Seeds many, oblong, cylindrical. 



N. B. Nectaria from 21 to 31. Stamina from 11 to 13. 

 The Stratiotes aloides, in cold climates, bears complete flowers, 

 with 20 stamina in each. 



GLECOMA. 



Calyx. Perianthium 1 leaf, tubular, cylindrical, scored, very 

 small, permanent, rim with 5 clefts, segments unequal, taper- 

 ing to a point. 



Corolla. 1 Petal, gaping. Tube slender, compressed. Upper 

 lip erect, obtuse with a shallow cleft. Lower lip expanding, 

 large, t obtuse, with 3 segments, the middle one largest, and 

 notched at the end. 



Stamina. Filaments 4, 2 long and 2 short, covered by the up- 

 per lip. Anlhera of each pair of stamina approaching so as 

 to form a cross. 



Pistil lum. Germen cloven into 4. Style thread-shaped, 

 leaning under the upper lip. Stigma cloven, acute. 



Pbricarpium, none. The seeds at the bottom of the calyx. 



Seeds 4, egg-shaped. 



TEUCRIUM. 



Calyx. Perianthium 1 leaf, with 5 shallow cleft>, nearly 

 equal, acute, bulging on one side of the base, permanent. 



Corolla. 1 Petal, gaping. Tube cylindrical, short, ending 

 in a crooked mO"th. Upper lip, erect, acute, deeply 

 divided, even lower than its base, segments standing wide. 

 Lower lip with 3 clefts, expanding, lateral segments a little 

 erect, of the shape of the upper lip, the middle one large, 

 circular. 



Stamina. Filaments 4, awl-shapcd, longer than the upper 

 lip of the blossom, and projecting between its segments. 

 Anthera small. 



1'rsi ilium. Gtrmen with 4 divisions. Style thread-shaped. 



