Order 89.— LABIATE PLANTS. 271 



2. LYC'OPUS. "Water Hoarhound. 



Calyx tubular, 4-5-cleft. Corolla nearly regular, 4-cleft, tube as long 

 as the calyx, stamens 2, distant, diverging the length of the straight style. 

 — 11 Low herbs, with deeply toothed or pinnatifid leaves, and remote 

 axillary whorls of small, whitish flowers. July, Aug. 



L. Virgin'icus. Stem obtuse-angled. Leaves sharp-toothed. Calyx 4-cleft, blunt. 

 L. Europae'us, Stem sharp-angled. Leaves sinuate-toothed. Calyx 5-cleft, spiny. 



3. OUNI'LA. Dittany. (Figs. 595, 59G.) 



C. Maria'na. Maryland D. Stem branched, l-2f. high. Leaves ovate, serrate, 

 nearly sessile. Cymes axillary and terminal, corymbous, stalked. Corolla 

 nearly twice as long as the calyx, pale-red. In rocky woods. N. Y. to Ga. 

 Summer. 



4. CALAMINTHA. Calaminth. 



Calyx 13-veined, tubular, throat mostfy hairy, upper lip 3-cleft, lower 

 2-cleft. Corolla tube straight, exserted, throat enlarged, upper lip erect, 

 subcutive, lower lip spreading, its middle lobe largest. Stamens 4, lower 

 pair longer. — if 



1 C. Clinopo'dium. Wild Basil. Herb hairy, l-2f. high. Leaves ovate, subserrate. 



Flowers many, in dense, axillary whorls, with subulate bracts. Calyx bent. 



2 0. Nep'eta. False Catmint. Herb hairy, 2f., much branched below. Lvs. broad- 



ovate, petiolate. Whorls few-flowered above. Calyx straight. Hills. Va. 



3 C. glabel'la. False Pennyroyal. Herb smooth, half erect, 6-12', branched. Lvs. 



oblong, those of the runners ovate. Cor. pale-violet. Fragrant. June. M. 



4 0. canes'cens. Hoary G. Shrub 10'' high. Lvs. linear. Fls. opposite, roseate. S. 



5 C. coccin'ea. Scarlet G. Shrub with narrow obovate leaves, large scarlet fls. S. 



6 O, Carolinia''na. Garolina G. Shrub If. Leaves ovate, serrate-crenate. Flowere 



rose-purple. S. 



5. SAL'VIA. Sage. 



Calyx striate, labiate, throat not hairy. Corolla ringent, upper lip 

 straight or falcate, lower spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 2. The connectile 

 is placed transversely on the filament like the letter T, bearing at eacb 

 end 1 lobe of the halved anther. (See Figs. 585, 176.) 



§ Herbs native, in woods, &c a 



§ Herbs or shrubs in gardens, with blue flowers 7, 8 



§ Shnibs from Mexico, cultivated, with large scarlet flowers 9, 10 



