MINT FAMILY. 229 
A highly interesting and valuable Order, containing upwards of 100 par’ and par- 
ticularly se yi ig! the aromatic fragrance, and stomachic properties, of many 
pa agri The important, however,—being generally caltivaiod. = —are here in- 
ser 
* Stamens 4, the lower pair longer, declined so as to rest on the lower lip of the corolla. 
Flowers in racemes, white ; upper lobe of calyx broad, orbicular- 
ovate. Leaves iar 
Flowers in term 
pes S narrow 
1. Ocmorom. 
crit capa spikes, pale blue; calyx 5-toothed ; 
oary. 2. LAVANDULA. —~ 
Stamens 4 0; r 2, not turned down. ‘ 
erate almost equally 4-lobed. Stamens 4, nearly equal. 3. MENTHA. 
Corolla manifestly 2-lipped. 
Upper lip nearly flat or aceeading. 2-lobed at the end. Throat of 
calyx bearded. Sterile filament 4. HepEomas. 
Upper lip arched, entire or slightly notched holding the stamens, 
Calyx eq! ually 5-toothed. Flowers in close and leafy-bracted 
hi 2-lippe d. Anthers ne ene cell at eer end of a long 
ective astride the end of the filamen 6. 6. SALVIA. 
Corolla 2- slipped. Stamens 4, all with anthers 
Upper and inner pair of stamens longer than the lower or outer 
; pper li . NEPEra. 
Upper and inner pair of stamens i at. than the lower pair. 
Upper “te of the corolla flat and open, or barely concave. 
Stamens distant or diverging, not approaching the upper 
lip. 
‘calyx tubular, equally 5-toothed, 15-nerved. Sta- 
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5. Monarpa. 
ens long. 8. Hyssorvs, 
Calyx 10-13-neryed, ovate, bell-shaped or short- 
tubular. 
Calyx naked in the throat. Flowers clustered in 
axils or spiked. 9. SATUREJA, 
Calyx hairy in the throat. 
a spiked, and with large colored bracts. a ORIGANUM. 
rs loosely clustered ; bracts minute. 11. 
— enn with their anthers a) approaching in pairs under 
upper lip. 
= tubular, bell- seek and 2-lipped. a 
ed ds. Flowers few in loose cluste: 12. Menissa, 
Upper lip of the corolla arched or pond like. 
Calyx 2- ee! closed over the fruit and very veiny ; the ‘ 
Calyx cc 2 lipped 10-toothed. Clusters axillary, head- tee 
i , 14. Marervorom. 
Calyx ‘not 2-lipped and only 5-toothed, bell-shaped or top- : 
shaped, much shorter than the corolla. at 
Corolla ‘enlarged in the Sirees. Calyx-teeth not spiny. 15. Lawnum. ‘ 
Corolla not enlarged in the throat. Calyx top-shaped ead 
wit! _— teeth. : je 
enuunene 4 4, ascending, an Of ee ae ee: tees 
Gakuise CHA acs the wiser vats, the lower lobe much larger than se 
other 4. Flowers purplish, rarely white, in a spike ; rene 17. TEUCRIUM. 
1. O’CIMUM, L. Sweer-Basin. 
(Supposed from the Greek, Ozo, to smell ; in ref ts fragran¢ J . 
Calyz 5-cleft,—the upper segment dilated, orbicular-ovate. Corolla with 
ops ip lt lower lip scarcely longer, declined, entire, flat-~ 
tish. Stamens 4, hse Nit my Soe eat " filar 
