LAMIACEAE 1145 
1. AVICENNIA H Leaf-blades thick. Cymes peduneled. Calyx sub- 
ended by small bra Corolla incon- 
spicuous, the tube and me lobes about 
equal in length. Stamens erect. Stigmas 2. 
Capsule thick-walled. 
l. A. nitida Jacq. Shrub, or tree some- 
m. tall: leaf- ‘blades leathery, el- 
. long, dark- 
liptie or nearly so, ; -green 
above, pale, minutely ds cent pun 
c lon rolla white; lobes 
0 ndy h 
coastal gan aa Coastal s Fla. As 
Tex.— (W. I., , C. A., S. A.)—AII y 
Famity 12. PHRYMACEAE — LOPSEED FAMILY 
Perennial herbs, with angled stems. Leaves opposite: blades toothed. 
Flowers in slender 'spikes or spike-lke racemes. yx of 5 partia ally 
o 
magenta-tinged, of 5 partially united o 2-lipped, the lower lip 3- 
lobed. Androecium of 4 didynamous stamens. Gynoecium of 2 united 
carpels. Fruit an achene included in the deflexed acerescent calyx. Com- 
prises only the following genus. 
1. PHRYMA L. Caulescent herbs with spreading branches. Leaf-blades 
broad, coarsely toothed, i ed. aay or racemes elongate, the small 
flowers opposite. Achene in the bottom o 
the calyx. This genus is dud cis oe 
in the Verbenaceae. 
1. P. leptost achya L. Stems 3-10 d 
tal, sparingly branched above, reflexed- 
pubescent: leaf- nt dud - elliptic- piss 
e -lanceolat 
3- 5 m . long, a TA tabo ribbed, lit 
longer E the slender upper lobes dur ing 
anthesis: corolla white and ru ied x 
about a mm. long: achene lon 
—(Lop ED.) —Rie h aoe od , thiekets 
arious S m es, Fla., to Tex., Man., 
N. B.—Sum.-fall. The same or a closely re- 
lated species grows in eastern Asi 
FAMILY 13. LAMIACEAE — Mint FAMILY 
erbs or woody plants, often aromatic. Stems 4-sided. Leaves 
opposite or whorled: blades simple, entire, toothed, or lobed. Flowers 
perfect, in open or compact cymes. Calyx of 5 partially united sepals, 
regular or 2-lipped. Corolla of 5 partially united sepals, 2-lipped or 
nearly regular. Androecium of 2—4 stamens, the pairs often irregular. 
Gynoecium 2-carpellary. Ovary 4-celled. Fruit of 4 nutlets included 
