Lamiaceae

E. moluccelloides Bunge in Ledeb., Fl. Alt. 2:415 (1830). Syn: E. macrophylla Montbret & Aucher ex Bentham in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, 6:54 (1836)! E, pyramidalis Jaub. & Spach, Ill. P1. Or. 5:69, t. 462 (1855); E. molucel-loides Bunge subsp. macrophylla (Montbret & Aucher ex Bentham) Takht. in Takht. & Fedorov, Fl. Erevana ed. 2:256, t. 461 (1972)! Ic: Boul., Fl. Lib. Syr. t. 338 f. 7 (1930), as E. macrophylla; Fl. Reipub. Pop. Sin. 65(2): t. 81, f. 6-9(1977).
Stems erect, usually branched twice in upper 1/2, robust, 27-40 cm. Basal leaves orbicular to broadly elliptic, petiolate, lamina 6-18 x 5-17 cm, coarsely crenate-dentate, veins impressed on upper surface, lower surface thickly lanate; cauline similar, sessile. Calyx broadly campanulate-rotate, sparsely pubescent, limb 2-2.5 cm diam. at anthesis, accrescent to 4 cm diam. in fruit, reticulate-veined, membranous. Corolla pale lemon-yellow with orange-yellow to buff-orange lower lip, 18-30 mm; hood pubescent to villous outside, whitish-bearded within; lower lip with triangular-cordate middle lobe and ovate-elliptic lateral lobes. Fl. 5-6. Steppe, limestone hills, shaly and igneous slopes, nr s.l.-2130 m.
Type: [C. Asia] in arenosis et siccis desertis soongoro-kirghisici, C.A. Meyer (holo. LE).
Inner Anatolia. A7 Gümüşane: Kelkit, 1000 m, Stainton 8426! A8 Gümü-şane: 'mt. Perquizé' nr Bayburt, 2 vii 1862, Bourgeau! B3 Eskişehir: 29 km E. of Sivrihisar, 800 m, Hub.-Mor. 14231! B4 Konya: Cihanbeyli to Konya, A. & T. Baytop (ISTE 6979)! B5 Kayseri: Incesu to Develi, 1050 m, Hub.-Mor. 10777! B6 Malatya: Gürün to Darende, 1525 m, D. 21868! B7 Tunceli: Munzur Da., Montbret 2238 (type of E. macrophylla)! B8 Erzurum: nr Erzurum, Aucher 5126! B9 Van: 24 km from Gürpinar to Hoşap, 2000 m, D. 44700! C5 Adana: d. Mersin, Çetik 22417! C6 Gaziantep: Soff Da. (Suf Da.), Haussknecht. C8 Mardin: 12 km from Mardin to Diyarbakır, 1000 m, D. 28720! C9 Hakkari: Zab gorge 2-3 km from Hakkari, 1400 m, D. 45462!
Syrian Desert, Caucasia, N., N.W. & W. Iran, C. Asia to Mongolia. Ir.-Tur. element. The fruiting calyx is wind-dispersed.

Eremostachys moluccelloides BUNGE	Eremostachys moluccelloides BUNGE	Eremostachys moluccelloides BUNGE	Eremostachys moluccelloides BUNGE
Eremostachys moluccelloides BUNGE	Eremostachys moluccelloides BUNGE	Eremostachys moluccelloides BUNGE