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THE FLORA, 



Order LXXXIX. LABIAT.E. Labiate Plants. 



Herbs with square stems, and opposite, aromatic leaves ; 



jlowers axillary, in verticils, sometimes as if in spikes or heads ; 



corolla labiate (rarely regular), the upper lip 2-cleft or entire, overlapping 



in the hud the lower 3-cleft lip; stamens 4, didynamous, or 2; 

 <yvary deeply 4-lobed, forming m fruit 4 hard nuts or achenia. 



Fig. 5S0. Monarda diJvma. 1. An anther enlarged. 2. Flower of Ilenip Nettle {Galeop. 

 «w). 3. One of its stamens much enlarged. 4. The calyx opened, showing the 4 achenia. 

 6. Flower of Sage (Salvia). 6. Flower of Ocimum basilicum. 7. Flower of Nepeta Glechoma. 

 8. A pair of tlie anthers forming a cross. 9. Flower of Piij-sostegia Virginica seen from heneatn. 

 Fig. 590. One of its stamens. 1. Its ovaries with the rudimentary filament 2. Flower of Teu- 

 crium Canadense. 3. Flower of Catnep {Nepeta Cataria). 4. One of its anthers. 6. Dittanj 

 {Cunila Mariana). 6. A calyx and stylo. 



