148 THE TASMANIAN FLORA. 



and. mostly entire, j-1 inch long. Flowers usually numerous, clustered in the 

 axils, generally each on a slender stalk about as long as itself. Calyx 2-3 lines 

 long, sometimes rather smaller, teeth very slender. Corolla-tube usually not 

 exceeding the calyx, but in some specimens conspicuously in excess of it ; lobes 

 shorter than the tube, the upper one often deeply 2-lobed, in some specimens 

 with crowded flowers and narrow elongated corollas quite entire. 



Common in marshes, principally in the northern and central districts; also in 

 Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. Fl. Feb. 



2. M. GEACiLTJS, R. Br. Sub-erect and branching, 6 inches to 1 foot high, 

 pubescent or rarely nearly glabrous. Leaves mostly stalked, ovate to broadly 

 lanceolate, entire or with few obscure teeth, mostly |-f inch long. Flowers in 

 axillary clusters, not as crowded as in M. australis, and smaller. Flower-stalks 

 short or none. Calyx 1^-2 lines long ; teeth narrow, lanceolate. Corolla-tube 

 shorter than the calyx, and the lobes shorter than the the tube, the upper one 

 entire or nearly so. 



In dry stony places, principally in central and northern districts ; also in 

 Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales. ' Fl. Jan.-Mar. 



3. M. SERPiLLiFOLiA, Benth. Small, slender, simple or branched at the base, 

 erect or ascending, usually under 6 inches long, finely pubescent or glabrous. 

 Leaves oblong, mostly shortly stalked and entire, about ' ^ inch long. Flowers 

 few, in axillary clusters, sometimes reduced to 2 in the opposite leaf-axils, shortly 

 stalked. Calyx narrow, I5-2 lines long; lobes usually broadly lanceolate. 

 Corolla-tube shorter than or as long as the calyx ; lobes about as long as the 

 tube, broad, the upper one often notched. 



Southport, South Cape Bay, in damp country, chiefly in central districts ; also 

 throughout Australia. Fl. Jan. -Apr. 



2. LYCOPUS. 



Calyx 4 or 6-toothed. Corolla-tube short ; lobes 4, nearly equal. Stamens 2, 

 the rudimentary filaments of a second pair often present. Style shortly bifid. 

 Nuts obscurely 3-angled. 



A small genus, almost confined to northern temperate regions. 



L. AUSTEALis, R. Br. An erect, often rather tall, herb. Leaves lanceolate, 

 shortly stalked or sessile, coarsely toothed, 3-4 inches long. Flowers many, in 

 dense axillary clusters. Calyx with 5 acute lanceolate teeth, rather longer tham 

 the tube, varying from 1^ to nearly 3 lines long. Corolla-tube shorter than 

 the calyx ; lobes very short. 



Moist, shady places in many parts. It occurs also in Queensland, New South 

 Wales, Victoria, and So nth Australia. Fl. Jan.-Mar. 



Very close to L. europiruH, and perhaps only a variety. 



3. PRUNELLA. 



Calyx-lobes arranged in 2 lips, the upper fiat and shortly 3-toothed, lower with 

 2 narrow lobes. Corolla-tube generally exceeding the calyx ; lobes in 2 lips 

 (upper one short, broad, erect, nearly entire ; lower one short, spreading, 3-lobed). 

 Stamens 4, lying close to the upper lip. Style bifid. Nuts oblong, smooth. 



A small genus, dispersed throughout temperate and sub-tropical rt-gions. 



P. VDLGAErs, Linn. A small, usually clustered, perennial, with procumbent 

 stems and ascending flowering branches. Leaves broadly or narrowly ovate, 

 stalked, entire, obscurely toothed, rarely divided, 1-3 inches long. Flowers in 

 numerous clusters, in the axils of altered floral leaves at the ends of the branches. 



