XCIII. LABIATA, 73 
, Melissa yn Linn. ; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 240. A rather coarse erect branch- 
ing perennial of 1 to 3 feet, usually hairy. Leaves broadly ovate, crenate. Flowers few 
se i Calyx 
blue, opposite in pairs, in very short a xillary racemes. Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip 
entire, the lower 2-lobed. Corolla upper lip erect, em eae lower lip aon the 
lateral lobes oblong and erect, the lowest large, pe and spreading. Stamens 2, 
ascending, the filaments with a small tooth below the middle cating = jenatica 
of the rea m as hee me snes Hia ei. Ant the 
! Nepeta Citaria, Linn. à o th. s Pte rod. xii. 383. An erect ie se girs 
Anthers 2-celled—A roadside weed of European or Asiatic o origin, now naturalize 
eri! ri atag world, and putheiod by dh collectors in N. S. Wales, ce 
. Australia. 
Stachys arvensis, Linn.; Benth. in DC. Prod. xii. 477. A decumbent or slightly 
i ng. 
ming terminal spikes, a common northern plant in ditches, moist banks, & 
anl gathered on Richmond river in N. S. Wales by Fawcett. ^ 
annual of lla levis, Linn. ; — in DC. Prod. xii. 513. A glabrous erect or xm ing 
in di bs 1 to 2 ft. Leaves on lo ong petioles, broadly ovate or almost orbicular. Flowers 
petiol nt false-whorls of Reni 6, the floral leaves gradually smaller but all on long 
| La es, the bracts connate at the base. Calyx very large, campanulate, oblique, and 
near] Mnous, the margin 5-angled with a small point at each angle, attaining sometimes 
Y 2 in. diameter. Corolla shorter than the calyx, whitish, the upper lip erect, 
Upper I ; the lowe r spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, ascending 1n pairs under the 
in Nowe b; Anthers 2-celled —A native of the Mediterranean region, now established 
Laos agland, C. Stuart, pd A. the ires F. Mueller. 
feet, Qe leonurus, R. Br. . in DC. puede 536. A € yen several 
iis, fares oblong-lane raii reaga contracted i hort tiole. owers of a rich 
few or many, in axillary false wian: ron 10-toot. ss Corolla often fully 2 in. 
