GRATIOLA TETRAGONA. Four-sipED 
Hepce-Hyssop. 
KER KEE KEE EERE KEK ERE 
Class and Order. 
Drianpri4 Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scropuunarin2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Corolla tubulosa, bilabiata, labio supe- 
riore bilobo, inferiore trifido equali. Stam. 2 antherifera, 
2—3 sterilia (nunc 4 antherifera.) Stigma bilamellatum. 
Caps. 4-valvis, dissepimento e marginibus inflexis tardius 
es ahs oppositifolie. Flores axillares, bibrac- 
teat?. rT. 
Specific Character. 
Grationa* tetragona ; glabra, caule tetragono angulis ob- 
tuse alatis, foliis lanceolatis acute serratis inferne atten- 
uatis subauriculatis, floribus subsessilibus subspicatis. 
Descr. Perennial. Stem herbaceous, nearly simple, 
erect, a foot or more high, four-sided, glabrous, the i oe 
with short, obtuse wings. Leaves opposite, two and a alf 
to three inches long, lanceolate, very acute, almost acumi- 
nate, deeply and sharply serrated, glabrous, the younger 
ones minutely punctated, and with the serratures glandular, 
all of them glabrous, attenuated and somewhat auricled at 
the base. ‘These leaves are gradually smaller upwards, so 
that the floral leaves may almost be considered bracteas. 
ers small, forming a sort of dense, pyramidal raceme, — 
so 
Seen 
* Derived from Gratia Dei, “ by the grace or favour of God ;” in allusion — 
the eminent medicinal virtues of the most common species, GratioLa 
Weinalis, 
