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Tribe 4. Melissinfte. Stamens 4, didynamous, with narrow connec'ive, re- 

 mote at base, conniving under upper lip. 



Melissa officinalii, the Balm, and Hyssopus, the Hyssop, are cultivated as 

 pot-herbs. 



'\ ribe 5. Monardece. Stamens 2, ascending : one theca of each antber is 

 either wanting or it is widely separated from the other (see Fig. 331(7). 



Salvia verbenacea, the Wild Sage or Clary, is common. Rosmaiinus officin- 

 alis, the common Eosemary, is exotic. 



Tribe 6. Nepetece. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, parallel ; the pos- 

 terior two are the longer. 



Nepeta Cataria, the Catmint, occurs in hedges ; and Nepeta Glechoma, the 

 Grouud Ivy, is very common. 



Tribe 7. Stadiydece. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, parallel; the 

 anterior two are the longer : upper lip of corolla usually arched (ringent). 



Lamium album, the Dead-Nettie, and purpureum, are very common. Various 

 species of Galeopsis (Hemp-Nettle), Stacbys (Wound wort or Betony), Marrubium 

 (H rehound), r Ballota, Melittis, and Leonurus (Mother- wort) are found in 

 England. 



Tribe 8. Scutellariea. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, parallel; calyx 

 closed when the fruit is ripe. 



In the genus Scutellaria, the antbers of the anterior pair of stamens have but 

 one theca; S. galericulata, the common Skullcap, and S. minor, the Lesser 

 Skullcap, are common. In the genus Prunella each filament has a small 

 tooth below the anther : P. vulgaris is common. 



Tribe 9. Ajuyoidfce. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, parallel ; the pos- 

 terior two are the shorter : upper lip of corolla very short. 



Ajuga reptans, the Creeping Bugle, and Teucrium Scorodonia, the Wood 

 Germander, are common. 



Order 2. VERBENACEJ;. Flower sometimes regular : stamens 

 four, didynamous, or two: ovary 1- or 2-locular, with two ovules 

 in each loculus, or spuriously 2- or 4-locular in consequence of the 

 presence of false dissepiments, with one ovule in each loculus : 

 endosperm small or absent : the fruit separates into 2-4 nutlets : 

 style terminal : leaves usually opposite. 



Verbena ojficinali*, the Vervain, is common on waste ground and roadsides : 

 V. Aubletia is a common garden plant. Tectona grandis, the Teak-tree of the 

 East Indies, has a hard wood used in ship-building. Vitex Agnus castus, the 

 Chaste or Hemp-tree, is an ornamental cultivated shrub. 



Order 3. GLOBULARIACEJ;. Stamens four, didynamous : ovary 

 unilocular, with one suspended ovule : style lateral : seed with en- 

 dosperm : leaves scattered : inflorescence capitulate. 



Globularia vulgaris and cordifolia, with radical leaves, occur here and there in 

 dry places on the Continent. 



Cohort II. Personales. Flowers pentamerous, usually dorsi- 

 ventral : stamens epipetalous: the posterior stamen is usually 



