722 LABIATZE. XXVII. Lycorus. 
8 L. zxarTA' rs (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 87.) stem erect, branched, 
tall; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, pinnatifid ; whorls many- 
flowered; calyx acutely 5-toothed ; rudiments of sterile sta- 
mens capitate ; achenia about equal in length to the calycine 
teeth 21. H. Native of the east of Europe, and Middle 
Asia; as of Hungary, Siberia, Himalaya, Bithynia, Italy, 
France, &c., in humid or watery places. Sibth. et Smith. fl. 
grec. t. 12.— Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 64. but not of the more re- 
cent authors. L. pinnatífidus, Pall. fl. ross. 2. t. l. Stem 
‘acutely tetragonal, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves glabrous 
or pubescent. Corollas white, smaller than those of Z. Eu- 
rope'us. 
Exalted Water-Horehound. 
Pl. 4 to 6 feet. 
N.B.—What is Z. intermédius, Schrad. ? 
Cult. Coarse marsh plants of easy culture, but of no beauty. 
They will grow in any kind of soil, but prefer one moist; and 
are readily propagated by dividing at the root. 
Fl July Aug. Clt. 1739. 
XXVIII. MERIA'NDRA (from pepic, meris, a part; and 
aynp avópoc, aner andros, a male; in allusion to the superior 
stamens being abortive, rarely one of them fertile.) Benth. 
in bot. reg. vol. 15. lab. p. 188. Salvia species, Roth. and 
Roxb. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogijnia. Calyx ovate, bilabiate : 
upper lip concave, entire, or with 3 very short teeth: lower lip 
bifid ; throat naked inside. Corolla having the tube equal in 
length to the calyx; and the limb equally 4-cleft ; lobes flat: 
upper lobe entire or emarginate. The 2 lower stamens fertile, 
erect, distant: the two superior ones usually abortive, rarely 
with one or the other fertile, conforming to the lower ones; an- 
thers 2-celled : cells separate, stipitate, equal, pendulous; with 
a short linear connective, which is articulated with the filament 
at the middle, and erect on both sides. Style nearly equally 
bifid at top.—Shrubs with racemose or spicately panicled flowers. 
Habit of Sálvia, but the form of the corolla and direction of 
the stamens are that of Menthoidee ; and M. strobilifera is not 
unlike E/shóltzia in habit. 
1 M. strositi’rera (Benth. in Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 1. p. 29. 
lab. p. 188.) branches densely clothed with floccose tomentum ; 
whorls spicate : lower ones rather remote ; floral leaves bractea- 
formed, ovate-lanceolate, disposed in 4 rows. h.F. Native 
of the East Indies, among the mountains, in the provinee of 
Sirmore, Wall. ; Himalaya, at Syen, and below Simlah, Royle. 
Leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 inches long, ob- 
tuse, crenulated, rather villous above, and woolly beneath: 
floral ones entire. Flowers about the size of those of Elshéltzia. 
Odour ungrateful, 
Strobile-bearing Meriandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
2 M. Brweare'wsm (Benth. l. c.) stem nearly glabrous ; 
branches canescent; whorls remote, racemosely panicled. h. 
S. Native of Bengal and Coromandel. It is cultivated in the 
gardens of India, and used for the purposes of sage. It has also 
been found in Abyssinia, where it is also probably a native. 
Salvia Bengalénsis, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 146. Salvia dianthéra, 
Roth. nov. spec. p. 18. Salvia Abyssinica, R. Br. append. to 
Salt. abyss. Leaves very like those of Sálvia officinalis, 2-3 
inches long, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, crenulated, 
rounded or truncate at the base, green above and canescent be- 
neath: floral ones small. Flowers about the size of those of 
Thymus serpyllum. Taste and odour of leaves stronger than 
that of sage, Roxb. The whole plant exhales an odour like 
that of camphor when rubbed, Wall. 
