COEOLLIFLOR^. 



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the persistent calyx. Seed erect, with little or no albumen: 

 embryo erect, with flat cotyledons. 



Fig. 995. Fig. 996. 



Fig. 995. Front view of the 

 flower of Lamimn. — Fig. 

 998. Tbe corolla of tlie 

 Garden Sage (Salvia offl-ci- 

 nalis) cut open. Fig. 



997. The corolla of the 

 Horchound (Marruhium 

 vulgare) cut open. Fig. 



998. Lobed ovary, style, 

 and stigma of the Garden 

 Sage {Salvia officinalis). 



Diagnosis. — Herbs or shrubby plants, with opposite exstipulate 

 leaves. Flowers irregular, un symmetrical. Calyx persistent. 

 Corolla more or less bilabiate. Stamens didynamous, or 2 by 

 abortion. Ovary deeply 4-lobed ; style 1, basilar; stigma bifid. 

 Fruit consisting of from 1 — 4 achpenia, enclosed by the persistent 

 calyx. Seed erect, with little or no albumen. 



Distrihution, ^r. — Chiefly natives of temperate regions. Fx- 

 amples of the 6^mgm.-— Lavandula, Salvia, Eosmarinus, Origa- 

 num, Scutellaria, Lamium. There are nearly 2,500 species. 



Properties and Uses.— The plants of this order are entirely 

 free from any deletericrus qualities. They abound in volatile oil, 

 hence they are commonly aromatic, carminative, and stimulant. 

 All labiate plants also contain more or less of a bitter extractive 

 matter, and many of them possess an astringent principle, hence 

 they are frequently tonic and stomachic. Several are used in 

 perfumery on account of their agreeable odours ; and many are 



