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bracts like the leaves, but smaller : calyx campaniilat^e, 

 villous, both lips broad, notelied, becoming enlarged, mem- 

 branous and veined when in fruit ; corolla 3 times as long 

 as the calyx, with a b.airy riny inside at tlie base the lower 

 lip recurved and the middle lobe long and notched; stamens 

 and style protruding. 



Bri.nihton Road and sandhills near sea. — Aug. -Oct. — 

 South Africa. 



6. Melissa, 



L. 



(Greek melissa. a bee; plant.s 

 visited for their honey.) 



1. Melissa, , of¥icina.lis, 



L. Itoliii. Fragrant, brandling 

 j>erennia!. villous or almost 

 glabrous; leaves stalked, oval, 

 wrinkled, with broad blunt teeth; 

 flowers white, on short peduncles, 

 in 1-sided, distant, axillary 

 whorls of 6-12; calyx villous, 13- 

 nerved. the upper lip flat, 3- 

 toothed, the lower one bifid; 

 corolla twice as long as cah'x, 

 with an arched, swelling tube, 

 upper lip erect, the lower re- 

 curved; stamens 4. arched and 

 conni^ent at summit, the lower 

 pair the longest. 



Near creeks in Moitnt Lofty 

 Range. — Dec. -Jan. — Mediter- 

 ranean region; called Citroji- 

 nelle bj- the French on account 

 of its lemon-like scent. 



Melissa officinalis. 



7. Stachys, L. 



((Jreek stackijs, a .spike ; alluding to the inflorescence.) 



Calyx with 5 nearly equal, pointed teeth ; corolla tube 

 cj'lindrical, with a ring of hairs inside, the upper lip erect 

 and helmet-shaped, the lower one spreading, 3-lobed, the 

 middle lobe the largesi:; stamens 4, the lower pair longer, 

 recurved outwards after flowering ; anther-cells so diver- 

 gent that thev are placed end to end and open by a common 

 slit. 



Green-villous annual 

 White-woolly perennial 





arvensis 1 

 land t a 2 



1. Stachys arvensis, L. Field Stachns. Rough- 

 villous annual, with weak ascending stems; leaves oval, 

 stalked, truncate or cordate at base, regularly crenate ; 

 flowers small, violet, in distant axillary whorls of 4-6; 



