492 VERBENACEjE. 



which is equally 3-fid. — Whorls large, subglobose, distant ; flowers crimson or yellow ; 

 calyx recurved, oblique. 



29. Ii. nepetsefolia, R. Br. Annual ; leaves ovate, crenate-serratc, long-petioled ; 

 calyx-teeth spinescent, unequal, lanceolate linear, uppermost much larger, subulate ; corolla 

 crimson, villous, about twice as Ions; as the calyx. — Bot. Reg. t. 281. — Phlomis, L. 2'-8 

 high : whorls about 2" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, a weed ; Antigua !, Wulhchl. ; 

 S. Vincent '., Guild. ; Trinidad !, Sch., Cr., common ; [S. Thomas to Brazil ! , trop. Africa ! 

 and Asia!]. » 



12*. PRUNELLA, L. 



Calyx 2-lipped, closed in fruit, reticulated-veiny : upper lip flat. Corolla 2-lipped, 

 annulate within. Stamens didynamous, parallel, 2 inferior longer : filaments appendiculate 

 behind the anthers : anther-cells diverging. Stigma-lobes 2, pointed. Nutlets smooth. — 

 Low, perennial herbs ; whorls shortly spicate. 



30*. P. vulgaris, t. Leaves ovate, petioled; calyx exceeding half the blue corolla: 

 upper teeth distant ; filaments bearing a subulate, straight tooth. — Hab. Naturalized in 

 Jamaica !, March; [introduced from the Old World]. 



13. SCUTELLARIA, L. 



Calyx 2-lipped, closed in fruit, but splitting to the base : lips entire, the superior furnished 

 with a dorsal, helinet-like appendage. Corolla 2-lipped : tube exserted. Stamens didy- 

 namous, parallel, 2 inferior longer: anthers hairy, of the longer 1-, of the shorter 2-celled. 

 Style-lobes unequal. Nutlets tubercled. — Whorls often one-sided. 



31. S. purpurascens, Sic Herbaceous, diffuse, branched chiefly at the base , leaves 

 petioled, ovate, or deltoid, bluntish, few-serrate, floral minute, elliptical, entire ; whorls 

 distant in a short, lax, one-sided raceme, 'l-fiowered (or the uppermost llovvers scattered) ; 

 calyx shorter than the pedicel, at length excrescent ; corolla blue, pubescent : tube slender, 

 cylindrical, dilated at the throat, much longer than the calyx. — Variable, glabrescent or 

 pubescent, 5"-l' high ; leaves 1", calyx scarcely 1'", in fruit 2'", corolla 6" -8'" long. — 

 Hab. Antigua!, Wullschl., Dominica!, Imr., S.Lucia!, Anders., S.Vincent!, Guild-; 

 Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 169 ; [Cuba! to Guadeloupe! ; Guatemala! to Brazil]. 



14. TEUCRIUM, L. 



Calyx 5-dentate or 5-fid. Corolla 1-lipped, deciduous : inferior lobe much larger. Sta- 

 mens didynamous, inferior longer. Nutlets obliquely affixed, mostly reticulated-rugose. 



32. T. cubense, L. Herbaceous, erect, glabrous ; leaves cuneate-elliptical, pinnatifid- 

 serrate with blunt oblong lobes or serratures ; whorls 2-jlowered, axillary : pedicels about 

 as long as the deeply o-fid calyx; corolla bluish- wbite, about twice as long as the calyx. 

 — Jacq. Jmer. Vict. 1. 164. — Stem simple, l'-lj' high. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; 

 [Cuba ! ; California and Texas ! to Buenos Ayres !]. 



33. T. inflatum, Sw. Herbaceous, erect, villous, pubescent or glabrate ; leaves 

 petioled, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, coarsely serrate; whorls approximate, in a slender, 

 spiciform raceme; calyx subsessile, inflated-ventricose, oblique, unequally 5-dcntate at 

 the contracted summit : upper tooth broader ; corolla light-pink, twice as long as the calyx. 

 — Besc. Fl. 3. t. 223.— Stem 2'-3' high, few-branched; raceme 3"-5" long.— Hab. Ja- 

 maica!, A I., Wullschl, Wits., March, in shady places; [Mexico! to Buenos Ayres!; 

 Galapagos ! to New Caledonia !]. 



CXXI. VERBENACE*E. 



Stamens didynamous or 2-5(-more), inserted into the sympetalous, imbricativc, usually 

 2-lipped corolla. Ovary superior, 2-4(-l)-carpellary, 4~S-2(-l)-celled : ovules 1 (-2) IB 

 each cell : style terminal. Fruit drupaceous, or, when dry, usually splitting into nutlets. 



