TREES AND SHRUBS 



Floivers white, in a loose, terminal, trichotomous cyme, peduncles long ; Cahjx 

 inflated, 5-lobed, lobes reddish-purple; Corolla hypocrateriform, 5-Iobed, tube 

 purple, 1 in. long; Stamens 4, inserted at throat of corolla tube, filaments white, 

 1 in. long ; Ovary superior ; Fruit a carcerulus of 4 nutlets, purple. 



Leaves opposite, ovate, tapering at both ends, acuminate, petioles purplish, 

 exstipulate, serrated, downy beneath, foetid. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-12 ft. ; or small t7-ee, 20 ft. ; JB?-anches terete, hairy ; 

 Suckers freely produced ; Bark rough, furrowed ; Buds black, small. 



Native of China and Japan ; introduced 1800. 



MOUSTACHE PLANT, Caryopteris Mast acanthus. 



Gardens. October. Best if sheltered by a wall; requires plenty of water 

 during summer. Propagated by cuttings of young shoots or division of roots in 

 INIarch or April ; seeds in light soil in temperature of 55" in spring. 



Flowers light blue, in axiUary clusters ; Calyx deeply 5-cleft ; Corolla 

 bilabiate, tube short, middle lobe of lower lip larger, crisped or fimbriate ; 

 Stamens 4; Ovary superior; Fj-uit a carcerulus of four 1 -seeded nutlets, 

 winged. 



Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, coarsely serrated, obtuse or acute, petiolate, 

 exstipulate, downy, fragrant, minute glandularly dotted. 



A sub-evergreen shrub, 3-4 ft. ; young shoots with a Sage-like fragrance. 



Introduced from China, 1844. Generic name from Gr. karuon, a nut, 2}teron, 

 a wing. Specific name from mastax, mastakos, the upper lip. 



Class I. . . . . . Dicotyledons 



Division III Gamopetalce 



Natural Order . . . Labiatce 



Trees, shrubs, or sub-shrubs, with usually square stems and opposite, 



decussate, exstipulate leaves ; Flowers in axils of leaves or bracts, solitary or 



geminate, or in cymose clusters forming verticillasters ; Calyx tubular, of 5 



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