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TEUCRIUM* Orchidéum. 
Orchis-flowered Teucrium. 
DIDYNAMIA GY MNOSPERMIA. 
Nat. ord. LABIATE. 
TEUCRIUM. — Calyx 5-fidus, subequalis. Corolla subunilabiata ; 
tubo brevi; labio superiore abbreviato bipartito ; laciniis lateraliter reflexis ; 
labio inferiore trilobo; lobo intermedio majore. Stamina 4, didynama, 
e fissurá labii superioris exserta. Frutices, suffrutices, aut herbee. Folia 
opposita. Flores axillares, verticillati aut terminales capitato-congesti, 
v. verticillato spicati. Corolle albide, flavide, violacee, aut purpurea. — 
Kunth. synops. 2. 83. 
T. orchideum ; foliis oblongis obtusis integerrimis trilobisque pubescentibus, 
dentibus calycis ovatis, limbo corolle 5-lobo secundo labelliformi, 
floribus axillaribus solitariis, caule suffruticoso. 
Suffrutex herbaceus, erectus, ramosus. Folia utrinque subpubescentia, 
nunc oblonga, integerrima, crenatave, nunc triloba, lobis lateralibus brevibus. 
Flores solitarii, axillares, brevissimè pedicellati, foliis breviores. Calyx 
campanulatus, 3 5-partitus, dentibus ovatis. Corolla pubescens, lutescens, 
El 
rubro variegata, limbo toto aperto labelliformi. 
A half-hardy greenhouse plant, flowering in the open 
border, in July, August, and September. It is a native of 
Chile, whence seeds were brought to the Horticultural 
Society, in 1826, by Mr. James M‘Rae, who found it 
common in the neighbourhood both of Conception and 
Valparaiso. 
An herbaceous under-shrub, branching a good deal, 
and growing in an upright manner. Leaves pubescent on 
each side, sometimes oblong and entire, or crenated, some- 
* Teucrium is one of the few instances, among the ancients, of plants 
being named in honour of men. . The m prince Teucer was comme- 
morated by the herb rsúxgw», which was the Teucrium lucidum of moderns. 
