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615. LATHR.EA. 



ranean. Fl. erect, solitaiy. p. 5. w. France. 

 Lucca. 



2. Squamaria. Flowering-stem erect, sim- 



ple. Fl. drooping, in a secund raceme. Lower 

 Lip triiid. p. 4. Moist woods, occ. 



LXXII. ACANTHACEJ]. 



Seeds without albumen, often fixed to ascending cartilaginous stalks. 



Scrophulariacece. 



In other respects like the 



616. ACANTHUS. 



1. mollis. L. deeply inciso-pinnatifid. Seg. 

 ovate, acute, with coarse, mucronate, but not 

 spiuescent teeth. Bracts broadly ovate, p. 

 5-7. Coasts of Mdt. 



2. lougifolius. L. pinnatipaxtite. Segm. 

 oblong, sinuato-pinnatifid, and toothed. Teeth 

 ending in short spines. Bracts oblongo-ovate. 

 p. 7. On a small island near Pola. 



'6. spinosissimus. L. pinnatifid or bi- 

 pinnatifid. Segm. narrow, and, as well as the 

 Rachis, furnished with unequal, very acute, 

 spinescent teeth. Terminal Segm. very long, 

 entire, but the veins running out into spines. 

 Cor. shorter than the upper Div. of the calyx, 

 much smaller than in A. spinosus. p. 1. 

 Apulia and lapygia. — Bert. Bentham says 

 that the Fl. of A. spinosus are smaller than 

 those of k. spinosissimus. 



LXXIII. VEEBENACE^. 



CoroUa of 1 tubular petal, with an in-egular border, inferior, 

 longer. Style 1. Seeds 4, in a 2- or 4-ceUed capsule or berry. 



Stamens 2 ; or 4, of which 2 



617. VITEX. 



1. Agnus-castus. L. 5-7, fingered. Lts. 

 lanceolate, acuminate, quite eutire. Spikes in- 

 terrupted, terminal. s.S. 7, 8. Coasts of 

 Mdt. occ. 



618. VERBENA. 



1. o£Eicinalis. Stem erect. L. oblong, 

 attenuate, trifld, laciniate and crenate. Spikes 

 filiform, panicled. a. 6-9. TJncult. 



2. supina. Stem decumbent, much branch- 

 ed. L. bipinnatifid. Spikes filiform, solitary. 

 a. Barren. Prov. Agosta in Sic. 



619. ZAPANIA. 



1. repens. Hairless, creeping. L. cuneiy 

 form ; upper part toothed. Spikes short, co- 

 nical. Bracts obtuse, p. 6-8. Inundated 

 sea-side pastures. Sic. Sarzana. 



LXXIV. LABIATE. 



Calyx of 1 sepal. CoroUa ringent (in the Menfhoidece campanulate, and nearly regular). 

 Stamens 4 (except in fom- genera, which have only 2). Fruit in 4 detached lobes, each with a 

 single seed. — For the Tribes, see Didynamia Gymnospeemia. 



Tribe I. OCTMOIBEM 

 620. LAVANDULA. 



A. Spike with a crown of L. {comose). 



1. Stoechas. L. oblongo-linear, entire, 

 hoary. Spike crowded. Cal. exceeding tube 



of corolla. s.S. 2-5. 

 It. Sic. 



Stonr/ hills, s. Fi-. 



2. dentata. L. oblongo-linear, pinnato- 

 dentate, pubescent. Spike lax. Cal. equalling 

 tube of corolla. s.S. Bnj. Monte Gar- 

 gano. Sic. Not in Bert, or Ouss. 



