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glabrous. L, usually falling* short of the peduncles. Fl. wholly 

 blue. Cor. sometimes as large as that of V. Tournefortii. 

 Fields and waste places. A. IV. IX. Gray Field Speedicell. 



E.S.I. 



*16. V. Tournefor'tii (C. Gmel.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate 

 incise-serrate, sep. lanceolate-acute, stain, from the bottom of the 

 cor,, caps, of 2 divaricate lobes compressed upwards and sharply 

 keeled, seeds about 8 in a cell. E. B. S. 2769. V. Buxbaumii 

 (Ten.) ed. viii. St. long, hairy. L. falling short of the pedun- 

 cles. Fl. twice the size of those of the preceding, as large as 

 those of V. Chamadrys, blue. Fields. A. IV. IX. E. S. I. 



17. V. hedertefolia (L.) ; /. cordate with 5 7 large toothlike 

 lobes all stalked, sep. cordate-attenuate ciliate, caps, of 2 turgid 

 lobes, seeds 2 in each. cell. E. B. 784. Fl. pale blue. Fields 

 and banks. A. IV. VI. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. E. S. I. 



[Acanthus mol'lis (L.), belonging to the Order Acantliacece, 

 has been introduced by unknown agency to St. Agnes Isle, Scilly, 

 and Traeth Manaccan, Cornw.] 



Order LVIII. LABIATE. 



Cal. tubular, regular or 2-lipped, persistent. Cor. 2-lipped, 

 upper lip entire or bifid, lower 3-fid, or nearly regular. Stam. 

 4, didynamous, rarely 2. Ovary free, 4-lobed. Style 1, from 

 the base of and between the lobes ; stignia bifid. Fr. in 1 4 

 small nutlets (not true nuts although so culled). Fl. unsym- 

 metrical, often forming 2 cymes so placed as to resemble a 

 whorl (a verticillaster). L. opposite. No stipules. 



Tribe I. MENTHOIDEAL. Cor. bellshaped, nearly regular. 

 Stam. distant, straight, diverging upwards. 



1. MENTHA. Cor. 4-fid, tube very short. Cal. regular, 5- 

 toothed. Stam. 4 ; anth. -cells parallel. 



2. LYCOPUS. Cor. 4-fid, scarcely logger than the regular 

 5-toothed calyx. Stam. 2 ; anth.-cells parallel or ulti- 

 mately diverging' ; 2 upper stam. imperfect. 



Tr. II. MONARDEJE. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. 2, perfect, par- 

 allel under the upper lip of the corolla. 



3. SALVIA. Filaments with 2 diverging branches ; only one 

 bearing a perfect anth.-cell. Cor. ringent. Cal. tubular, 

 2-lipped. 



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