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PHLOMIS laciniata.
Jagged-leaved Phlomis.
Naturai Order. LabiaTjE. Brown prodr. 499.
Sect. I I . Stamina 4-fertilia, antheris omnium v. duorum
completis.
A. Calyx regularis 5-fidus v. 5-IO-dentatus.
PH LOM IS . Calyx 5-gonus, 5-dentatus. Corolla galea
incumbens, carinato-compressa, barbata, emarginata v. incisa ;
labium ìnferius proportionatum ; lobo medio majore. Stigma
labio superiore breviore. Brown H ort. Kew. ed.2. v. 3. p . 406.
P laciniata, foliis alternatim pinnatis ; foliolis laciniatis, calycibus
lanatis. Willden. sp. p i. 3. p . 120. Pers. syn. 2. p . 126.
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 408.
R o o t perennial, herbaceous. Stem erect, thickly
clothed with a woolly pubescence, about 3 feet high.
Leaves near the root, petiolate, alternately pinnate,
downy; leaflets lanceolate, more or less lacmiate;
segments unequal, obtuse, sometimes toothed; stem-
leaves sessile, pinnatifid or lacmiate, smooth and
shining on the upper side, and downy on the lower;
segments obtuse, unequally toothed with blunt teeth.
Flowers whorled in a long spike. Bractes subulate,
clothed with long woolly hairs. Calyx tubular, narrowest
at the base, 5-sided, angles terminated with
5 short subulate teeth, densely clothed inside and out
with long shaggy wool. Corolla tubular, 2-lipped,
woolly; helmet keeled, compressed, emarginate,
densely fringed, of a pale sulphur colour; lower lip
very broad, keeled, 3-lobed; upper lobe undulate, of
a deep yellow, edged with brown; side-lobes flat, of a
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