406 A FLORA OF MANILA 



Calyx campanulate, shortly 6-toothed or subtruncate. ' Corolla-tube slender, 

 irregularly inflated upward, the limb oblique, 4-lobed. Stamens 4, in 

 2 pairs; anther-cells oblong, pendulous. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. Fruit 

 a fleshy drupe, the endocarp hard, 4- or 2-celled, the calyx persistent, 

 unaltered. (In honor of S. Gmelin, an early German naturalist.) 

 Species about 8, Asia to Australia, 2 or 3 in the Philippines. 



1. G. phillppensis Cham. 



An erect, branched, nearly glabrous shrub or small tree 3 to 8 m high, 

 usually with few stout spines on the trunk and branches. Leaves 

 elliptic, 4 to 8 cm long, entire, apex usually rounded or obtuse, base acute. 

 Flowers in short, terminal racemes, each subtended by a large, pale-green 

 bract. Calyx green, about 6 mm long, truncate or obscurely denticulate. 

 Corolla yellow, about 4 cm long. Fruit fleshy, yellow, pear-shaped, about 

 2 cm long, glabrous. (Fl. Filip. pi. 215, G. asiatica.) 



In thickets Pasay, Masambong, etc., fl. Feb.-Oct.; widely distributed 

 in the Philippines. Siam and Tenasserim. 



122. LABIATAE (Mint or Cablin Family) 



Mostly herbs, rarely shrubs, aromatic or not, usually with 4-angled 

 stems or branches. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers irregular, sol- 

 itary, in pairs, or fascicled and axillary, or in lax or dense whorls 

 arranged in spicate or racemose inflorescences, sometimes panicled or in 

 dense heads. Calyx 4- or 5-cleft or -toothed or 2rlipped. Corolla-tube 

 various, the limb 4- or 5-lobed or 2-lipped. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs, or the 

 upper 2 imperfect, inserted iij the corolla-tube. Ovary free, 4-lobed, 4- 

 celled, the. cells 1-ovuled. Fruit of four dry or somewhat fleshy 1-seeded 

 nutlets at the base of the calyx. 



Genera 164, species about 3,200, chiefly in the north temperate regions; 

 22 genera and about 50 species in the Philippines. 



1. Fertile stamens 2 ; undefshrubs with linear sessile leaves, the margins 



strongly recurved; cultivated only., 1. Rosmarinus 



1. Stamens 4, rarely 2. 

 2. Stamens bent downward. 



3. Lower corolla-lobe flat or nearly so, broad-based, spreading. 

 4. Stamens exserted; very aromatic herbs or undershrubs.. 2. Ocimun 

 4. Stamens included, a not or but slightly aromatic herb. 



3. Moschosma 

 3. Lower corolla-lobe boat-shaped or concave, base narrow, deflexed. 

 4. Calyx-limb subequally 5-toothed, the lowest corolla-lobe not much 

 longer than the others; fllaments free; inflorescence capitate, 



spicate, or paniculate 4. Hyptis 



4. Calyx-limb 2 lipped; lowest corolla-lobe boat-shaped, much longer 

 than the others; filaments connate in a sheath surrounding the 



style; inflorescence lax 5. Coleus 



2. Stamens not bent downward, spreading, free. 



3. Anthers 1-celled; fllaments bearded; rather coarse, erect herbs. 



6. Pogostemon 

 3. Anthers 2-celled; filaments not hoarded; prostrate spreading herbs. ~ 



7. Mentha 

 2. Stamens ascending under the upper lip of the corolla. 



3. Upper lip of the corolla short, nearly flat; anthers dimorphous; 

 coarse erect herbs 8. Anisomelee 



