Order 89.— LABI AT JE. 53<j 



funnel-form, the tube long-exserted ; limb oblique, sublabiatc, upper lip 

 bifid or entire, lower trifid ; stam. didynamous, included, inserted in the 

 cor. tube ; drupe fleshy, double, the parts separable, 1-seeded. — Tropi- 

 cal shrubs with square stems, opposite leaves, and capitate, showy 

 flowers. 



1 L. Camara L. Brandies and ped. scabrovj-pubescent, often aculeate; lvs. 

 ovate and ovate-oblong, or subeordate, short-petiolate, serrate ; reticulate-rugou.s. 

 scabrous ; ped. many, dense-flowered, subumbellate, as long as the leaves ; bracts 

 lance-linear, half as long as tho corolla. — S. Ga.. Fla. to La., and S. to Brazil. 

 Shrub 2 to 6f high. Fls. at first golden yellow, soon becoming orange and finally 

 red. Drupes small, blue. Jn. — Aug. (L. Barlramii Baldw.j f 



2 L. mixta L. Plant j> 1 -lous-liirsute, with wide-spread branches, mostly armed 

 with reversed prickhs ; h T s. shaped as in No. 1 ; ped. longer than the leaves; bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, hairy, the outer as long as the corolla. — Greenhouse shrub 

 3 to 4f high. Fls. at first whitish, then yellow, next orange, lastly red. f 



6. ALOYS'IA, Ortega & Palan. (To Mary Louisa, queen of Spain, 

 mother of Ferdinand.) Calyx deeply 4-cleft; corolla tubular, limb 4- 

 lobed, oblique; stam. didynamous, included ; capsule double, parts 1- 

 seeded ; stig. emarginate. — Shrubs with the small fls. in a panicle of 

 spikes or racemes. From S. Am. (Lippia, Schauer.) 



A. citriodora Kunth. Lemon-scented Aloysia. Smooth or tho branches 

 roughish ; lvs. verticil, in 33 and 4s, linear-lanceolate, short-petioled, acuto at 

 each end, mostly entire, glandular-punctate beneath, coriaceous, with divaricate, 

 straight veiulets ; panicle terminal, naked or leafy below. — Gardens, cult, for its 

 delightful fragrance which is exhaled by the numerous small fls. as well as tho 

 bruised leaves, f Paraguay. 



7. CLERODEN'DRUM,L. (Gr. icXfjpog, chance, dzvdpov, a tree; re- 

 ferring to its doubtful medicinal effects.) Cal. bell-shaped, 5-toothed ; 

 cor. salver-form, tube often elongated, limb subequally 5-cleft ; drupe 

 baccate, 4-carpeled, carpels, 1 -seeded. — Tropical shrubs or trees, with 

 opposite leaves and fls. in cymes. 



1 C. panictilatum L. Lvs. long-petioled, cordate-hastate, 5 to 7-lobed, lobes 

 acute ; panicle of cyme3 terminal, large, pyramidal ; cor. tube slender, 4 times 

 longer than the calyx. — Shrub with ample leaves and scarlet (6" long) corollas. 

 \ Asia. 



2 C. squamatum Yahl. Lvs. roundish, deeply reniform-cordate, lobes acumi- 

 nate, repand-dentate ; pyramidal panicle terminal, loose, wholly colored. — Shrub 

 8tol0fhigh. Fls. scarlet. Stam. long-exserted. Cor. limb revoluto. f Japan. 

 — Other species are rarely cult. 



8. VITEX, L. Chaste-tree. Calyx 5-toothed ; cor. cup-shaped, 

 limb 5-lobed ; bilabiate ; stem, didynamous, ascending, exserted ; drupe 

 entire, 4-celled, 4-seeded. — Shrubs with opposite, mostly digittate leaves, 

 and paniculate cymes. 



1 V. Negundo. Leaves long-petiolate, digitately ternato or quinate, lfts. ob- 

 long, acuminate, serrate ; panicle compound. — Shrub 4f high. Cor. purple, pulver- 

 ident. Stam. little exserted. f Mauritius. 



2 V Agnes-castus L. Lvs. long-petioled, 5 — 7-foliate; Lis. lanceolate, 

 acuminate, entire ; panicles terminal and axillary, interrupted ; cymes subse»- 

 eile. — Shrub Gf high. Cor. pale, lilac. Stam. long exserted. f S. Fur. 



Order LXXXIX. LABIATE. Labiate Plants. 



Herbs with square stems and opposite, aromatic, exstipulate leaves. Flowers 

 rcrillary, in verticillasters, sometimes as if spiked or in heads. Corolla labiate 



