting-link in the range of the species as 
might be expected, and it is probable that it may also occur in 
Normandy or Brittany, where it may have been confused with 
C. ascendens or C. Nepeta. 
The four British Calamints may be conveniently contrasted 
thus:— 
1. Calamintha stlvatica Bromf. E. B. S. 2897 (1845) ; Ben- 
tham in DC. Prodr. xii. 228 (1848) ; Melissa Calamintha L. Sp. 
PI. 593 (1753); G . montana Lamk. FI. Fr. ii. 396 (1778), excl. 
var. (nomen abortivum) ; C. officinalis Moench, Meth. 409 (1794), 
ex parte; Jordan, Obs. PI. Bar. iv. 1.1. f. A (1846) ; C. menthcefolia 
Host, FI. Austr. ii. 129 (1831), non al. ; Satureia Calamintha 
Scheele in Flora , xxvi. 577 (1843) ; S. Calamintha a silvatica 
Briquet, Lab. Alp.-Marit. iii. 434 (1895). 
Stems few or man} r , erect nearly from the base, not much 
branched; leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, subacute, serrate, rather large 
on the main stems ; cymes peduncled, spreading in fruit; calyx with 
strongly reflexed upper lip and very long, curved, and markedly 
ciliate teeth to lower lip; hairs of throat included ; corolla $ large, 
with long tube, pink, much variegated with crimson-purple. 
Plant normally less hirsute than the following species. 
2. C. ascendens Jord. Obs. PI. Bar. iv. 8, t. 1. f. B (1846) ; 
Thymus Calamintha Sm. E. B. 1676 (1806) ; G. officinalis Host, FI. 
Austr. ii. 129 (1831) ?, non Moench ; Bentham in DC. Prodr. xii. 
