Lallemantia
(named after J. E. Lallemant, of the Botanic Garden at St. Petersburg). ORD. Labiatae. This genus contains about four species of annual or biennial, glabrous or canescent herbs, natives of Asia Minor, &c. Flowers blue, small; whorls axillary, commonly six-flowered; calyx erect. Leaves, lower ones on long petioles, toothed; superior and floral ones narrower, and more sessile and entire. The only species yet introduced is the one here described. For culture, see Dracocephalum.
L. canescens (hoary). fl. blue, whorled; bracts oblong, ciliated; calyx striated, pubescent; tube of corolla longer than calyx. July and August. l., lower ones narrow, on long petioles; upper and floral ones sessile, shortly narrow at the base, all obtuse. h. 1 1/2ft. Orient, 1711. Hardy biennial. SYN. Dracocephalum canescens. (S. B. F. G. 38.)