302 XOVI. LABIATR. 
axils of the upper leaves, or capitate, or in branched cymes, 
rarely solitary. Natives ‘generally of the drier and warmer 
parts of the globe, very many of them aromatic ; some, as the 
Mints, Thyme, Lavender, Patchouli, ete., eminently so. This 
large Order, which is very imperfectly represented in South 
Africa, is arranged by Bentham under 8 tribes, including 120 
genera. 
Tribe 1. OctimEm. Stamens declinate. 
* Corolla-lobes of nearly equal length, the 4 upper 
more or less connate in an upper lip, the lowest 
narrower, declinate, flat or subconcaye. 
Fruiting-calyx deflexed, the upper tooth very 
large, ovate, decurrent onthe tube. . 1. Ocimum. 
Fruit-calyx declined, 5-toothed, the upper tooth 
ovate, not decurrent ; ; corolla-tube short, in- 
cluded... . 2. Moscnosma. 
Fruit-calyx suberect, with 5 subequal ti teeth; co- 
rolla-tube long, exserted . . . . . . 38. SYNCOLOSTEMON. 
** Lowest lobe of the corolla elongate, concave. 
Upper stamens abortive ; fruit-calyx fleshy . . 4 HosLUNDIA. 
All the stamens fertile. 
Fruit -calyx toothed, the teeth not spiny, mouth 
Openly pues : 5. PLECTRANTHUS. 
Fruit-calyx truncate, cireumcissed ‘at base . . 6, AOLANTHUS, 
Fruit-calyx with 5 equal, spinous teeth . . . 7. PYCNOSTACHYS, 
*** Lowest lobe of corolla contracted at base, then 
saccate, abruptly deflexed; calyx sharply 
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Tribe. 2. SaTUREINFH. Stamens distant, straight, spreading, or ap- 
proaching under the upper lip of corolla; anthers 2-celled ; lobes of corolla 
fiat. 
Corolla subequally 4-lobed; stamens 4, equal. . . 9. MENTHA. 
Corolla 2-labiate, upper lip erect, subentire, lower 3- 
lobed, spreading ; stamens 4, didynamous . . . LO. MIcROMERIA. 
Tribe 8. MonarpEm. Stamens 2, straight or ascending ; anthers either 
1-celled, or of 2 cells separated by a filiform connective. 
Stamens 2, in the throat ; anthers with a long, fili- 
form connective, bearing a fertile cell at its upper 
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Tribe 4. SrachypEx. Stamens 4, parallelly ascending under the 
vaulted or subconcave upper lip of corolla, 
Stamens included; anthers 1-celled; style bearded 
below theapex . ... . . . . . 12, AcRoTomR, 
Stamens exserted ; anthers 2-celled ; ‘style nude. 
Style subequally 2-fid, the lobes subulate, 
Calyx subequally 5-toothed or -fid. . . . . 13. Sracnys, 
Calyx wider upwards, with § large and 5-10 
smaller spreading teeth. . . . . 14, Baxzora, 
Style unequally 2-fid, one lobe very short ; corolla 
very hairy. 
