54 VERBENACE^. Phryma. 



of 2 short pubescent teeth. Corolla pale purple, or light rose-color ; the lower lip spreading, 

 with obtuse lobes, veined. Fruit oblong, closely covered with the persistent calyx; the 

 pericarp of a leathery consistence, its cavity completely filled with the seed. Testa thin and 

 membranaceous. 



Borders of woods and in copses, usually in rich moist soils ; frequent. Fl. July. Fr. 



August. 



Order LXXI. LABIATE. Juss. The Mint Tribe. 



Calyx tubular, persistent, 2-lipped, or 5-toothed or -cleft. Corolla 2-lipped. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous, or only 2 (the upper pair being abortive or wanting). 

 Ovary deeply 4-lobed ; the style proceeding from the base of the lobes, and 

 uniting them together. Fruit consisting of 4 (or by abortion fewer) little nuts 

 or achenia, which are included in the persistent calyx. Seeds with little or 

 no albumen. — Herbs or somewhat shrubby plants, with 4-angled stems, and 

 opposite or sometimes whorled leaves which are destitute of stipules. Flowers 

 in axillary or terminal cymules, which are often spuriously whorled. — The 

 leaves, calyces, and often other parts of the plant are abundantly furnished 

 with minute glands or receptacles, which are filled with aromatic volatile oil. 



CONSPECTUS OF THE TRIBES. 



Tribe I. Menthoide;e. Corolla somewhat campanulate or funnel-form ; the tube scarcely longer than the calyx ; the 



limb almost equally 4 - 5-cleft. Stamens distant, straight or diverging, nearly equal, or the upper pair 



sometimes wanting. 

 Tribe II. Monardeje. Corolla 2-!ipped. Stamens 2 fertile (rarely 4), ascending: anthers linear and confluent at the 



summit ; or halved, the cells separated by a long linear connective, which is transversely articulated to the 



summit of the fdamcnt. 

 Tribe in. Saturrine.e. Corolla somewhat 2-lipped; the lips plane. Stamens 4 (sometimes 2), straight, diverging; 



tliC lower pair longer: anthers not dimidiate. 

 Tribe IV. Melissine^. Calyx moi^tly l3-nerved, 2-lipped. Corolla 2-lipped ; the divisions flattish, or the upper lip 



rarely galeate. Stamens 4, or sometimes 2, ascending. 

 Tribe V. Scutellarine.;e. Upper lip of the calyx trunc.ite, entire or somewhat 3-toothcd. Corolla 2-lippcd ; the upper 



lip galeate. Stamens 4, ascending ; the lower pair longer. 

 Tribe VI. Nepkte;e. Calyx oblique or somewhat 2-lipped. Corolla 2-lipped; the upper lip galeate. Stamens 4; the 



upper pair longer. 

 Tribe VII. Stachyde.)e. Calyx 5 - 10- (never 13-) nerved, or irregularly veined. Corolla 2-lipped. Stamens 4; the 



lower pair longer. Achenia smooth when dry. 

 Tribe VIII. AjijnoiDE;E. Stamens 4, asceniliriii from the very short or cleft upper lip of the corolla, and generally 



much exBcrtcd. Achenia rcticulately rugose. 



