1244 DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. [cL. XIT. 



3. T. Chamce'drys. Wall Germander. Leaves somewhat egg- 

 shaped, stalked, deeply crenate ; flowers axillar, three together, 



stalked; stem rounded, hairy. Root creeping: stems nearly 



erect, about a foot high, with rounded corners : leaves fringed, 

 even : flowers crimson. The whole plant is very bitter, and was 

 formerly used medicinally. Perennial : flowers in July : grows 

 on old buildings : rare. "Winchelsea Castle ; city wall of Norwich ; 

 an old wall at Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, &c. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 

 680. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 69. 851. 



3. NE'PETA. CAT-MINT. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, cylindrical, with five acute, erect 

 teeth. Corolla gaping ; tube cylindrical, slender, incurved, 

 dilated at the throat, which has on each side a narrow, reflected 

 lobe ; upper lip erect, roundish, slightly cleft ; lower rounded, 

 concave, large, undivided, with numerous notches. Filaments 

 awl-shaped, close to each other, covered by the upper lip ; an- 

 thers incumbent. Germen small, four-cleft. Style thread- 

 shaped, of the length of the stamens ; stigma cleft, acute. 

 Seeds four, nearly egg-shaped, even, in the bottom of the dry 

 permanent calyx. Name uncertain. 28*2. 



1. N. Catdria. Common Cat-mint. Flowers in spikes ; whorls 

 on short stalks ; leaves stalked, heart-shaped, with tooth-like ser- 



ratures. The whole plant soft and downy : stems two or three 



feet 'high : erect, branched : leaves paler beneath : flowers nume- 

 rous, white, lower lip dotted with crimson. Cats are extrava- 

 gantly fond of the smell of this plant. Perennial : flowers in July 

 and August : grows in hedges and waste places : not common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 137. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 70. 852. 



4. VEKBE'NA. VERVAIN. 



Calyx tubular, angular, with five marginal teeth, one rather 

 shorter than the rest. Corolla unequal ; tube cylindrical, 

 straight, twice as long as the calyx; limb spreading, divided 

 into five deep, rounded, somewhat unequal segments. Fila-* 

 ments two or four, bristle-shaped, very short, incurved, within 

 the tube of the corolla ; anthers of two rounded lobes. Ger- 

 men four-cornered. Styles slender, as long as the tube ; stig- 

 ma obtuse. Seeds two or four, oblong. Name Celtic, from 

 fer, to drive, and/aew, a stone. 283. 



1. V. officindlis. Common Vervain. Stamens four ; spikes slen- 

 der, panicled; leaves deeply cut; stem generally solitary. 



Root woody : stem ascending a foot and a half high, leafy, covered 

 with minute bristles : leaves roughish, pinnatifid : flowers small, 

 bluish. Perennial: flowers in July: grows by road-sides, and in 

 waste ground, about villages : frequent in England. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xi.pl. 767. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 71. 853. 



5. MEN/THA. MINT. 



Calyx of one leaf, tubular, erect, with five nearly equal mar- 



1 ped, a little longer than 

 nearly equal segments, 



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ginal teeth. Corolla straight, funnel-shaped, a little longer than 

 the calyx ; limb deeply divided into four nearlj 



