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LABIATE. XXVII. LYCOPUS. XXVIII. MERIANDRA. XXIX. SALVIA. 



8 L. EXALTA'TUS (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 87.) stem erect, branched, 

 tall ; leaves petiolate, ovate-oblong, pinnatifid ; whorls many- 

 flowered ; calyx acutely 5-toothed ; rudiments of sterile sta- 

 mens capitate ; achenia about equal in length to the calycine 

 teeth. T. H. Native of the east of Europe, and Middle 

 Asia ; as of Hungary, Siberia, Himalaya, Bithynia, Italy, 

 France, &c., in humid or watery places. Sibth. et Smith, ft. 

 grsec. t. 12. Sabb. hort. rom. 3. t. 64. but not of the more re- 

 cent authors. L. pinnatifidus, Pall. fl. ross. 2. t. 1. Stem 

 acutely tetragonal, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves glabrous 

 or pubescent. Corollas white, smaller than those of L. Eu- 

 ropcE'iis. 



Exalted Water-Horehound. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1739. 

 PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



,N.B. What is L. intermedius, Schrad. ? 



Cult, Coarse marsh plants of easy culture, but of no beauty. 

 They will grow in any kind of soil, but prefer one moist ; and 

 are readily propagated by dividing at the root. 



XXVIII. MERIA'NDRA (from jiepce, meris, a part; and 

 av&poe, aner andros, a male ; in allusion to the superior 

 stamens being abortive, rarely one of them fertile.) Benth. 

 in bot. reg. vol. 15. lab. p. 188. Salvia species, Roth, and 

 Roxb. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx ovate, bilabiate : 

 upper lip concave, entire, or with 3 very short teeth : lower lip 

 bifid ; throat naked inside. Corolla having the tube equal in 

 length to the calyx ; and the limb equally 4-cleft ; lobes flat : 

 upper lobe entire or emarginate. The 2 lower stamens fertile, 

 erect, distant: the two superior ones usually abortive, rarely 

 with one or the other fertile, conforming to the lower ones ; an- 

 thers 2-celled : cells separate, stipitate, equal, pendulous ; with 

 a short linear connective, which is articulated with the filament 

 at the middle, and erect on both sides. Style nearly equally 

 bifid at top. Shrubs with racemose or spicately panicled flowers. 

 Habit of Salvia, but the form of the corolla and direction of 

 the stamens are that of Menthoidece ; and M. strobilifera is not 

 unlike Elsholtzia in habit. 



1 M. STROBIU'FERA (Benth. in Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 29. 

 lab. p. 188.) branches densely clothed with floccose tomentum ; 

 whorls spicate : lower ones rather remote ; floral leaves bractea- 

 formed, ovate-lanceolate, disposed in 4 rows. Jj . F. Native 

 of the East Indies, among the mountains, in the province of 

 Sirmore, Wall. ; Himalaya, at Syen, and below Simlah, Royle. 

 Leaves on short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, 2-4 inches long, ob- 

 tuse, crenulated, rather villous above, and woolly beneath : 

 floral ones entire. Flowers about the size of those of Elsholtzia. 

 Odour ungrateful. 



Strobile-bearing Meriandra. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



2 M. BENOALE'NSIS (Benth. 1. c.) stem nearly glabrous ; 

 branches canescent ; whorls remote, racemosely panicled. fj . 

 S. Native of Bengal and Coromandel. It is cultivated in the 

 gardens of India, and used for the purposes of sage. It has also 

 been found in Abyssinia, where it is also probably a native. 

 Salvia Bengalensis, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 146. Salvia dianthera, 

 Roth. nov. spec. p. 18. Salvia Abyssinica, R. Br. append, to 

 Salt, abyss. Leaves very like those of Salvia officlnalis, 2-3 

 inches long, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, crenulated, 

 rounded or truncate at the base, green above and canescent be- 

 neath : floral ones small. Flowers about the size of those of 

 Thymus serpyllum. Taste and odour of leaves stronger than 

 that of sage, Roxb. The whole plant exhales an odour like 

 that of camphor when rubbed, Wall. 



