LABIATJE. (MINT FAMILY.) 333 
31* TBICHOSTEMA, L. Blue Curls. 
Calyx bell-shaped, oblique, deeply 5-cleft; the 3 upper teeth 
elongated and partly united, the 2 lower very short. Corolla 5- 
lobed ; the lobes oblong, declined, the 3 lower more or less united 
to form the lower lip. Stamens 4, exserted much beyond the co¬ 
rolla, declined and then curved upwards : anther-cells divergent 
and at length confluent. Achenia strongly reticulated and pitted. 
—Low annuals, somewhat clammy-glandular and balsamic, branch¬ 
ed, with entire leaves, and mostly solitary 1-flowered pedicels ter¬ 
minating the branches, becoming lateral by the production of 
axillary branchlets; the flower thus appearing to be reversed, 
namely the short teeth of the calyx upward, &c. Corolla blue, 
small. (Name composed of 6pt£, hair , and orrjpa, stamen , from 
the capillary filaments.) 
L diclititoiniim, L. (Bastard Pennyroyal.) Leaves 
lanceolate-oblong or rhombic-lanceolate , rarely lanceolate-linear, short- 
petioled.—Sandy fields, New England to Penn. July-Sept.—Plant 
8' -12' high. Corolla very small, but the curved stamens long. 
2. T* lincare, Nutt. Leaves linear , nearly smooth. — Sandy 
pine barrens of New Jersey and southward. — Rather taller and less 
forked than the last, the corolla larger. — Too near narrow-leaved 
forms of the foregoing. 
32. TEUCRIUM, L. Germander. 
Calyx equally 5-toothed, or the upper tooth larger. Corolla 
with the 4 upper lobes nearly equal, oblong, declined ; the lower 
one larger. Stamens 4, exserted from the cleft between the 2 
upper lobes of the corolla : anther-cells confluent. Achenia 
wrinkled. (Named for Teucer , king of Troy.) 
L T. Canadense, L. (American Germander. Wood 
Sage.) Herbaceous, downy ; stem simple, erect; leaves ovate-lan¬ 
ceolate, serrate, rounded at the base, short-petioled, hoary under¬ 
neath ; the floral scarcely longer than the oblique unequally toothed 
calyx; whorls about 6-flowered, crowded in a long and simple wand¬ 
like spike, — Low grounds, not rare. July. — Stem 1° - 3^ high. 
Corolla purple, rarely white; the upper lobes turned down, with a 
deep cleft between them, so that there appears to be no upper lip. 
(T. Virginicum, L., is the same plant.) 
The familiar cultivated plants of this family, not mentioned above, 
are the Sweet Basil (bcymum Basilicum ) ; the Lavender ( Lavan - 
