Obdeb 89.— labiate. 641 



K Calyx lips entire, upper with an appendage on the back Sodtrllaria. 29 



k Calyx 8-lobed. Anthers all distinct. Flowers purple streaked Mackridea. 80 



k Calyx 4-lobed. Anthers, the highest pair connate Synandea. 31 



m Corolla lube inflated in the midst, whitish. Llpssrnall Physostkuia. 33 



m Corolla tnbe inflated at the throat, purple. Lower lip long LA.MnjM. 33 



m Corolla inflated in the broad, concave upper lip, purple or yellow Phlomis. 34 



m Corolla not inflated, short.— Calyx salver-form, lo-ribbed Ba llota. 85 



— Calyx broad-bell-form, netted Mollucella 86 



n Anthers opening transversely, cillato fringed. Lvs. notched Galeopsis. 37 



n Anthers opening lengthwise.— Achenia rounded at the top Stacmys. 38 



— Achenia truncate, 8-angled at top Leonueus. 89 



o Corolla white, upper Up flattish. Style equally bifld Maekuhiom. 40 



o Corolla white, upper lip concave. Style unequally bifid Leucab. 41 



O Corolla scarlet, exserted. Calyx upper tooth longest Leonotis. 43 



1. OTIMUM, L. Sweet Basil. (Gr. o^w, to smell ; the plants are 

 itrongly aromatic.) Tipper lip of calyx orbicular, lower 4-fid ; corolla 

 resupinate, one lip 4-cleft, the other undivided ; stamens 4, declined, 

 the lower pair longer, the upper often with a process at their base. — 

 Verticels 6-flowered, in terminal, interrupted racemes. 



O. basUicum L. Lvs. smooth, ovate oblong, subdentate, potiolate ; cal. cili- 

 ate. — ® Plant 6 to 12' high, with peculiarly smooth and soft leaves, variously 

 colored, exhaling a delightful odor. St. retrorsely pubescent above, branched. 

 Stam. exserted. Pis. white or bluish. Jl., Aug. j; B. India. Cultivated as a 

 culinary herb. 



2. HYP'TIS, L. (Gr.. vTTTiog, supine ; from the apparently resupin- 

 ate corolla.) Calyx 5-toothed, teeth acute or subulate ; corolla tube 

 oylindric, limb 5-lobed, the lower abruptly deflexed, C9ntracted at its 

 base, the 4 others flat, erect or spreading; stamens 4, declinate; ach- 

 enia ovoid or oblong. — In our species the flowers are capitate. 



1 H. radi^ta Willd. Herbaceous ; lvs. glabrous, lance-ovate, unequally crenate- 

 serrate, narrowed to a petiole; Ms. globular, long-pedunculate; bracts lance- 

 oblong, obtuse, forming an involucre, loTiger than, the calyx, as if radiate; cal. teeth 

 acutely subulate, rigid. — y lu damp fields. Car. to Fla. and La., common. St. 

 18' to 3f high, square and hoUow. Lvs. with their stalks 3 to 5' long. Hds. 

 hemispherical in flower, in fruit globular. Invol. about 12-leaved. ,11. — Sept. 



2 H. spioita Poifc. Branches aculeate-scabrous on the angles ; lvs. ovate, un- 

 equally serrate, acute, petiolate, whitish puberulent beneath; hds. loosely r.ioemed, 

 semi-oval, scarcely as long as their peduncles ; racemes panicled ; bracts ovate, 

 much shorter than the calyx. — li In Pla. Plant 1 to 2f high. Hds. 4 to 1-flowered. 

 CaL inflated at base, truncate, with short, setaceous teeth. Cor. violet-blue. 



3. LAVAN'DULA, L. Lavender. (Lat. lavare, to wash. Used in 

 perfumery.) Calyx ovoid-cylindric, with 5 short teeth, the upper one 

 often largest ; corolla upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, lobes all nearly 

 equal ; tube exserted ; stamens included. — 1( . 



L. spica L. Lvs. linear-oblanceolate, tapering to the base, sessile, revolute 

 at the edge, the upper ones linear-lanceolate, the highest shorter than the calyx ; 

 spike interrupted; bracts subulate. — Plant 12 — 18' high, suffrutioous, branching 

 from the base. Leaves crowded at the base of the branches, clothed with a whit- 

 ish down. Calyx viUoua. Cor. much exserted, lilac-colored. Jl. \ — The plant 

 is delightfully fragrant, and by distillation yields the well known oil of lavender. 



4. TEU'CRIUH, L. Germander. (Teucer, the founder of Troy, is 

 said by Pliny to have first employed it medicinally.) Calyx subcam- 

 panulate and subregular, in 5 acute segments ; corolla with ihc 4 upper 

 lobes nearly equal, the lowest largest, roundish ; stamens 4, exserted 

 from the deep cloft in the upper side of the tube. 



