260 57. SCROPHULiRIACEiE. 58. LABIATE. 



2 turgid keeled lobeg, seeds about 6 in a cell. — E. B. S. 2603. 

 St. 58. 14. E. I. f. 440. — Caps, i hairy all oyer, or only oiliate 

 on tlie keel ; hairs all straight and glandular. L. usually ex- 

 ceediiig the peduncles. Lower cor. -lip white. — [ F. opada (Fries) 

 with spathulate sSp., feWer seeds, hairs on caps.' incurved short 

 with a few longer and glandular, stani. inserted in the throat of 

 cor., is probably British.] — Fields and waste places. A. IV. — 

 IX. Green Field iSpeedwell,' E.S.I. 



15. V. polita (Fries) ; 1.1 all stalked cordate-ovate incise-ser- 

 rate, sq>. broadly ovate acute, stam. inserted at the very bottoin 

 of the cor., caps, of 2 turgid loljes, seeds 8 — 12 in a cell. — 8t. 58. 

 16. JR. I. f. 404, 405. — Caps, with short dense glandless hairs 

 and other shorter glandular ones, !rarely glaJDrous. L. usually 

 falling short of the peduncles. Fl. wholly, blue. — Cor. some- 

 times as large as that of V. Suxbaumii-- — Fields and waste 

 places. A. fv. — TX. Gray Field Speedwell. E. S. 1. 



*16. V. Buxbaum'ii (Ten.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate incise- 

 serrate, sep. lanceolate acute, stam. from the bottom of the cor., 

 caps, of 2 divaricate lobee compressed upwards atid sharply loehd, 

 seeds about 8 in a cell.— ^. B. S. 2769. St. 56. 5. ,V. persica 

 Pair. ? — St. long. L. falling short of the peduncles. Fl. twice 

 the size of those of the preceding, as large as those of V. 

 Chamcednjs,hlue.—FMda. A.iy.—IX. E.S.I. 



17. V. hederifdlia (L.) ; I. cordate with 5 — 7 large tooihlike 

 lobes all stalked, sep. cordate-attenuate ciliate, caps, of 2 turgid 

 lobes, seeds 2 in each cell. — Si. 56. 6.— Fl. pale blue. — Fields 

 and banks. A. IV.— VI. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. E. S. I. 



[Acan'th'M mol'lis, belonging to the Order Acantluzcets, has 

 been introduced by unknown agency into the Isle of St. Agnes, 

 SciUy (A. W. H. ser. 2. viii. 505) ; but,haviQg very slender claims 

 to be included in the British Flora, it is not described here.] 



Order LVIIL LABIATE. 



Cal. tubular, regular or 2-lipped, persistent. Cor. 2-lip^ed, 

 upper lip entire or bifid, lower 3-fid. Stam. 4, didynamous, 

 rarely 2. Ovary free, 4-lobed. Style 1, from the base of the 

 lobes ; stigma bifid. Fr. in 1 — 4 small nutlike portions. — Fl. 

 unsymmeta'ical, often forming 2 cymes so placed as to resemble 

 a. whorl. L. opposite. Figures of all the genera wiU be found 

 in G. F. G. Gam. ii. 



Tribe I. MENTHOIDEM. Cor. bellshaped, luarly regular. 



Stam. distant, straight, diverging upwards. 

 1. Mentha. Cor. 4-fid, tube very short. Cal. regular, 5- 



toothed. Stam. 4 ; anth. -cells parallel. 



