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3. CLINOPODIUM L. Shrubs or annual or perennial herbs. Leaf -blades 

 entire or toothed. Flowers in sessile or peduncled axillary cymes. Calyx 

 2 -lipped, the upper lip with 3 short lobes, the lower lip with 2 long, narrow 

 lobes. Corolla 2-lipped: upper lip sometimes notched: lower lip 3-lobed. 

 Stameua 4: anthers awnless. Spr.-fall, or all year southward. BASIL. 



Leaf-blades entire : corolla over 25 mm. long. 



Calyx less than 1.5 cm. long : corolla 3-4 cm. long. 1. C. coccineum. 



Calyx over 1.5 cm. long : corolla 4-5 cm. long. 2. C. macrocalyx. 



Leaf-blades toothed : corolla less than 15 mm. long. 



Clusters 5-6-flowered : leaf -blades broadest below the middle, 



sessile or nearly so. 3. C. georgianum. 



Clusters 1-3-flowered : leaf-blades broadest above the middle, 



petioled. 4. C. dentatum. 



1. C. coccineum (Nutt.) Kuntze. Shrub 3-9 dm. tall: leaf -blades obovate to 

 spatulate, linear-spatulate or linear-oblong, 0.5-2 cm. long, entire: calyx 8^11 

 mm. long; lateral lobes of the upper lip triangular: corolla scarlet, 3-4 mm. 

 long; lobes of the upper lip shorter than those of the lower. 



Sandy shores, w. Fla. (Cont.) 



2. C. macrocalyx Small. Similar to C. coccinea in habit: leaf -blades broadly 

 spatulate, 1-1.5 mm. long: calyx 16-18 mm. long; lateral lobes of the upper 

 lip lanceolate-subulate: corolla scarlet, 4-5 mm. long; lobes of the upper lip 

 longer than those of the lower. 



Pinelands, e. pen. Fla. (Endemic.) 



3. C. georgianum Harper. Shrub 2-6 dm. tall: leaf -blades ovate, oval or 

 oblong, 10-30 mm. long, shallowly serrate: calyx 5-6 mm. long: corolla white 

 or pink-purple, and purple-spotted, 11-13 mm. long; middle lobe of the lower 

 lip quite similar to the lateral ones and scarcely longer. [C. carolinianmn 

 (Michx.) Heller.] 



River-banks and dry woods, m. and w. Fla. (Cont.) 



4. C. dentatum (Chapm.) Kuntze. Shrub 3-7 dm. tall: leaf -blades obovate to 

 oblong-cuneate, 5-12 mm. long, mainly toothed at the apex: calyx 7-8 mm. 

 long: corolla white or purplish, 11-13 mm. long; middle lobe of the lower 

 lip broader than the lateral ones and extending beyond them. 



Sand-ridges, m. Fla. (Endemic.) 



FAMILY 8. RHINANTHACEAE. FIGWORT FAMILY. 



Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Stems commonly terete. Leaves opposite or 

 whorled, or alternate: blades entire, toothed, or divided. Flowers perfect, 

 axillary, or spicate or racemose. Calyx regular or rarely 2-lipped, of 4 or 

 5 more or less united sepals. Corolla mostly irregular, of 4 or 5 partially 

 united petals. Androecium of 4, usually didynamous stamens, the fifth 

 one often represented by a staminodium, or of 2 stamens and 2 staminodia. 

 Gynoecium 2-carpellary. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit capsular or rarely baccate. 



1. RUSSELIA Jacq. Shrubs, commonly with rush-like diffuse stems. 

 Leaves opposite or whorled, mostly scale-like, sometimes with small dilated 

 blades. Flowers in diffuse cymes. Calyx-lobes broad. Corolla mostly red, 

 tubular or tubular-filiform: tube elongate: lobes very short. Stamens 4: 

 anther-sac divergent. Styles united. Capsule ovoid or globose. 

 1. R. equisetiformis Sehlecht. & Cham. Stems tufted, spreading or arching, the 

 branches striate: leaves various, those of the twigs with spatulate or obovate 

 blades, 1-1.5 cm. long, those of the stem and branches reduced to short scales: 

 flowers numerous: calyx 3-4 mm. long; lobes ovate: corolla showy, bright red, 

 20-26 mm. long ; lobes ovate : capsules ovoid. CORAL-FLOWER. FOUNTAIN-PLANT. 



Fields, waste places, and roadsides, pen. Fla. Nat. of Mex. (W. I.) 