Bengal Meriandra. Shrub 4 to 6 feet, 
XXVIII. MERIANDRA. 
XXIX. Satvia. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see shrubby species of 
Sálvia, p. 728. 
Tribe III. 
MONA'RDEE (the plants contained in this tribe agree with 
the genus Mondrda in the characters given below.) Benth. lab. 
p. 190. Corolla bilabiate. The 2 superior stamens abortive, 
or if fertile, bearing linear connate anthers. The 2 lower 
stamens fertile, ascending ; anthers linear, sometimes with 
opposite, confluent, contiguous cells, therefore apparently 1- 
celled, sometimes dimidiate, free or connate behind ; connective 
linear, articulated in the filament, bearing a fertile cell at top, 
truncate behind, or usually drawn out, filiform and clavate, or 
bearing another cell, which is sometimes difformed and empty, 
and sometimes fertile. 
XXIX. SA/LVIA (from salvo, to save ; so called on account 
of the healing qualities of sage.) Lin. gen. no. 39. Schreb. 
gen. no. 50. Gaertn. fruct. t. 66. Tourn. inst. t. 83. Juss, 
gen. p. 111. ed. Usteri, p. 125. Benth. lab. p. 190.  Hormi- 
num, Sclarea, and ZEthlopis, Tourn. inst. and other authors. 
Schradéria and Jüngia, Mcench.—Stenarrhéna, D. Don, prod. 
fl. nep.—Leónia, Llave and Lexarza, pl. mex. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx ovate, tubular, or 
campanulate, bilabiate: upper lip entire or tridentate: lower 
one bifid: throat naked inside. Corolla with an inclosed or ex- 
serted tube, which is equal, ventricose, or widened, sometimes 
furnished with a ring of hairs inside, sometimes naked, or some- 
times furnished with 2 teeth or processes on the lower side at 
the base: limb bilabiate: upper lip erect, rarely spreading, 
straight or faleate, entire or emarginate: lower lip spreading, 
shorter or longer, with the lateral lobes oblong or roundish, 
spreading, reflexed, or twisted erectly, the middle lobe usually the 
broadest, entire or emarginate. Rudiments of superior stamens 
wanting, or small and club-shaped: lower 2 always fertile, m- 
serted near the throat of the tube; filaments short, horizontal, 
rarely erect, articulated with the anther at top, and usually 
drawn out beneath the articulation, rarely almost continuous. 
Anthers dimidiate; connective elongated, linear, articulated 
transversely with the filament, ascending under the upper lip of 
the corolla, and bearing at the top a linear, adnate, or versatile 
fertile cell, and deflexed or erect behind, and sometimes bear- 
ing another smaller cell, which is either fertile or difformed, 
and empty; free, but usually combined together, or connate in 
various ways. Disk of ovarium glanduliferous in front. Style 
ascending, bifid at top: lobes sometimes subulate, equal, or the 
superior one is longest, and sometimes the lower one or both are 
rounded, dilated, and flattened. Stigmas for the most part 
minute, terminal, or in the larger part running along the lobes 
of the style. Achenia ovoid-triquetrous, dry, glabrous, usually ' 
very smooth.—This very extensive genus is very variable in 
habit. 
ʻe Secr, I, Ev’space (from ev, eu, well; and opakoc, sphakos, 
sage; this section is supposed to contain the true species of the 
genus.) Benth. in Hook. bot. mise. 3. p. 372. lab. p. dE 
Calyx campanulate : upper lip tridentate: lower one bifid : 
teeth all acute, and hardly increasing at maturity. Tube of co- 
rolla wide, a little exserted, furnished with a ring of hairs m- 
side: upper lip erect; lateral lobes of lower lip reflexedly 
spreading: middle lobe broad, emarginately bifid, with the seg- 
ments a little reflexed. Connective stretched out behind, bear- 
ing a difformed, empty, rarely somewhat polliniferous cell, 
almost connected at the extremities.—Herbs, rarely shrubs; 
natives of the region of the Mediterranean. Leaves entire OT , 
pinnate. 
