306 XCVI. LABIATA. 
longed beyond the joint; anther dimidiate, the connective 
long, linear, prolonged backwards under the upper lip of co- 
rolla, and bearing a fertile anther-cell at the summit, in front 
shorter, variously shaped, with or without a barren cell. Disk 
forming an anticous gland. Style 2-fid. Nuts glabrous.—DC. 
Prod. xii. p. 262. 
A vast and widely-dispersed genus, the “Sage” of gardens.—There 
are many Cape species, some large shrubs, others herbaceous, dispersed 
through the colony. 
12. ACROTOME, Benth. 
Calyx tubular-bellshaped, 10-nerved, obliquely 5—10-toothed. 
Corolla-tube terete, nude within ; the upper lip erect, suben- 
tire, subfornicate ; lower spreading, 3-fid, the medial lobe 
wider. Stamens included; anthers 1-celled, the back ones 
short, ovate, front ones twice as long, oblong, nodding on the 
recurved filament. Style included, bearded below the tip. 
Nuts sharply 3-sided, truncate.—DC. Prod. xii. p. 435. 
South African herbs or halfshrubs, known by their anthers and style. 
False-whorls axillary, few- or many-flowered.—3 species, North-Eastern. 
13. STACHYS, Linn. 
Calyx tubular-bellshaped, 5-10-nerved, equal or obliquely 
5-toothed, the teeth equal or the upper larger, or rarely the 3 
uppermost united ina lip. Corolla-tube equal, included or ex- 
serted, mostly annulate within, most often incurved but dilated 
at the throat ; upper lip erect or spreading, usually rather con- 
cave, entire or scarcely emarginate, rarely elongate and 2-fid ; 
lower mostly longer, spreading, 3-lobed, the medial lobe much 
the largest. Stamens 4, ascending, the lower pair longer, 
at length often deflexed; filaments nude; anthers 2-celled. 
Style subequally 2-fid, the lobes subulate. Nuts obtuse.— 
DC. Prod. xii. p. 462. 
Herbs or shrubs. Whorls few- or several-flowered, mostly in a terminal 
yaceme.— A large and widely-dispersed genus, of which there are several 
Cape species. 
14. BALLOTA, Linn. 
Calyx funnel-shaped; tube 10-nerved, with 5-10 teeth, 
which are basally dilated or connate in an orbicular, spreading, 
equal or oblique limb. Corolla-tube subincluded, pilose-an- 
nulate within ; limb 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, oblong, sub- 
concave, emarginate ; lower spreading, 3-lobed, the medial lobe 
emarginate. Stamens ascending under the upper lip ; anthers 
exserted, approaching in pairs, 2-celled, the cells at last diva- 
