105. VERBENAGE.^. [15. Caryopteris. 



^^""fii i^^^^n' ^^T'^^^ didynamous exserted, anther-cells ovate 

 parallel Ovary of 2 2-celled carpels, each cell with one lateral ovule 

 (asm CTerocZendro/i). Fruit drupaceous included in the contracted 

 base of the accrescent calyx, depressed -l-lobed nearly half-wav down 

 separating into 4-1 pyrenes. ^ ' 



1. H. sanguinea, iJefs. Jhimbria, 8. 



<>v;Vp''?t''^'r^'''° T raniblin- shrub with angular drooping branches. 



ovate crenate-serrate or sub-entire leaves 2-6" long by 1-25-3-5'' 



. broad. Very handsome when in flower. Cymes very numerous and 



oftenpanicled at the ends of some of the branches.^ Ca yx omn^e 



15. CARYOPTERIS, Bunge. 

 Small trees or shrubs with opposite toothed or sub-entire leaves 

 minutely glandular beneath. Flowers often showy in small delse 

 niany-fld. cymes with small bracts, sometimes running into thyrsL 

 form panicles at the ends of the branches. Calyx deeply 5-fic 

 segments triangular or lanceolate. Corolla-tube short cylindiic 

 hmb zygomorphic with anterior lobe largest (often crisped o^ 

 ^^th^. .^l'' ^.^^-^n^^i^en^^^s species). Stamens didynamous exserted, 

 anther-cells divaricate, confluent above. Ovary of 2 2-celled carpels 

 or 1-celled above with two placenta with incurved mait ns each 

 .r.!!""^! \ ^^*''^^ pendulous ovule with thickened funicle 'fiu^ 

 Tfl ^l^bose, capsular, separating into 4 pyrenes (or valves with 

 more or less mflexed margins),* each pyrene oi- valve \vith 1 seed. 

 1. C. Wallichiana, Schauer. 



A large laxly branched shrub or sometimes a small tree with 

 4-angled subtomentose shoots and lanceolate serrate or sub-entire 

 leaves 2-4" long with numerous yellow glistening glands benlth 

 Mowers blue or light purple in small cymis crowded Into thySm 

 elongated panicles. Calyx -l-lT" in flower, •2--2o" in fruit densely 

 pubescent, with Imear-lanceolate lobes. Corolla with tube -25'' Ton- 

 pubescent above midlobe of lower lip -3", blue, other lobes about -25- 

 paler. Capsule -lo-'n" diam., pubescent. 



^^r.,;a^hlntZViTee^f,^^^^^^^ embrace a slightly 



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