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LXXVI. Order LAB-I-A'-T/E. MINT FAMILY.— Ovary deeply 4- 

 parted; stems square; corolla mostly labiate, stamens 2-4; herbs. 



Stamens -1 a . 



Stamens '1 ; anthers with a long connective Salvia. 1 



a. The upper inner pair longer : plants creeping and trailing Glechnma. 2 



a. The stamens, etc., not as above b . 



b. Calyx bilabiate with rounded entire lips, closed in fruit Sciitrllaria. :> 



b. Calyx not as above ; with 4 or 5 lobes or teeth (c). 



c. Calyx reticulated-veiny, closed in fruit, upper lip flat Piunrlla. \ 



c. Calyx thin, inflated, almost equally 4-lobed, open Syiiandra. 5 



c. Calyx firmer, about .Vnerved, Vtoothed ; corolla-tliroat dilated Laminvi. 6 



1. Genus SAL'-VI-A. — Calyx "J-lipped ; corolla deeply 2-lipped, rin- 

 gent; stamens "2, on short filaments, jointed with the elongated, trans- 

 verse connective, the upper end bearing a linear, 1 -celled anther; 

 flowers large and show} . 



Sal'-vi-a ly-ra'-ta L. Lyre-leaved Sage. — I^eaves mostly lyrately-lobed 

 or pinnatifid; corolla bhie-purple. 



2. Genus GLE-CHO'-MA. (AV/>r/(7.)— Calyx tubular, often incurved, 

 obliquely ")-toothed; corolla dilated in the throat, 2-lipped, the upper 

 lip erect, notched or 2-cleft. 



Gle-cho'-ma he-der-a'-ce-a L. [Nepeta glechouia Benth.) — Ground 

 Ivy; Gill -over -the- Ground. — Leaves round kidney - shaped, crenate; 

 corolla light-blue. 



?y. Genus SCU-TEL-LA'-RI-A.— Calyx bell-shaped in flower, 2-lipped, 

 the lips entire, closed in fruit, the upper with a helmet-like, enlarged 

 appendage on the upper sepal ; corolla with an elongated, curved, as- 

 cending tube, 2-lipped, the upper lip arched. 



Scu-tel-la'-ri-a par'-vu-la Mx. Skull-cap. — Subterranean stolens 

 moniliform-tuberiferous; minutely downy, 8-6 in. high, branched and 

 spreading; all but the lower leaves sessile and entire, ti-8 lines long; 

 corolla 2-4 lines long; nutlets wingless. 



Scu-tel-la'-ri-a ga-ler-ic-u-la'-ta L. Skull-cap. — Subterranean stolens 

 not tuberiferotis; smooth or a little downy, erect, 1-2 ft. high, simple; 

 leaves serrate, 1-2 in. long; corolla 8-!l lines long; nutlets wingless. 



Scu-tel-la'-ri-a ner-vo'-sa Ph. Skull-cap.— Nutlets conspicuously 

 -winged, each raised on a slender base; stem 10-20 in. high; lower 

 leaves roundish, the middle ovate, toothed, sub-cordate, 1 in. long; 

 corolla bluish, 4 lines long. 



