LARIAT.E. (mint FAMILY.) '341 



1. L. lanceolMa, Michx. (Fog-frlmt.) Procumbent or creeping, rough- 

 ish, green ; leaves oldaiieeolatc or wedgc-spatiilate, serrate al>ove ; ])ediiiKlcs 

 axillary, slender, bearing solitary closely braetcd beads of bluisb-wbitc Howers; 

 calyx 2-elefi, tbc divisions sbarply keeled. — River-banks, Pennsylvania to Illi- 

 nois and soutliward. July -Sept. 



3. CALLICARPA, L. Callicarpa. 



Caly^ 4-5-tootlied, sliort. Corolla tiibular-bcll-sbapcd, 4-5-lobcd, nearly 

 regular. Stamens 4, nearly equal, exserted : antliers opening; at tbe npcx. Style 

 slender, tbiekened upwards. Fruit a small berry-like druj»c, witli 4 nutlets. — 

 Sbrubs, witb scurfy i)ubcseence, and small Howers in axillary cymes. (Name 

 lormed of xiiXXos, Imuiti/, and Kapnos, fruit.) 



1. C. Americana, L. (French Mulberry.) Leaves ovate-oblong with 

 a tapering base, toothed, whitish beneath; calyx obscurely 4-tootbcd ; fruits vio- 

 let-color. — Kich soil, Virginia and southward. May - July. 



4.. PHRYMA, L. Lopseed. 



Calyx cylindrical, 2-lipped ; tbc upper lip of 3 bristlc-awl-shapcd teeth ; tho 

 lower shorter, 2-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped ; upper lip notched ; tlie lower much 

 larger, 3-lobed. Stamens included. Style slender: stigma 2-lobed. Fruit dry, 

 in the bottom of the calyx, oblong, 1-celled and 1 -seeded! Seed orthotropous. 

 Radicle pointing upwards: cotyledons convolute round their axis. — A peren- 

 nial herb, with slender branching stems, and coarsely toothed ovate leaves, the 

 lower long-pctiolcd ; the small opposite flowers in elongated and slender terminal 

 spikes, reflcxed in fruit, and bent close against the axis. Corolla purjilisb or 

 pale t:o.se-color. (Derivation of the name unknown.) 



1. P. Leptost^chya, L. — Woods and copses : common. July. — Plant 

 (20-3° high) : leaves 3'-.'}' long, thin. 



OuDEU 71. LABlAT.i:. (Mixt Family.) 



Chicflf/ 7ie)-hs, trilli square stems, opposite aromatic legces, more or less 2- 

 lippetl corolla, ilidi/namous or diaiulrous stamens, and a deeply i-lohcd ovary, 

 which forms in fruit 4 little seed-like nutlets or achenia, swTounding the base 

 of the single style in the bottom of the persistent calyx, each filled with a sin- 

 ffle erect seed. — Nutlota smooth or barely rougliish and fixed by their 

 base, except in the first tribe. Albumen mostly none. Knibryo straigiit 

 (except in Scutellaria) : radicle at the base of the Iruit. Upper lij) of 

 the corolla 2-lobed or sometimes entire ; the lower 3-lobed. Stamens 

 ^hserted on the tube of the corolla. Style 2-Iobed at the apex. Flowers 

 axillary, chielly in cyniose clusti'rs, these often aggregateti in terminal 

 spikes or racemes. Foliage mostly dotted with small glands containing a 

 volatile oil, upon which dep*'nds the warmth and aroma of the plants of 

 this large and well-known family. (More abundant in the Ohl World 

 than the New. One third of our genera and many of the species are 

 merely intro«luced plants.) 



