30G XCVI. LABIAT.E. 



lonejed beyond tlie joint ; anther dimiduxtc, the connective 

 loni;, He ear, prolonged backwards nnder tlic upper lip of co- 

 rolla, and bearinj:; a fertile anther-cell at the summit, in front 

 shorter, variously shaped, witli or without a barren cell. Disk 

 forminc; an anticous ghand. Style 2-fid. Nuts prlabrous. — DC. 

 Prod.xW.p. 2G2. 



A vast and widclj-dispersecl genus, the "Sage" of gardens. — There 

 are many Capo species, sonic large shrubs, others herbaceous, dispersed 

 thnnigli tlie colony. 



12. ACROTOME, Benth. 



Calyx tubular-bellshaped,10-nerved, obliquely 5-10-toothed. 

 Corolla-tube terete, nude within ; the upper lip erect, subeu- 

 tire, subfornicate ; lower spreading, 3-fid, the medial lobe 

 wider. Stamens included ; anthers 1-celled, the back ones 

 short, ovate, front ones twice as long, oblong, nodding on the 

 recurved filament. Style included, bearded below the tip. 

 INTuts sharply 3-sided, truncate.— -JD (7. Prod. xii. p. 435. 



South African herbs or halfshrubs, known by their anthers and style. 

 False -whorls axillary, few- or many-flowered. — 3 species, North-Easteru. 



13. STACHYS, Linn. 



Calyx tubular-bellshaped, 5-10-nerved, equal or obliquely 

 5-toothed, the teeth equal or the upper larger, or rarely the 3 

 uppermost united in a lip. Corolla-tube equal, included or ex- 

 serted, mostly annulate w^ithin, most often incurved but dilated 

 at the throat ; upper lip erect or spreading, usually rather con- 

 cave, entire or scarcely emarginate, rarely elongate and 2-fid ; 

 lower mostly longer, spreading, 3-lobed, the medial lobe much 

 the largest. Stamens 4, ascending, the lower pair longer, 

 at length often deflexed ; filaments nude ; anthers 2-celled. 

 Style subequally 2-fid, the lobes subulate. Nuts obtuse. — 

 DC. Prod, xn.p, 4G2. 



Ilei-bs or shrubs. Whorls few- or several-flowered, mostly in a terminal 

 raceme.— A large and widely-dispersed genus, of which there are several 

 Cape species. 



14. BALLOTA, Linn. 



Calyx funnel-shaped ; tube 10-nerved, with 5-10 teeth, 

 which arc basal ly dilated or connate in an orbicular, spreading, 

 equal or oblique limb. Corolla-tube subincluded, pilose-an- 

 nulate within ; limb 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, oblong, sub- 

 concave, emarginate ; lower spreading, 3-lobed, the medial lobe 

 emarginate. Stamens ascending under the upper lip ; anthers 

 exserted, approaching in pairs, 2-celled, the cells at last diva- 



