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What is the form of the bracts ? — color of the flower ? — 

 form of corolla? — upper lip? — lower lip? — number of the 

 stamens ? — construction ? — which the longer pair ? — append- 

 age of the filament ? — 5th stamen ? How many styles are 

 there ? — what are the kind and form of the fruit ? 



Observe that the. leaves are rather obtuse than acute ; that 

 the broad bracts are palmi-veined and tipped with a cusp 

 {cuspidafe), and the hairs are jointed. 



I7ijl07'escefice. — The flowers occur in 3s, each triplet 

 occupying the axil of a bract, and the middle flower open- 

 ing first according to the centrifugal mode. Such a cluster 

 is a cijme. Many such, with their bracts, are closely imbri- 

 cated, formiing a dense terminal, 4-sided spike (for the flow- 

 ers are sessile). 



The ^?07rers. The calyx is colored, bell-form {cam- 

 panulate), 2-lipped, the upper lip truncate (square-cut), with 

 3 small teeth, the lower lip 2-cleft. In the corolla, observe 

 the vaulted or concave u})per lip, covering the stamens and 

 style, the lower, 3-lobed, dependent lip, and the ring ob- 

 structing the tube within near the base.* The longer pair 

 of stamens is the lower (outer), and a spur or tooth ap})ears 

 on each filament above near the 2-parted anther. Four egg- 

 shaped achcnia are at length found in the bottom of the 

 calyx, as in Nepeta. 



The Name in science is Brnnella vulgaris; Brunella, 

 from the German hraeun, the quinsy ; this plant being a 

 reputed remedy for this disease ; vulgaris, common ; since 

 it grows in nearly every country on the globe. 



Classification. — Xepeta and Brunella are now seen to 

 be closely related. Features which they possess in common 



* Tn the labiate flowors it is noticeable bow the lower lip is arraiifred for the con- 

 venience of inserts ali^litinij, and how all the flowers are so grouped as to give this 

 doorstep the utmost pronn'nence. 



