VERBENACEAE • LABIATAE 259 



CLERODENDRON. Ls. opposite, large and flexible, ov., 9. Fls. in terminal 

 branched clusters or panicles, K (5), C (5), A4. Fruit a berry enclosed in a persistent 

 calyx. 



C.foetidum. 6. August-September. D. Ls. heart-shaped, short-pointed, 

 coarsely toothed, unpleasant smell when crushed. Fls. purplish red, 

 fragrant. China. (Fig. 62 d.) 

 C trichotomum. 12. July-September. D. Ls. ov., long-pointed, entire or 

 toothed, downy below, sometimes 2-3-lobed towards apex. Fls. i, 

 white, fragrant, petals narrow-oblong, sepals reddish. Berry bright blue 

 to black, in crimson calyx. China and Japan. (Fig. 62 e.) 



Variety Fargesii (C Fargesii). Ls. smaller; sepals green (Rehder). 



DiosTEA (Baillonia) juncea. 20. June. D. Branches tall, slender, rush-like. 

 Ls. opposite, ov., lane, f, toothed, the pairs some distance apart on stem. Fls. \, 

 pale lilac, tubular, in short axillary and terminal racemes. Fruit a berry enclosed 

 in a persistent calyx. Chile. (Fig. 62 h.) 



* LiPPiA (Aloysia) citriodora. Lemon-scented Verbena. 15. August. D. 

 Ls. in threes, lane, 4, entire, pointed, margins hairy, lemon-scented. Fls. small, 

 pale purple, in terminal panicles. South America. (Fig. 66 a.) 



* R\phithamnuscyanocarpus(Citharexylumcyanocarpum). 25. April. E. 

 Young stems bristly, with axillary spines. Ls. opposite or in threes, ov., f , pointed, 

 entire, dark green above. Fls. |, pale blue, solitary or in pairs in 1. -axils on old wood. 

 Fruit a bright blue berry. Chile. (Fig. 54 l.) 



VITEX. Ls. opposite, digitate, long-stalked; Iflts. grey-felted below. Fls. small, 

 purple or white, in axillary or terminal spikes or branched clusters. Fruit a berry 

 surrounded by persistent calyx. 



* V. Agnus-castus. Chaste Tree. 10. September-October. D. Lflts. linear, 



lane, 6, entire, dark green above. Fls. pale violet, tubular, 5-petalled, in 

 long spikes. Mediterranean region. (Fig. 5 D.) 

 Variety alba. Fls. white. 



* V. Negiindo. 15. September-October. D. Lflts. ov., lane, toothed in 



middle. Fls. purple, in panicles. India and China. (Fig. 5 h.) 



Variety iticisa. A smaller shrub, with smaller fl.-panicles and berries. 



Family 78. LABIATAE. K (5), C (5), A2-4, G (2) 

 (Dead-nettle, Catmint, Ground Ivy) 



Ls. opposite or whorled, usually aromatic. Fls. 2-lipped or irregularly shaped. 

 Fruit of four nutlets. 



* Ballota FRUTESCENS. Shrubby Horehound. i. July-August. E. Stems 

 slender, with pair of spines at each joint. Ls. ov., i, 3-9-lobed or merely toothed, 

 dull green, downy on both sides, slender-stalked. Fls. l, white, in pairs or threes 

 in 1. -axils. Riviera. (Fig. 54 H.) 



* CoLQUHOUNiA cocciNEA. ID. August-Octobcr. D. Ls. ov., lane, 8, toothed, 

 dull green and downy above, grey-felted below. Fls. i, red or orange, 2-lipped, in 

 whorls in terminal spikes and panicles. Himalaya. (Fig. 56 P.) 



