XCVI. LABIATE. 303 



Upper lip of corolla not longer than the lower. 



Calyx 8-10-toothed 15. Leticas. 



Calyx 5-toothed 16. Lasiocoeys. 



Upper lip of corolla much longer than lower, 



erect, entire 17. Leonotis. 



Tribe 5. Ajuge^. Stamens as in Stachydece^ but the upper lip of 

 corolla very short or deflexed or obsolete. 

 Upper lip of corolla 4-parted, lower much larger, 



concave 18. Teucrium. 



Upper lip of corolla emarginate, lower lip 3^fid . . 19. Ajuga. 



Tribe 1. Ocime^. 

 1. OCIMUM, Linn. 



Calyx ovate or bell-shaped, 5-toothed, winged by the decur- 

 rent margins of the upper, roundish or obovate, membranous 

 tooth, deflexed after flowering, the throat nude or rarely hairy 

 within. Corolla-tube mostly shorter than the calyx, not 

 ringed inside, the throat mostly bell-shaped, limb 2-lipped; 

 upper lip 4-fid, lower scarcely longer, declinate, entire, flat or 

 shortly concave. Stamens 4 ; filaments free, the upper often 

 with a tooth or tuft of hairs at base. Style shortly 2-fid, the 

 lobes subequal. Disk of 1-4 fleshy glands. Nuts ovoid or 

 subglobose, smooth. — DC. Prod. xii. p. 31. 



Herbs or small shrubs, from the warmer parts of the globe. Floral 

 leaves bract-like, commonly deciduous. Cymules 6-10-flowered, in a lax 

 raceme. — 8 South African species, all Eastern. 



2. MOSCHOSMA?, Eeichb. 



Calyx ovate or bell-shaped, 5-toothed, with the upper tooth 

 larger, not decurrent, after flowering subdeclinate, naked in 

 the throat. Corolla-tube included; limb sub-2-labiate, the 

 upper lip shortly 4-fid, lower entire, flattish, all the lobes sub- 

 equal. Stamens 4 ; filaments free, toothless. Style clavate- 

 capitate. Nuts ovate-compressed, smooth. — DC.Prod.xii.p.4i9. 



M. ? riparia, Hochst., of which the fruit is unknown, and the genus 

 therefore doubtful, is our only species : found by Krauss, at Natal. It has 

 a viscid pubescence ; ovate, petioled, crenate, thickish leaves, and a much- 

 branched panicle of small flowers. 



3. SYNCOLOSTEMON, E. Mey. 



Calyx inflated -tubular, equal or subincurved, the 5 teeth 

 equal or the lower longest. Corolla-tube straight, exserted, 

 the upper lip 4-toothed, lower entire, flat or concave. Sta- 

 mens 4 ; filaments free from each other, but adnate to corolla- 

 tube, toothless. Style shortly or scarcely 2-fid. Disk lobed. 

 Nuts oblong, compressed, smooth. — DC. Prod. xii. p. 53. 



South African shrubs. Leaves smtill, tough, often tufted in axils. 



