56 PLANTS OF BERMUDA. 



II. TOTJUXiroKTIA. 



Flowers in scorpioid spikes ; stmnens short ; fruit a fow'seeded drupe. 



1 . T. gnaphaloidcs. A straggling seaside shrub, three to four feet 

 high, trunk gnarled, twisted, and charred ; branches naked, kneel- 

 ing, and rooting ; leaves sessile, crowded at end of branches, two to 

 three inches long, one-third inch -wide, reversely lanceolate, quite 

 entire, blunt, very fleshy, clothed with white silky down; spikes 

 short, usually branching, not elongating in fruit ; flowers crowded, 

 almost united; calyx fleshy, silky; corolla salver-shaped, silky 

 outside, margin of lobes wavy; drupe hollow at base. Distribu- 

 tion, Turks Island and West Indies ; habitat, seaside bays, usually 

 forming clusters. Flowers half-inch diameter, white tinted mth 

 pink ; April to August. 



J^at : Ord : 50. Labiata. 



Herbaceous or shrubby plants, with square stems and opposite 

 leaves, without stipules ; flowers in whorl-like, axillary cymes or 

 solitary ; calyx tubular, persistent, ribbed, five- toothed, frequently 

 two-lipped; corolla two-lipped, upper lip entire or bifid, lower 

 larger three-lobed ; stamens four, inserted on corolla, two long and 

 two short, the upper pair sometimes absent; ovary deeply four- 

 lobed, style simple, arising from base of ovary, stigma usually bifid ; 

 fruit of four dry, one- seeded nutlets, at base of persistent calyx. 



The members of this order are rich in aromatic oils, which are 

 stored in minute glands, and pervade all parts of the plant, render- 

 ing many of them valuable for culinary i)nrposes, for which the 

 following are cultivated in most kitchen gardens : the Sage {Salvia 

 ojicinalis), Thyme {Thymus vuh/aris), and 8weet Marjoram [Origanum 

 Marjorana) . 



The Lavender [Lavandula spica) is used to keep away moths, kc, 

 from clothing, while other species are cultivated for the beauty of 

 their flowers and foliage ; for the latter the varieties of Coleus are 

 much prized, the variety and richness of colour which they produce 

 having caused their introduction into almost every flower garden. 



The scarlet and purple Salvias [8. s^yhudcns and S. purpurea) are 

 also general; the Lion's ear {Leonotis nepeta-folia)^ a showy West 

 Indian plant, with large globose whorls of bright scarlet flowers, 

 beset with spiny teeth, has been introduced into a few gardens. 



A. Corolla nearly regular, four-lobed. 



I. MENTHA. 



Strong smelling y perennial herbs^ with creeping, underground stems; 

 calyx five-toothed ; eorolla-tube short, upper lobe emarginate ; stamens 

 four, distant : style much elongated. 



1. M. rolundifolia (Wild Mint). Whole plant hoary, pubescent; 

 stems branching, ascending, one to two feet ; leaves sessile, round- 



