406 A FLORA OF MANILA 
Calyx campanulate, shortly 5-toothed or subtruncate. Corolla-tube slender, 
irregularly inflated upward, the limb oblique, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, in 
2 pairs; anther-cells oblong, pendulous. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. Fruit 
a fleshy drupe, the endocarp hard, 4- or 2-celled, the calyx persistent, 
unaltered. (In honor of S. Gmelin, an early German naturalist.) 
Species about 8, Asia to Australia, 2 or 3 in the Philippines. 
1. G. philippensis Cham. d 
An erect, branched, nearly glabrous shrub or small tree 3 to 8 m high, 
usually with few stout spines on the trunk and branches. Leaves 
elliptic, 4 to 8 cm long, entire, apex usually rounded or obtuse, base acute. 
Flowers in short, terminal racemes, each subtended by a large, pale-green 
bract. Calyx green, about 5 mm long, truncate or obscurely denticulate. 
Corolla yellow, about 4 cm long. Fruit fleshy, yellow, pear-shaped, about 
2 cm long, glabrous. (FI. Filip. pl. 215, G. asiatica.) 
In thickets Pasay, Masambong, etc., fil. Feb.—Oct.; widely distributed 
in the Philippines. Siam and Tenasserim. 
122. LABIATAE (MINT or CABLIN FAMILY) 
Mostly herbs, rarely shrubs, aromatic or not, usually with 4-angled 
stems or branches. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers irregular, sol- 
itary, in pairs, or fascicled and axillary, or in lax or dense whorls 
arranged in spicate or racemose inflorescences, sometimes panicled or in 
dense heads. Calyx 4- or 5-cleft or -toothed or 2-lipped. Corolla-tube 
various, the limb 4- or 5-lobed or 2-lipped. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, or the 
upper 2 imperfect, inserted in the corolla-tube. Ovary free, 4-lobed, 4- 
celled, the cells 1-ovuled. Fruit of four dry or somewhat fleshy 1-seeded 
nutlets at the base of the calyx. 
Genera 164, species about 3,200, chiefly in the north temperate regions; 
22 genera and about 50 species in the Philippines. 
1. Fertile stamens 2; undershrubs with linear sessile leaves, the margins 
strongly recurved; cultivated omly............2......:--:sceseeeeseees 1. Rosmarinus 
1. Stamens 4, rarely 2. 
2. Stamens bent downward. 
3. Lower corolla-lobe flat or nearly so, broad-based, spreading. 
4. Stamens exserted; very aromatic herbs or undershrubs.. 2. Ocimun 
4, Stamens included, a not or but slightly aromatic herb. 
3. Moschosma 
3. Lower corolla-lobe boat-shaped or concave, base narrow, deflexed. 
4. Calyx-limb subequally 5-toothed, the lowest corolla-lobe not much 
longer than the others; filaments free; inflorescence capitate, 
apicate, -oF ‘panmiculate ssi. 5261222. nee 4. Hyptis 
4, Calyx-limb 2 lipped; lowest corolla-lobe boat-shaped, much longer 
than the others; filaments connate in a sheath surrounding the 
style: inflorescence Vas cs tree eee 5. Coleus 
2. Stamens not bent downward, spreading, free. 
8. Anthers 1-celled; filaments bearded; rather coarse, erect herbs. 
6. Pogostemon 
3. Anthers 2-celled; filaments not boarded; prostrate spreading herbs. 
7. Mentha 
2. Stamens ascending under the upper lip of the corolla. 
8. Upper lip of the corolla short, nearly flat; anthers dimorphous; 
eoarse erect herbs...05:5-2.5. 3) 535 ie ee 8. Anisomeles 
