Victorian Plants. 83 



Upper lobes of the corolla rather elongated, separated 

 by a deep fissure and verging to the three lower 

 lobes, rendering the corolla almost unilateral 



Herbs or shrubs ; leaves not rarely indented, only excep- 

 tionally whorled ; upper calyx-lobes often somewhat broader 

 than the lower ; tube of the corolla usually without 

 annular-disposed hairlets ; stamens conspicuously ex- 

 serted ; all four anthers pollen-bearing. " Germander." 



Teucrium. 1685 



413. Upper lobe of the calyx provided with a hollow 

 protruberance. 



Herbs or half-shrubs ; leaves generally indented ; flowers 

 solitary or oftener two in each axil, sometimes forming 

 spikes or racemes ; calyx finally closed ; calyx-lobes 

 entire ; stamens four ; anthers of the two upper stamens 

 one-celled, of the lower two-celled. Scuteilaria, 1687 



Upper lobe of the calyx without any protruberance. 



Shrubs, often tall, rarely trees, though then sometimes tall ; 

 leaves oftener small than large, always simply opposite, 

 often rigid and entire ; calyx-lobes entire ; stamens four ; 

 anthers all two-celled, often downwards provided with a 

 somewhat narrow and penicillar appendage. Figure 107. 



Prostanthera. 1688 



OROBANCHEAE. 



414. Sepals four, usually two and two connate. 



Flowers in dense bracteate spikes ; upper lobe of the corolla 

 hardly divided, lower lobes three ; stamens enclosed. 



Orobanche. 1705 



XiENTIBUXiARXNAE. 



415. Segments of calyx two. 



Floating or semiaquatic or almost terrestrial plants, with 

 or without ample capillary ramifications ; corolla yellow, 

 pink, blue or whitish. Utricularia. 1706 



Segments of calyx four. 



Semiaquatic or almost terrestrial plants, without ample 

 capillary ramifications ; corolla pink. Figure 105. 



Polypompholyx. 1708 



