LAST A TAE. 779 



style short; stigma oblique or recurved. Fruit dry, with a membranous exocarp, 

 at length separating into 4 nutlets. [Named in honor of Auguste Lippi, 1678- 

 1703, a French naturalist.] About 100 species, most abundant in tropical Am. 

 Besides the following, about 6 others occur in the southern U. S. 



Leaves spatulate, 2-8-toothed above ; peduncles little exceeding the leaves. 



i. L. cuneifolia. 

 Leaves sharply serrate ; peduncles much longer than the leaves. 



Leaves oblong or lanceolate, mostly acute. 2. L. lanceolata. 



Leaves spatulate or obovate, mostly obtuse. 3. L. nodifloi a. 



1. Lippia cuneifolia (Torr.) Steud. WEDGE-LEAVED FOG-FRUIT. (I. F. f. 

 3065.) Pale, minutely puberulent, or glabrous, diffusely branched from the woody 

 base; branches rigid, procumbent, somewhat zigzag. Leaves sessile, obscurely 

 veined, rigid, 2-4 cm. long, with 2-8 sharp teeth above the middle or rarely en- 

 tire, acutish; head becoming cylindric and 12-16 mm. long; bracts cuncatc, 

 abruptly acuminate; calyx-lobes 2-toothed or emarginate; corolla-tube longer than 

 the calyx; fruit oblong. On plains, S. Dak., Neb. and Colo, to Tex., Mex. tind 

 Ariz. May-Aug. 



2. Lippia lanceolata Michx. FOG-FRUIT. (I. F. f. 3066. ) Green, glabrous, 

 or sparingly pubescent with forked hairs; stems slender, procumbent or ascending, 

 sometimes rooting at the nodes, 3-6 dm. long. Leaves thin, oblong, ovate, or 

 oblong-lanceolate, pinnately veined, short-petioled, acute or subacute, sharply 

 serrate to below the middle, 2-8 cm. long, 0.6-3 cm. wide; heads becoming cylin- 

 dric and about 12 mm. long in fruit; bracts acute; corolla pale blue, scarcely 

 longer than the calyx; fruit globose. In moist soil, N. J. to 111., Kans., Fla., Tex. 

 and Mex. Also in Cal. June-Aug. 



3. Lippia nodiflora (L.) Michx SPATULATE-LEAVED FOG-FRUIT. (I. F. f. 

 3067.) Minutely and rather densely puberulent, creeping, or the branches ascend- 

 ing, 3-9 dm. long. Leaves thickish, spatulate, oblanceolate, or obovate, 1-6 cm. 

 long, 0.6-2.5 cm. wide, mostly obtuse, narrowed into a cuneate entire base, 

 sharply serrate above the middle; heads at length cylindric and 1-2.5 cm - l n g 

 corolla purple to white. In wet or moist soil, S. Car. to Mo.. Fla. and Tex. Also 

 in Cal.. Cent. Am. and the W. Indies. May-Sept. 



3. CALLICARPA L. 



Shrubs or trees, with opposite leaves, and small blue purple or white flowers in 

 axillary cymes. Calyx short, campanulate. 4-toothed (rarely 5-toothed), or trun- 

 cate. Corolla-tube short, expanded above, the limb 4-cleft (rarely 5 -cleft), the 

 lobes equal. Stamens 4, equal, exserted; anther-sacs parallel. Ovary incom- 

 pletely 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cavity, laterally attached, amphitropous; style 

 slender; stigma capitate, or 2-lobed. Fruit a berry-like drupe, much longer than 

 the calyx, containing 1-4 nutlets. [Greek, handsome fruit.] About 35 species, 

 the following of southeastern N. Am., the others Asiatic, African and of tropical 

 Am. 



i. Callicarpa Americana L. FRENCH MULBERRY. (I. F. f. 3068.) A 

 shrub, 6-15 dm. high, the twigs, petioles and young leaves stellate-scurfy, the 

 mature leaves glabrous or nearly so, and glandular- dotted. Twigs terete; leaves 

 thin, ovate, slender-petioled, acute or acuminate, crenate-dentate, 7-15 cm. long; 

 cymes many-flowered, short-peduncled ; pedicels very short; calyx-teeth much 

 shorter than the tube; corolla pale blue, about 3 mm. long; fruit violet-blue, glo- 

 bose, 3 mm. in diameter. In moist thickets, Va. to Fla., Ala., Ark. and Tex. 

 June-July. 



Family 7. LABIATAE B. Juss. 

 Mint Family. 



Aromatic punctate herbs, or shrubs (a few tropical species trees), 

 mostly with 4-sided stems and simple opposite leaves; stipules none. 

 Flowers irregular, perfect, clustered, the inflorescence typically cymose, 

 usually bracteolate. Calyx inferior, persistent, 5-toothed or 5-lobed 

 (rarely 4-toothed), mostly nerved. Corolla with a short or long tube, 



