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TEUCRIUM* Orchideum. 

 Orchis-flowered Teucrium. 



DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Labiate. 



TEUCRIUM. — Calyx 5-fidus, subsequalis. Corolla subunilabiata ; 

 tubo brevi ; labio superiore abbreviate bipartite ; laciniis lateraliter reflexis ; 

 labio inferiors trilobo ; lobo intermedio majore. Stamina 4, didynama, 



h fissura labii superioris exserta. Frutices, suffrutices, aut herbge. Folia 



opposita. Flores axillares, verticillati aut terminales capitato-congesti, 

 V. verticillato spicati. CoroUse albidcB, fiavidce, violacecB, aut purpurea. — 

 Kunth. synops. 2. 83. 



T. orchideum ; foliis oblongis obtusis integerrimis trilobisque pubescentibus, 

 dentibus calycis ovatis, limbo corollas 5-lobo secundo labelliformi, 

 floribus axillaribus solitariis, caule sufFruticoso. 

 SufFrutex herbaceus, erectus, ramosus. Folia utrinque subpubescentia, 



nunc oblonga, integerrima, crenatave, nunc triloba, lobis lateralibus brevibus. 



Flores solitarii, axillares, brevissime pedicellati, foliis breviores. Calyx 



campanulatus, | 5-partitus, dentibus ovatis. Corolla puhescens, lutescens, 



rubro variegata, limbo toto aperto labelliformi. 



A half-hardy greenhouse plant, flowering in the open 

 border, in July, August, and September. It is a native of 

 Chile, whence seeds were brought to the Horticultural 

 Society, in 1826, by Mr. James M'Rae, who found it 

 common in the neighbourhood both of Conception and 

 Valparaiso. 



An herbaceous under-shrub, branching a good deal, 

 and growing in an upright manner. Leaves pubescent on 

 each side, sometimes oblong and entire, or crenated, some- 



* Teucrium is one of the few instances, among the ancients, of plants 

 being named in honour of men. The Trojan prince Teucer was comme- 

 morated by the herb nvK^icv, which was the Teucrium Jucidum of moderns. 



