Obdee 89.— labiate 639 



ftinnel-form, the tube long-exserted ; limb oblique, sublabiatc, upper lip 

 bifid or entire, lower trifid ; statn. didynamous, included, inserted in tbe 

 cor. tube ; drupe fleshy, double, the parts separable, 1-seeded. — Tropi- 

 cal shrubs with square stems, opposite leaves, and capitate, showy 

 flowers. 



1 L. Cdmara L. Branches and ped. ecdbrous-^viescent, often aculeate; lv3. 

 ovate and ovate-oblong, or subcordate, short-petiolate, serrate ; retioulate-rugous, 

 scabrous ; ped. many, dense-flowered, aubumbellato, as long as the leaves ; bracts 

 lance-linear, half as long as the corolla. — S. Ga., Fla. to La., and S. to Brazfl. 

 Shrub 2 to 6f high. Fls. at first golden yellow, soon becoming orange and finally 

 rod. Drupes small, blue. Jn. — Aug. (L. Bartramii Baldw.) f 



2 L. mixta L. Plant pilous-hirsute, with wide-spread branches, mostly armed 

 with reversed prickles ; Ivs. shaped as in No. 1 ; ped. longer than the leaves; bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, hairy, the outer as long as the corolla. — Greenhouse shrub 

 3 to if high. Pis. at first whitish, then yellow, next orange, lastly rod. f 



6. ALOYS'IA, Ortega & Palan. (To Mart/ Louisa, queen of Spain, 

 mother of Ferdinand.) Calyx deeply 4-cleft ; corolla tubular, limb 4- 

 lobed, oblique; stam. didynamous, included; capsule double, parts 1- 

 seeded ; stig. emarginate. — Shrubs with the small fls. in a panicle of 

 spikes or racemes. From S. Am. (Lippia, Schauer.) 



A. cltiioddra Kunth. Lemon-sobnted Alotsia. Smooth or the branches 

 roughish; Ivs. verticil, in 33 and 4s, linear-lancoolate, short-petioled, acute at 

 each end, mostly entire, glandular-punctate beneath, coriaceous, with divaricate, 

 straight veinlets ; panicle terminal, naked or leafy below. — Gardens, cult, for its 

 dehghtful fragrance which is exhaled by the numerous small fls. as well as the 

 bruised leaves, f Paraguay. 



7. CLERODEN'DRUM, L. (Gr. KXrjpog, chance, divSpov, a tree ; re- 

 ferring to its doubtful medicinal effects.) Cal. bell-shaped, 5-toothed ; 

 cor. salver-form, tube often elongated, limb subequally 6-cleft ; drupe 

 baccate, 4-carpeled, carpels, 1-seeded. — Tropical shrubs or trees, with 

 opposite leaves and fls. in cymes. 



1 C. paniculattun L. Lvs. long-petiolcd, cordate-hastate, 5 to'7-lobed, lobes 

 acute ; panicle of cymes terminal, large, pyramidal ; cor. tube slender, 4 times 

 longer than the calyx. — Shrub with ample leaves and scarlet (6" long) corollaa. 

 f Asia. 



2 C. sqnaindtuin VahL Lvs. roundish, deeply reniform-cordate, lobes acumi- 

 nate, repand-dentate ; pyramidal panicle terminal, loose, wholly colored. — Shrub 

 8 to lOf high. Fls. scarlet. Stam. long-exserted. Cor. limb revoluto. f Japan. 

 — Other species are rarely cult. 



8. VITEX, L. Chastb-tree. Calyx 5-toothod ; cor. cup-sbaped, 

 limb 5-lobed; bilabiate; stem, didynamous, ascending, cxserted ; drupe 

 entire, 4-celled, 4-seeded. — Shrubs with opposite, mostly digittatc leaves, 

 and paniculate cymes. 



1 V. ITeglludo. Leaves long-petiolate, digitately ternato or quinate, Ifts. ob- 

 long, acuminate, serrate ; panicle compound. — Shrub 4f high. Cor. purple, pulver- 

 ulent. Stam. little exserted. f Mauritius. 



2 V Agnea-c^tas L. Lvs. long-petioled, B — 7-foliate; Uts. lanceolate, 

 acuminate, entire ; panicles terminal and axillary, interrupted ; cymes subsee- 

 sile. — Shrub 6f high. Cor. pale, lilac. Stam. long exserted. f S. Eur. 



Order LXXXIX. LABIATiE. Labiate Plants. 



Serbs with square sterna and opposite, aromatic, exstipulate leaves. Fhwen 

 axillary, in vortioillasters, sometimes aa if spiked or in heads. Corolla labiate 



