64 ANGHOSPERMJE. 



lucre. Sev. spec, "W. O. dlOiiius, N. Car., S. S. Mir^bilis. Mar- 

 tel-of-Peru, Bbllb-dk-n0it, Peetty-by-night, Four-o'clock. 

 % herbs, rts. fleshy. Perianth large, flower-like, funnel-shaped. Pis. 

 fragrant, sol. or few, in a green calyx-like involucre. Several spec. 

 Trop. Am. M. Jaldpa, fl. 2' long, red, yellow, white, or varieg. Pr., 

 Fig. 189, B. W. Ind. M. longiflira, fl. 6' long, border white, spread- 

 ing. M. Wri^htidna, 4' long, border white, rose-tinged. Texas, Mex. 



Division Il.—Monopetaloe. 2 Subdivisions | g' ^^^^^ ^^®^- 

 Flowers usually dichlamydeous. Petals usually connate. 



Subdivision /.-Ovary usually free. 2 Sections. { ^ f^^^^ ^S"^'^^^' 

 Section I. — Flowers irregular, rarely regular. 

 Mint Alliance. — Fls. 8 . Calyx and corolla tubular, 5-4-me- 

 rous ; usually tubular; 2-labiate, lips 2- and 3-fid; rarely reg. (in 

 some Verbenaceie). . Sta. 4, didynamous, or 2, rarely 5 (in some Ver- 

 benacese). Ova. free, 4-2-1-eelled. Fr. dry or fleshy. Perisperm 

 present or 0. Lvs. exstip., often opp. Herbs, Shrubs, Trees; often 

 fragrant. 34. Labials. 35. Verbenacese. 



Ord. 34. Labi^ts. Lipped Floweks. Mints. — Fls. always ir- 

 reg. Ova. 2-carpelled, style gynobasic. Fr. 4 nuts in the persistent 

 often accrescent and showy calyx. Herbs or Underskrubs, usually aro- 

 matic. Stems square ; lvs. opp. 100 gen., 2500 spec. ; temp, regions, 

 both worlds. 7 Tribes, distinctions in akaines and sta. Types given : 

 Tribe 1. Teucrium, Germander. — Herbs and shrubs. 100 

 spec, chiefly in Old World. T. Scorodonia, Wood Sage; taste and 

 smell of Hops. Eur. Fig. 160. T. canadenae, % herb, P-3° high, 

 fls. purple. U. S., Can. Tribe 2. Prostanthera, anth. spurred. 

 Shrubs with powerful odor. Australia. P. lasidnihos, fls. hairy. 

 Tribe 3. Akaines fleshy. Prasium mdjus, only spec Evergreen 

 shrub. Eur.,N. Af. Tribe 4. 1. Molucella Zaems, Molucca Balm, 

 Shell-Flower. Q. Low, smooth; calyx shell-like, 1' long ; fls. 

 small,' yellow, racemed. Levant. 2. Lamium. ©, Q|. herbs. Sev. 

 spec. Old World. Fls. often handsome, white, purple, or spotted. L. 

 amplexicaiile, Dead Nettle, weed ; fls. purple ; autumnal ones cleis- 

 togamous. Fig. 183. 3. Marrubium, Hoarhound. Bitter herbs. 

 Sev. spec S. Eur., W. Asia. M. vulgdre, Common H. Stem and 

 rugose lvs. hoary (frosted with white hairs), fls. white. Tribe 5. 1. 

 Cedronella. Q|. herbs or shrubs, fragrant. Sev. spec, both worlds. 

 C. mexicdna, fls. large, pink. New Mex. 2. Nepeta. • 2J. herbs. 

 Many spec Eur., Asia. N. C(/<aria, Catnip, l°-3° high, soft, downy ; 

 lvs. cordate, crenate ; fls. white. N. Glechoma, Ground Ivy, Gill; 

 creeping, spreading ; lvs. smooth, reniform, crenate, petioled ; fls. light 

 blue. Eun wild in U. S. Tribe 6. Sta. 2. Anth. lobes sol. or 

 separated by a long connective. 1. Monarda. Q|. herbs. Fls. in 

 glomerules; calyx and bracts brightly colored. Sev. Am. spec M. 

 didyma, fls. crimson, 15" long, fragrant. Swamps, Can. to Ga. 2. 

 Rosmarinus offlcindlis, KosBMAEY. Evergreen shrub, lvs. hoary 

 beneath, fragrant ; fls. pale blue. S. Eur., Asia Minor. 3. Silvia, 

 Sage. Undershrubs, herbs. Fine genus ; species numerous, both 

 worlds ; all pretty ; many ornamental in fl. and If. S. splendens, 



