LAni\TA<:. (MINT FAMILY.) GIS 



21. WIKDEMANNIA. Calyx with a l-tootlied upper ami 4-to()tlie(l lower lip. Nutlets 



acutely triquetrous, truncate. 



22. L.VMIUM. If Calyx with equal or oblique, 5-tootlied inoutli. Nutlets acutely tri- 



quetrouis, truncate. (Fig. 276, a audb). 



23. .MOLUCELLA. Calyx reticulate, oblique or 2-lippeil, growing nmcli in fruu. 



24. BALLOT A. 2f 5 <^-ilyx-tube lO-nerved ; mouth straight ; teeth 5-10. 



25. OTOSTEGIA. ^ Calyx-lube lO-nerved, limb mennbranous, dilated, upper lip sniaU. 

 2C. LEUCAS. ^ Calyx-tube .striate, mouth straight, teeth 10'; upper lobe of style short. 



27. PIILOMIS. 2|! 5 < 'a'y-'^-tube striate, mouth straight; teeth 5. Leaves undivided, 



never round, generally pannou?». 



28. EllEMOSTACllYS. 2C Calyx-tube fleecy or cottony, teeth 5, spiny. Loaves round or 



ovate, undivided, or bipinnatisect, not pannous. 

 TRrBK V. PRASIEiE. As in last tribe, but the nutlets fleshy. 



29. riiASITM. ^ 'Calyx campanulate, 10-nerved, irregularly 2-lipped. 



Tribe VI. A JUGOIDE^. Perfect stamens 4, ascending, with divaricate anther- 

 cells. Corolla nearly] -lipped, by obsolescence oftlie upper lip. Nutletsdry, pitted, or reticulate, 

 in Ajuga Fostii fleshy. 



30. TEUCRIUM. If 5 '^'•"■f''l=i <^^^''«^"f>""' lower lip 5-lobe(l. (Fig. 2Tl!, i and jf). 



31. AJUGA. IT 5 Corolla marcescent, lower lip 3-(id, middle lobe often bifid. 



1. LiAVAXDlII^A, TotiRNEFOKT. Lavender. Lcncanda. 



Calyx ovate-tubular, 13-15-Bervecl, teeth 5, short, the uppermost 

 often with a dilated appendage, all conniveut in fruit. Upper lip of 

 corolla rather large, 2-lobed, the lower o-lobcd. Stamens included, 

 declined ; anthers ovate-reniform, with confluent cells, dehiscent by a 

 common, semicircular slit. Style bilamcllate. Disk with 4, tieshy 

 scales in front of the nutlets — Perennial herbs or shrubs. 



* Leaves undivided. Upper calyx-tooth appendaged. 



1. \a. St(eclia§, L. ShfCnineh. .21 .3 to .5, wooUy-cauesceni, 

 with numerous, erect branches. Leaves linear-oblong, the longer .02 

 long, opposite, the shorter .01 long, clustered in the axils of the loug^ 

 cr, all obtuse, revolute-raargined. Spikes oblong, dense, .02 to .0 

 long, .01 broad; bracts purple, veined, densely imbricated, obtriaugu 

 lar with rounded angles and a short point, Fio. 277. 



the upper much larger, obovate-spathulate, 

 sterile, deep violet, forming a showy tuft at 

 tip of spi-ke; corolla deep violet — March 

 to October — Rocks, especially sandstone; 

 common to 1300 m. 



* * Leaves l-2-piniiatisect. Upper cah/.i- 

 tooth not appendaged. 



2. Li. piibcscciis, Dec. 2f .4 to .6 or 



more, pubescent, viscidulous; stems erect, 

 opposite-branched. Leaves yqnniiatisect into 

 short, oblong -linear, acute lohnles. Spikes sol- 

 itary or panicled, linear, denne, .02 to .05 

 long; bracts puberulent, oblong, acuminate, 



a little shorter than caly.v ; corolla-tube twice .pike of LavanduK. 



as long as calyx — Spring — Around south pubescent. 



end of Dead Sea, and soutiiward to Sinai and Egy))t. 



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