BORAGE FAMILY 201 



17. ONOSMODIUM Michx. False Gromwell. l. O. occidentale. 



18. ANCHUSA L. Alkanet. l. A. officinalis. 



19. SYMPHYTUM (Tour.) L. Comfrey. l. S. officinale. 



Family 114. VERBENACEAE. Vervain Family. 



Corolla-limb 5-lobed; nutlets 4; flowers in terminal spikes. 1. Verbena. 



Corolla 4-lobed; nutlets 2; flowers in short dense a.xillary spikes. 2. Phyla. 



1. VERBENA (Tourn.) L. Vervain, Verbena. 



Anthers not appendaged ; flowers in elongate spikes, less than 8 mm. long. 



Leaves not i)mnatifld, sometimes merely lobed at the base in the flrst species; plant 

 tall, erect, strict. 

 Bracts shorter than the calyx, or barely equalling it. 



Spike peduncled; corolla-limb 3-6 mm. broad; pubescence sparse, coarse. 



1. V. hastata. 

 Spike sessile; corolla-limb 8-9 mm. broad; pubescence dense, soft. 



2. V'. stricta. 

 Bracts one-tlurd longer than the calyx; pubescence dense, soft. 3. V. MacDougalii. 



Leaves more or less pinnatifld, at least incised; bracts much longer than the calyx. 



Spike dense; nutlets miu-iculate on the commissural faces. 4. V. bracleosa. 



Spike lax; nutlets nearly smooth on the commissural faces. 5. V. remota. 

 Anthers of the longer stamens appendaged by a gland on the connective; corolla 8 mm. 



long or more. 

 Caly.x-lotaes subulate or lance-subulate. 



Leaves twice 3-parted into linear-oblong or lanceolate divisions. 6. V. ciliata. 



Leaves once 3-parted, mth toothed or slightly lobed divisions. 7. V. Gooddingii. 

 Calvx-lobes setaceous. 



Bracts narrowly lanceolate, shorter than the calyx; leaf-segments oblai^ceolate. 



8. V. ambrosifolia. 



Bracts setaceous, longer than the calyx; leaf-segments linear. 9. V. bipinnatifida. 



2. PHYLA Lour. 



Leaves from linear-oblanceolate to cuneate, 2-8-toothed above; peduncles slightly if any 



exceeding the leaves. 1- P- cunei folia. 



Leaves lanceolate, oblong, or oval, sharply serrate; pedimcles much exceeding the leaves. 



2. P. lanceolata. 



Family 115. LAMIACEAE. Mint Family. 



Ovary of 4 tmited nutlets; style not basal; nutlets laterally attached. 

 Corolla strongly bilateral, "the upper lip very small, the lower large. 



Flowers in small congested cymes, axillary to small bracts, and forming a raceme- 

 Like panicle; caly.x-lobes shorter than the tube; leaves toothed. 



1. Teucrium. 

 Flowers soUtary in the axils of bracts similar to the leaves; calyx-lobes longer 

 than the tube; leaves laciniate. 2. Melosmon. 



Corolla almost regularly 5-lobed, but lobes declined; stamens long-exserted and 

 coiled. 3. Trichoste\l\. 



Ovary of 4 distinct or nearly distinct nutlets; styles basal; nutlets basally attached. 

 CoroUa bilabiate. 



Calyx 2-lipped; both lips entire; stamens 4. 



Calvx not inflated, the upper Up with a crest on the upper side. 



4. Scutellari.\. 

 Calvx inflated, without a crest. 5. Salazaria 



Calyx either 2-lipped and at least one of the lips toothed, or regularly 4-5-toothed. 

 Stamens included in the corolla-tube. 6. M.^.rrubiu.m. 



Stamens e.xserted from the tube. 

 Upper Up of the corolla concave. 

 Anther-bearing stamens 4. 



Upper stamens longer than the lower. 

 Calvx 5-toothed. 



Anther-sacs paraUel or nearly so; stamens divergent. 



7. Agastache. 

 Anther-sacs divaricate; anther approximate in pairs. 



Flowers in terminal spikes; floral leaves reduced; plant 



erect. 8. Nepeta. 



Flowers in axillary verticils; floral leaves like the rest; 

 plant spreadmg. 9. Glecoivl\. 



Calyx distinctly 2-Upped. 10. Mold.WICa. 



Upper stamens shorter than the lower. 



Calyx distinctly 2-Upped, closed in fruit. 11. Prunell.\. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, not 2-lipped, open in fruit. 



Calvx membranous, inflated in fruit, faintly nerved. 



12. Dr.\coceph.\lu.\i. 

 Calyx not membranous, not inflated in fruit, strongly 5-10- 

 nerved. 



Anther-sacs not transversely 2-valved. 

 Nutlets 3-sided, truncate above. 



