244 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. QcL. XIV. 



3. T. Chamce'drys. Wall Germander. Leaves somewhat egg-shaped, 

 stalked, deeply crenale ; flowers axillar, three together, stalked ; stem 



rounded, hairy. Root creeping : stems nearly erect, about a foot high, 



with rounded corners: leaves fringed, even: flowers crimson. The 

 whole plant is very bitter, and was formerly used medicinally. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in July : grows on old buildings : rare. Winchelsea 

 Castle ; city wall of Norwich ; an old wall at Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, 

 &c. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 680. Eng. Fl. vol. Hi. p. 69. 851. 



3. NE'PETA. CAT-MINT. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, cylindrical, with five acute, erect 

 teeth. Corolla gaping; tube cylindrical, slender, incurved, dilated 

 at the throat, which has on each side a narrow, reflected lobe ; 

 upper lip erect, roundish, slightly cleft ; lower rounded, concave, 

 large, undivided, with numerous notches. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 close to each other, covered by the upper lip ; anthers incumbent. 

 Germen small, four-cleft. Style thread-shaped, of the length of 

 the stamens ; stigma cleft, acute. Seeds four, nearly egg-shaped, 

 even, in the bottom of the dry permanent calyx. Name un 

 certain. 282. 



1. A r . Catdria. Common Cat-mint. Flowers in spikes; whorls on 

 short stalks ; leaves stalked, heart-shaped, with tooth-like serratures. 



The whole plant soft and downy : stems two or three feet high : 



erect, branched: leaves paler beneath : flowers numerous, white, lower 

 lip dotted with crimson. Cats are extravagantly fond of the smell of this 

 plant. Perennial : flowers in July and August : grows in hedges and 

 waste places: not common. Eng. Bot. vol.ii. pi. 137. Eng. FL vol. iii. 

 p. 70. 



4. VERBE'NA. VERVAIN. 



Calyx tubular, angular, with five marginal teeth, one rather 

 shorter than the rest. Corolla unequal ; tube cylindrical, straight, 

 twice as long as the calyx ; limb spreading, divided into five deep, 

 rounded, somewhat unequal segments. Filaments two or four, 

 bristle-shaped, very short, incurved, within the tube of the corolla; 

 anthers of two rounded lobes. Germen four-cornered. Styles 

 slender, as long as the tube ; stigma obtuse. Seeds two or four, 

 oblong. Name Celtic, from fer, to drive, and faen, a stone. 



283. 



1. V. cfficin&lis. Common Vervain. Stamens four; spikes slender, 



panicled ; leaves deeply cut ; stem generally solitary. Root woody : 



etem ascending a foot and a half high, leafy, covered with minute bristles : 

 leaves roughish, pinnatifid : flowers small, bluish. Perennial : flowers 

 in July : grows by road-sides, and in waste ground, about village* : fre- 

 quent in England. Eng. Bot. vol. xi. pi. 767. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 71. 



853. 



5. MEN'THA. MINT. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, erect, with five nearly equal mar- 

 ginal teeth. Corolla straight, funnel-shaped, a little longer than 

 the calyx ; limb deeply divided into four nearly equal segments, 



