LABIATA. dol 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. LXIX. A. 
Fig. 1, a flower; 2, a corolla, laid open; 3, back view of a stamen ; 4, front view of a stamen ; 
5, a pistil and disk: all enlarged. 
11. CALAMINTHA. 
Calamintha, Moench. Meth. p. 408; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1190. 
Herbs, undershrubs, or shrubs, There are about forty species, widely diffused in the 
temperate regions of both hemispheres. 
1. Calamintha macrostema, Benth. in DC. Prodr. xii. p. 229. 
Nort Mexico, Sierra Madre (Seemann, 2094); Sovran Mexico, valley of Mexico 
(Bourgeau, 989; Schaffner, 378; Bilimek, 326), plateau of Mexico (Ghiesbreght), Toluca 
(Andrieux, 155), Cordillera of Vera Cruz, 7000 to 8500 feet (Galeotti, 635), Vera Cruz 
to Orizaba (Miller, 184). Hb. Kew. 
[Majorana mexicana, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi, (reprint, p. 7), Mr. Bentham 
suggests (DC. Prodr. xii. p. 196) may be Origanum majorana, escaped from gardens. | 
12. LEPECHINIA. 
Lepechinia, Willd. Hort. Berol. t. 21; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1192. 
Mexican herbs. | 
1. Lepechinia procumbens, Benth. Lab. p. 415; DC. Prodr. xii. p. 259. 
Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi, 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 734) ; 
SoutH Mexico, near San Miguel del Soldado and La J oya (Schiede), Chiapas ( Ghies- 
breght, 740). Hb. Kew. 
2. Lepechinia spicata, Willd. Hort. Berol. i. p. 21, t.21; DC. Prodr. xii. p. 259; 
Bot. Reg. t. 1292. 
Horminum caulescens, Ort. Dec. p. 638. 
SourH Mexico, region of Orizaba (Bourgeau, 2836), Tenancingo, valley of Toluca 
(Schaffner), valley of Mexico (Schaffner, 407). Hb. Kew. 
8. Lepechinia, sp. (Z. procumbentis var. %). 
Costa Rica, Volcan de Irazu (Grsted). Hb. Kew. 
13. DEKINTIA. 
Dekinia, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. 2, p. 195; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1198. 
A Mexican herbaceous monotype. 
1. Dekinia coccinea, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. xi. 2,p.195; DC. Prodr. 
xii. p. 258. | 
South Mexico, meadows of Totozinapa, on the road between Coscomatepec and 
Vaqueria del Jacal, at 8000 feet (Galeotti, 676). | 
