Cl. S.j LABIAT.fc. 99 



Ferbenace<e,'\i\ Anna), du Mus. v. 7. Br. Prodr. v 1. 

 510. 



Ord.39. LABIATE. "Calyx tubular, either 2- 

 lipped-, or rather unequally 5-cleft. Corolla tubular, 

 irregular, mostly 2-lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 inserted under the upper lip; 2 of them sometimes 

 imperfect, or wanting. Germen 4-lobed. Style ], 

 central, from the base of the lobes. Stigma cloven. 

 Seeds 4, naked, erect, inserted by their base into a 

 Receptacle at the bottom of the permanent Calyx. 

 Albumen none. Stem quadrangular, oppositely 

 branched, mostly herbaceous. Leaves opposite, scarce- 

 ly ever compound. Flowers opposite, with leafy oV 

 bristly Bracteas ; solitary, or whorled ; corymbose, or" 

 spiked ; terminal, or axillary/' 



A most natural Order, the Ferlicillata of Ray and 

 Linnaeus. Herbage usually aromatic, often bitter, al- 

 ways harmless. 



Jussieu makes 4 Sections. 



Sect. 1. Two Stamens only perfect. Lycopus, 

 Monarda, Rosmarinus, Salvia, &c. 



Sect. 2. Four perfect Stamens. Upper lip scarce- 

 , ly any. Ajuga (Bugula Juss.) and Teucrium. 



Sect. 3. Stam. 4. Cor. 2-lipped. Calyx 5-cleft. 

 \Satiweia, Nepeta, Lavandula, Menlka, Lamium, 



f. Si, 22, Stackys, Marrubium, Phlomis, 8tc. 



Sect. 4. Stam. 4. Cor. 2-lipped. Calyx 2-lipped. 

 \Origanuni, Thymus^ Dracocephalum, Melittis y Pru- 



lla, ScuteUaria, &c. 



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