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227 (1S48) ; C. menthcefolia Gr. & Godr. FI. Fr. ii. 064 (1850), 
non Host; Sat-ureia Calamintha l ascendens Briquet, Lab. Alp.* 
Marit. iii. 436 (1895). 
Stems few, erect nearly from the base, not much branched; leaves 
broadly ovate, obtuse or subacute, obscurely serrate, rather large on 
the main stems, smaller and narrower on the branches ; cymes sub- 
sessile (except the lowest), subumbelliform, spreading in fruit; calyx 
bent on the pedicel, with rehexed upper lip and very long, curved, 
conspicuously ciliate teeth to lower lip; hairs of throat included; 
corolla of moderate size, with rather short tube, pale lilac-pink 
slightly variegated with purple. 
Plant (in Britain) shorter-lived, but seeding more freelp, than the 
other species. 
f. Briggsii ; C. menthcefolia var. Brigqsii Syme, E. B. ed. 3, vii. 
35 (1867). 
Plant taller and more robust; lower cymes with rather long 
peduncles. 
3. C. Nepeta Savi, FI. Pis. ii. 63 (1798) ; Jord. Obs. PI. liar. iv. 
t. 2. f. A (1846) ; Bentham in DC. Prodr. xii. 227 (1848) ; Melissa 
Nepeta L. Sp. PI. 593 (1753); C. parviflora Lamk. FI. Fr. ii. 
396 (1778) ; C. trichotoma Moench, Meth. 409 (1794) ; C. obliqua 
Host, FI. Austr. ii. 131 (1831) ; Satureia Nepeta Scheele in Flora, 
xxvi. 577 (1843); S. Calamintha 6 Nepeta Briquet, Lab. Alp.-Marit. 
iii. 440 (1895). 
Stems many, ascending from a decumbent base, generally much 
branched; leaves ovate or deltoid-ovate, obtuse, subentire or obscurely 
serrate, small; cymes shortly peduncled, ascending in fruit; calyx 
with nearly straight lips, the teeth of the lower not much longer than 
the upper, straight and weekly ciliate; hairs of throat protruded; 
corolla £ rather small, with relatively long tube, pale lilac slightly 
variegated with violet. 
Plant more shortly hairy (pubescent) than the other species. 
4. C. bjetica Boiss. & Beut. 1. c. 
Stems many, ascending from a decumbent base, usually much 
branched ; leaves ovate- or triangular-deltoid with truncate base, very 
obtuse, subentire or obscurely serrate, small ; cymes shortly peduncled, 
ascending in fruit; calyx with nearly straight lips, the lower with 
long, straight, ciliate teeth; hairs of throat included; corolla £ 
rather large, with long tube, pale lilac-pink slightly variegated with 
purple. 
Plant normally more hirsute than the preceding species. 
British examples of C. bcetica (Pugslev no. 401) have been 
deposited in the Herbaria at Kew and South Kensington. 
Postscript. —Since the above paper left my hands I have received 
a copy of the Report of the Botanical Exchange Club for 1922, which 
contains (p. 618) remarks by Dr. Druce respecting C. boetica (sic) 
that cannot pass unchallenged. Dr. Druce proposes to name the 
plant “ Satureia Calamintha Scheele var. villosa (Boiss.), comb, 
nov.” and quotes as a synonym “ Calamintha officinalis var. villosis- 
sima Willkomm & Lange, Prod. FI. Hisp. ii.” This is a false 
