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34. MOLUCCELLA. 
Brought from the Molucea Islands, &c. 
Calyx campanulate, very large, the margin expanding, often 
repand-spinose ; cor. much smaller, included within it. 
M. tevis. Molucca Balm. Shell Flower— St. ascending, subsimple, gla- 
brous ; Jvs. petiolate, roundish-ovate, dentate; fis. in a terminal, leafy raceme; 
cal. campanulate, equally 5-toothed, nearly twice longer than the corolla, teeth 
awnless.—(@ Syria. A curious plant in gardens, smooth in all its parts and of 
a glaucous green, 1—2f high. It is chiefly remarkable for its ample, bell- 
shaped calyx, in the bottom of which is seated the yellowish-green flower. 
Trize 9. AJSUGOIDE Z.—Corolla upper lip very short, or split to the base, 
or rarely erect and vaulted, lower lip longer. Stamens ascending, much 
exserted. Achenia reticulately rugose. 
35. TRICHOSTEMA. 
Gr. Oak, toeKxos, hair, ornpa,astamen ; for its long, hair-like stamens. 
Calyx resupinate, oblique, unequally 5-cleft ; upper lip (lower by 
the twisting of the peduncle) of 2 short, acute teeth, lower (at length 
the upper) twice as long, 3-toothed ; cor. tube slender, very short, 
unequally 5-cleft, lobes oblong, declined ; sta. much exserted, lower 
ones longer. 
T. picHoTOMA. Dlue-curls. 
Ivs. oblong-lanceolate, attenuate at base, obtuse, entire, pubescent; fis. 
resupinate; sta. very long, exserted—@) Found on dry or rocky hills and in 
sandy soils, Mass.! to Md.! Ga., La., lll. An interesting plant, a foot high. 
Stem obtusely 4-angled, hairy, bushy. Branches opposite, divided, the upper 
pair generally forming a dichotomous division of the stem. Leaves petiolate, 
of a rhombic, ovate-lanceolate form. Flowers axillary and terminal, becoming 
inverted by the twisting of the petiole. Corolla purple. Stamens slender, of a 
delicate purplish hue, gracefully bending from the lower lip of the corolla to 
the upper, forming a beautiful arch. Aug. 
36. TEUCRIUM. 
Teucer, the founder of Troy, is said by Pliny to have first employed it medicinally. 
Calyx subcampanulate, and subregular, in 5 acute segments; co- 
rolla with the 4 upper lobes nearly equal, the lowest largest, roundish; 
stamens exserted from the cleft in the upper side of the tube. | 
T. Canavense. Wild Germander. 
Plant erect, hoary-pubescent ; /vs. lanceolate, acute, serrate, petiolate ; bracts 
linear-lanceolate, longer than the calyx; spike long, of many crowded verticils 
of flowers; upper teeth of cal. broader.—2| Can. and U. S., fields and roadsides, 
Stem about 2f high, simple or branched, square, with concave sides. Leaves 3 
times as long as wide, somewhat rounded at base, green above, hoary with down 
beneath. Bracts longer than the calyx. Flowers disposed in axillary verticils, 
each of 4—6. Calyx with 5 broad, nearly equal segments, the 2 lower ones 
narrower. Corolla purplish, apparently without the upper lip, instead of which 
is a fissure through which the stamens are exserted. July. 
B. Virginicum. Upper lvs. ovate-oblong, nearly sessile ; bracts about as long 
as the calyx.—Habits similar to the last. 
Orver XCIV. BORRAGINACE Ai.—Borzaceworrs. 
Herbs, shruts or frees, with round, stems and branches. 
Lvs. alternate, often rough with stiff hairs which are scale-like and indurated at base. [flowers expand. 
Stip. none. Spikes, racemes or corymbs generally secund, and circinate before flowering, evolving as the 
Fis. of the cyanic series, white, blue, red, &c., tarely yellow. Bie es 
7.—Sepals 5, regular, more or Jess united at asé, persistent. e 
Cor.—Petals 5, regular (very rarely irregular), united at base, hypogynous, imbricate in estivation, 
