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GARDOQUIA BETONICOIDES. BETONY-LIKE 
GARDOQUIA. 
REE KE EEE KEK EERE KEKE EEKK 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA GyYMNOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lasiars. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx tubulosus, 13-nervius, subincurvus, ore equali vel 
obliquo, dentibus brevibus rectis subequalibus vel subbila- 
biatis. Corolle tubus longe exsertus, rectus vel incurvus, 
intus nudus ; limbus bilabiatus, labium superius erectum 
subplanum emarginatum, inferius subpatens, lobis planis 
medio latiore. Stamina 4, subdidynama, inferioribus longio- 
ribus, laxe adscendentia, apice subdistantia, superiora sub- 
inde sterilia. Filamenta edeutata. Anthere biloculares, 
loculis distinctis parallelis vel subdivergentibus. Styli lobi 
subequales. Achenia sicca, levia.—Suftrutices fruticesve 
ramosissimi foliosi, sepe procumbentes, Flores pulchri, 
Sepius coccinei. Genus a Micromeria non nisi longitudine 
corollarum, limbique lobis suberectis, distinctum. Benth. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Garpoguia betonicoides; radice repente, caule erecto, co- 
rollis calyce subglabro triplo longioribus, foliis ovato- 
cordatis grosse crenatis utrinque subglabris subtus 
purpurascentibus, cymis pedunculatis erectis, floribus 
congestis. Graham. __ 
Garpvoguia betonicoides. Lindl. Bot. Reg. in Misc. n. 159. 
The plant was received at the gardens of the Caledonian 
Horticultural Society, from Mr. Low, of Clapton, in 
October, 1839, and flowered freely during the summer and 
autumn following, both in the greenhouse and open border, 
requiring no particular treatment. ee 