Bengal Meriandra. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see shrubby species of 

 Sdlvia, p. 723. 



Tribe III. 



MONA'RDE^E (the plants contained in this tribe agree with 

 the genus Monarda in the characters given below.) Benth. lab. 

 p. 1 90. Corolla bilabiate. The 2 superior stamens abortive, 

 or if fertile, bearing linear connate anthers. The 2 lower 

 stamens fertile, ascending ; anthers linear, sometimes with 

 opposite, confluent, contiguous cells, therefore apparently 1- 

 celled, sometimes dimidiate, free or connate behind ; connective 

 linear, articulated in the filament, bearing a fertile cell at top, 

 truncate behind, or usually drawn out, filiform and clavate, or 

 bearing another cell, which is sometimes diffbrmed and empty, 

 and sometimes fertile. 



XXIX. SA'LVIA (from salvo, to save ; so called on account 

 of the healing qualities of sage.) Lin. gen. no. 39. Schreb. 

 gen. no. 50. Gaertn. fruct. t. 66. Tourn. inst. t. 83. Juss. 

 gen. p. 111. ed. Usteri, p. 125. Benth. lab. p. 190. Hormi- 

 num, Sclarea, and jEthiopis. Tourn. inst. and other authors. 

 Schraderia and Jungia, Mceneh Stenarrhena, D. Don, prod, 

 fl. nep Leonia, Llave and Lexarza, pi. mex. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx ovate*,~"tubular, or 

 campanulate, bilabiate : upper lip entire or tridentate : lower 

 one bifid : throat naked inside. Corolla with an inclosed or ex- 

 serted tube, which is equal, ventricose, or widened, sometimes 

 furnished with a ring of hairs inside, sometimes naked, or some- 

 times furnished with 2 teeth or processes on the lower side at 

 the base : limb bilabiate : upper lip erect, rarely spreading, 

 straight or falcate, entire or emarginate : lower lip spreading, 

 shorter or longer, with the lateral lobes oblong or roundish, 

 spreading, reflexed, or twisted erectly, the middle lobe usually the 

 broadest, entire or emarginate. Rudiments of superior stamens 

 wanting, or small and club-shaped : lower 2 always fertile, in- 

 serted near the throat of the tube ; filaments short, horizontal, 

 rarely erect, articulated with the anther at top, and usually 

 drawn out beneath the articulation, rarely almost continuous. 

 Anthers dimidiate ; connective elongated, linear, articulated 

 transversely with the filament, ascending under the upper lip of 

 the corolla, and bearing at the top a linear, adnate, or versatile 

 fertile cell, and deflexed or erect behind, and sometimes bear- 

 ing another smaller cell, which is either fertile or diffbrmed, 

 and empty ; free, but usually combined together, or connate in 

 various ways. Disk of cfvarium glanduliferous in front. Style 

 ascending, bifid at top : lobes sometimes subulate, equal, or the 

 superior one is longest, and sometimes the lower one or both are 

 rounded, dilated, and flattened. Stigmas for the most part 

 minute, terminal, or hi the larger part running along the lobes 

 of the style. Achenia ovoid-triquetrous, dry, glabrous, usually 

 very smooth. This very extensive genus is very variable in 

 habit. 



SECT. I. EU'SPACE (from ev, eu, well ; and o-^a/coc, sphakos, 

 sage ; this section is supposed to contain the true species of the 

 genus.) Benth. in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 372. lab. p. 207. 

 Calyx campanulate : upper lip tridentate : lower one bifid : 

 teeth all acute, and hardly increasing at maturity. Tube of co- 

 rolla wide, a little exserted, furnished with a ring of hairs in- 

 side : upper lip erect ; lateral lobes of lower lip reflexedly 

 spreading : middle lobe broad, emarginately bifid, with the seg- 

 ments a little reflexed. Connective stretched out behind, bear- 

 ing a diffbrmed, empty, rarely somewhat polliniferous cell, 

 almost connected at the extremities. Herbs, rarely shrubs, 

 natives of the region of the Mediterranean. Leaves entire or 

 pinnate. 



