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LEONOTIS nepetifolia. 
Catmint-leaved Leonotis. 
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DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Nat, ord. Lastare. Jussieu gen. 110.- Div. ITI. Stam. 4 fertilia: 
Cor. bilabiata. Cal. 5-fidus. 
Lazrate#. Brown prod. 499. Sect. II. Stam. 4: fertilia, 
antheris omnium vy. duorum completis. A. Cal. regularis 5-fidus v. 5-10- 
dentatus. 
_ LEONOTIS. Cal. 10-striatus, 6-10-dentatus. Cor. galea elongata, 
barbata, integra; labium inferius nanum, 3-fidum: laciniis subeequalibus. 
Anthere \obis divaricatis. Stigma labio. superiore breviore, Brown in 
Hort. Kew. ed. 2, 3. 409. 
L. nepetifolia, foliis cordatis acutis inciso-crenatis, calycibus aristatis octo 
dentatis: dente supremo maximo, caule herbaceo. Brown in Hort, 
Kew. ed. 2. 3. 409. 
Phlomis nepetifolia. Linn, sp. pl. 2.820. Hort. Kew. 2. 309. Willd. sp. 
pl. 3.196. 
Cardiaca americana annua, nepete folio, floribus brevibus phceniceis vil- 
losis. Herm. lugdb. 115. tab. 117. 
(Annua.)  Caulis simplex, erectus, quadrangulus, obtusus (lanugine 
brevissimd densa albida pruinatus profundeé et obtuse ) quadrisulcatus, sexpedalis. 
Fol. cordata, obtusiusculé et profundé serrata, subtomentosa, viridia. Petioli 
longitudine foliorum, Verticilli aliquot verstis apices globost, multiflort. 
Cal. subpilosus, (10-nervis cucullato-) cylindricus limbo spinoso, acutissimo: 
dente superiore duplo majore ; preterea dentes 4-6-(9), parvi. Cor. (subun- 
cialis ) villosa (aurantiaco-coccinea, galed extiis hirsutiis barbata holosericea) 
Jucie et colore Leonorinis Leonuri, sed triplo minor: labio superiore 
teretiusculo, longo, emarginato; labio inferiore brevi, trifido, levi, (citiits 
emarcescente). Involucrum (polyphyllum pubescens florum verticillo abscondi- 
tum lineari-) subulatum, reflecum, (apicibus pungentibus). Stamina per 
paria coherentia. Stig. 2, jiliformia, syperiore dimidio breviore. Lin. loc. 
cit. 
‘Leronorts is one of three genera into which the Puiomis 
of Linnzeus has been divided by Messrs, Persoon and Brown, 
in their respective works. It is distinguished from the two 
others, principally by the very short nearly evenly trifid 
quickly withering nether lip of the corolla; and from Lxo- 
Nurus, by having the upper lobe of the stigma greatly 
shorter than the under, 
- We owe the specimen from which the drawing has been 
made to the kindness of Sir. Abraham Hume, by whom the 
plant was raised at Wormleybury, from seeds brought home 
by an officer who survived the melancholy enterprise of , 
