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Brazil, S. fillgens, Mex., have scarlet fls. 2' long. S. argentea, Ivs. 

 silvery white, fls. white. Spain. S. officinalis, Garden S. Lvs., me- 

 dicinal ; fls. blue. Eur. Fls. with bee, Pig. 187 ; hiiirs, Fig. 106, 10; 

 sta.. Fig. 168, D. Tribe 7. Sta. 4-2. 1. Hyssopus officinalis, Hys- 

 sop, Ql herb. S.Eur. 2. Thymus, Thyme. 50 .spec. , QJ. herbs. Eur. 

 Asia, N. Af. T. Serppllum, Wild T. ; creeping, turfy. T. vulgdre, 

 Garden T. 3. Hedeoma pM^ef/toirfcs, American Pennyroyal. Q, 

 low, ils. blue. Can., U. S. 4. Calamintha. 2|. herbs, many spec, 

 both worlds. C. coccinea, fls. scarlet. Fla., Ala. 5. Melissa. 2|. 

 herbs, N. Hemisphere ; fls. honey-bearing. M. officinalis, QA.\.yi; fls. 

 white. Eur. 6. Satureia hortensis, Summer Savory, Q ; fls. pur- 

 ple ; S. moniana, Winter S., dwarf, suffrutescent evergreen ; fls. pale 

 purple. S. Eur. 7. Origanum, sev. spec. ; herbs, shrubs ; fls. with 

 showy colored bracts. S. Eur., Ind. O. Majordna, Marjoram ; O. 

 Dictamnus, Dittany ; both herbs. 8. Mentha, Mint. 2(. herbs. 

 Corolla i-lobed, purplish white. Sev. spec, both worlds. M. pule- 

 gium, Pennyroyal, Eur. M. viridus. Spearmint ; M. piperita. Pep- 

 permint ; M. citrdta, Berqamot. All in wet places ; Eur. ; run 

 wild in XJ. S. 9. Pogostemon, Patchoiily, Qj. herb ; yields the perfume 

 Patchouli. E. Ind. Tribe 8. 1. Lavandula, Lavender, fragrant 

 undershrubs; Old World. L. vera. Common L., lvs. linear, grayish ; 

 fls. blue. S. Eur. 2. Coleus, herbs or shrubs. Asia, Af. C. Blu- 

 mei, herb, foliage variegated. E. Ind. 3. Ocimum, herbs, small 

 shrubs; many species, trop. Asia, Af., Am. O. basilicum, Sweet 

 Basil. 0, fragrant ; fls. bluish white. Ind. 



Ord. 35. Verbenaceae. Verbenas.— Characters of Labiatse, but. 

 style terminal ; fr. sometimes baccate ; -fls. sometimes reg. ; sta. some- 

 times 5. Herbs, Shrubs, Trees. About 56 gen., 700 spec, both 

 worlds, chiefly in S. Hemisphere. 2 Sub-Orders. Types given : 



Sub-Ord. 1. Myoporacese. — 1. Phryma leptostdchya, Lop-Seed, 

 onlyspec Q|. herb, 2°-3°high ; fls. purple, small ; fr. an akaine. Can., 

 U. S. 2. Selago, 70 spec, herbs or undershrubs. Fr. 2 1-seeded 

 akaines. Cape of Good Hope. 3. Globularia, 4spec., shrubs, herbs. 

 Fr. a caryopsis. S. W. Eur. 4. B6ntia, monotypic Small ever- 

 green olive-like tree. Fr. baccate, 8-seeded. Antilles. Sub-Ord. 2. 

 Verbenaceae. 4 Tribes. Tribe 1. Heath-like shrubs, S. Af. Fr. a 

 2-celled dehisc boll or a utricle. Stilbe, 4 spec Cape Colony. 

 Tribe 2. Small evergreen trees. Ova. 2-celled, ov. twin. Fr. inde- 

 hisc Emb. germinating in pericarp. Only gen., Avicenna, White 

 Mangrove, sev. spec. Tidal estuaries, tropics, both worlds. A.tomen- 

 tbsa, trop. Am. A. officinalis, N. Zealand. Tribe 3. Infl. def. 1. 

 Vitex. Shrubs or small trees, fragrant, many spec, tropics, both 

 worlds. Fr. a drupe. V. Agnus-CSstus, Chaste Tree, Sage T. 

 8°-1 5° high, lvs. digitate, Ifts. entire Fig. 126. S.Eur. W.inclsa, 

 smaller, Ifts. incised. China. 2. Clerodendron. Shrubs or trees ; 

 sometimes climbing. Lvs. simple, fls. showy, fragrant. 80 spec, 

 trop. Asia, Af., Am. 3. Callicarpa. Shrubs. Fr. a 4-seeded, small 

 drupe. Sev. spec. Trop. Asia, Af., Am. C. americdna, French 

 Mulberry. Lvs. mulberry-like ; drupes showy purple. S. States. 

 4. Tectdna. Teak Trek. Enormous trees, wood valuable ; fls. reg., 

 panicled ; sta. 5-6. 2 spec E. Ind. and Islands. Tribe 4. Infl. 

 indef. 1. Petraea. Twining shrubs or small trees. Fls. showy. 13 

 spec, trop. Am. 2. Lant^na. Shrubs, rarely herbs ; 50 spec ; trop. 



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