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der Name X. Sieheana Hausskn. (in Siehe exsicc.) von Hulgar 
Magara in Cilicien zu betrachten ist. 
Nei)eta niida L. /i) alhifiora Boiss. — Boiss. fl. Or. IV, 663. — 
X. j\Ieda Stapf, Bot. Ergehn, d. Polak. Exped. n. Pers. 1 (1885), 
46 (sec. specim. origin. herb. Haussknecht; vergl. H. Braun, 
Verh. d. Zool.-botan. Ges. Wien, 1889, p. 225). 
In monte Schuturunkuh; VIII. 1898. 
Xepeta pungens (Bge.) Benth. — Boiss. fl. Or. IV, 666. — 
X. pusilla Benth. — X. chenopodiifolia Stapf, Bot. Ergehn, d. Polak. 
Exped. n. Pers. I (1885), 46. — cfr. Lipsky, Mat. fl. As. Aled. I 
(1900), p. 101. 
Sultanabad, in collibus; 1890. — In monte Latetar, VII. 1897. 
— Nehawend, in montosis; 15. VII. 1895. — Kuh-Gerru; 1898. — 
Hamadan, in monte Eiwend; V. 1897. 
Xepeta Straussii Haussk. et Bornm. (in exsicc.) spec. nova 
e sect. Micronepetae Boiss. fl. Or. IV, 639 et 665—668. 
Annua, undique pilis albis longis horizontalibus flexuosis 
vestita, incanescens; caule a basi pluriramea, pumila, 6—8 cm 
alta rarius duplo altioribus; ramis inferne subhorizontalibus, ad- 
scendenti-erectis, tenuibus, flexuosis, dense foliosus,cauli aequilongis, 
ramulos multos tenues horizontales cymigeros subaphyllos geren- 
tibus; foliis omnibus petiolatis, inferioribus deltoideo-ovatis ad 
basin abrupte in petiolum laminae subaequilongum attenuatis ad 
marginem paucicrenatis, superioribus angustioribus oblongis apicem 
et petiolum abbreviatum versus acutis plus minusve late crenatis 
saepius subintegris; cymis paucifloris (^3-4-floris), oppositis, ex 
axillis foliorum exeuntibus, longipedunculatis, superioribus tantum 
sessilibus ;pedunculis filiformibus horizontali-incurvatis; b r a c t e i s 
subulato-lanceolatis, longis, patentibus, reclinatis et iterum sursum 
curvatis, tubum calycinum eximie superantibus vel calycem ipsum 
subaequantibus; calyce breviter pedicellato, recto, tubuloso, ore 
obliquo, albido-pilosissimo et glandulis lucidis sessilibus consperso, 
flavido-virente vel praesertim in parte superiore violaceo, antice 
ad medium fisso; labii superioris tubo 3-plo brevioris dentibus 
tribus subulato-lanceolatis, labii inferioris dentibus subulato-lineari- 
bus, Omnibus subaequilongis; calyce fructifero vix ampliato; 
corollae violaceae extus patentim pilosae tubo e calyce vix vel 
paulo exserto; nuculis subtrigono-ovatis, fuscis, lucidis, minute 
granulato-punctatis. — Variat.: 
a) genuina; calyce (ut tota planta) flavido-virente, 5—7 mm 
longo; corolla 10—11 mm longa; planta debilis 6—8 cm alta. 
l'i) major; calyce (saepius quoque caulibus) violascente, 8—9 mm 
longo, fructifero 11 mm longo, dentibus saepe inaequilongis; 
bracteis latioribus inferne 2 mm latis in subulam attenuatis; planta 
robustior, ad 20 cm alta, foliis majoribus 1,5—2 cm latis longisque. 
Sultanabad, in montosis; 1890 et 1902 (f. intermedia verg. ad 
fi. major). — In monte Raswend; V. 1896 («. genuina) et VII. 
1899 (/l major). — In ditione oppidi Burudschird; 1898 (f. verg. 
ad d). — Hamadan, in monte Eiwend; VI. 1899. 
Die Art ist durch das eigenartige, lange abstehende Indument, 
die reiche Belaubung, die armblütigen, an horizontal-abstehenden 
dünnen langen Stielen befindlichen Cymen und durch die langen. 
