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ORDER LVIII. 
VERBENACEZ, 
_ Cuaracters.—Trees, shrubs, or herbs, with opposite or 
whorled leaves, corolla irregular, often bilabiate, stamens 2, 
or 4 didynamous ; ovary 2- or 4-celled, each cell 1-seeded ; 
pericarp a minute capsule, or a drupe or berry, indehiscent, 
with 2 or 4 cells, each 1-seeded. 
Examp.es. — Vervain (Verbena officinalis), Teak-tree 
(Tectona grandis.) Vervain is emollient, but scarcely ever 
used: it was highly prized by the ancients asa remedy for a 
variety of diseases. 
ORDER LIX. 
LABIATZ. 
Cuaracters.—Herbs, or shrubs, with a quadrangular 
stem, opposite leaves containing much aromatie volatile oil, 
flowers in axillary whorls: calyx monosepalous, tubular, 
with 5 or 10 teeth or divisions, somewhat bilabiate, persis- 
tent ; corolla tubular, bilabiate, the upper lip entire or bifid, — 
the lower one 3-lobed, and larger than the other ; stamens 
inserted in the tube of the corolla, 2, or more often 4 didy- _ 
namous ; anthers 2 celled, or 1-celled from confluence, or 1 
Being abortive; ovary deeply 4-lobed, each lobe 1 seeded; 
style simple, and stigma bifid; a fleshy disk at the base of 
the ovary ; ovule erect ; pericarp, consisting of 4 indehis- 
neon arpee ese ee 
