Salvia.] labiatje. 277 



mistaken for 4, for the anthers have along slender connectivum (like branches 

 of the filament), with a perfect ceU at the upper end, and at the lower end a 

 smaE empty cell, usually much deformed or quite rudimentary. 



A very large genus, widely spread over the temperate and warmer regions of the globe, 

 although within the tropics the majority of speeies are mountain plants, 

 leaves mostly with 3 ovate petiolulate segments. Corolla i in. long . . I. S. lortunei. 

 Leaves undivided. Flowers minute 2. <S. ' ' ' 



1. S. Fortunei, Benth. in DO. Prod. xii. 354. An erect rather slender 

 and neaily glabrous herb, IJ to 2 ft. high. Leaves stalked, divided into 3 

 ovate petiolulate segments, the terminal one 1 to If in. long, the lateral ones 

 smaller, and the uppermost pair of leaves often undivided, Plowers about 

 ■§• in. long, in false-whorls of about 6, forming a long loose terminal raceme. 

 Upper lip of the calyx entire. Lower end of the connectivum of the anther 

 dilated or with a smaJl empty cell. 



In ravines, Champion, Hance ; also Fortune. Not known out of S. China. 



2. S. plebeia, Br. ; Benth. in BO. Prod. xii. 355. An erect branching 

 pubescent or hairy coarse annual, 1 to 2 or even 3 ft. high. Leaves stalked, 

 oblong, obtuse or acute, 1|- to 8 in. long, wiinkled. Flowers very small, in 

 false-whorls of 6, forming branching paniculate racemes. Calyx pubescent, 

 ovoid and 1 line long when in flower, campanulate and 2 lines long when in 

 fruit ; the upper lip entire and obtuse. CoroUa scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. 



Hongkong, Wright. Common in India, from Ceylon and Afghanistan to the Archipelago, 

 extending into tropical Australia and northward as far as Pekin. 



7. NEPETA, Linn. 



Calyx tubular, 16-ribbed,its mouth oblique and 5-toothed, the upper teeth 

 usually the longest. Corolla with a rather long tube ; the throat enlarged ; the 

 upper lip erect, slightly concave, notched or 2-lobed ; the lower Up spreading 

 and B-lobed. Stamens 4, in pairs under the upper lip, the upper or inner 

 pair the longest. Anthers 2-ceUed. — ^Herbs. Elowers usually blue, in axil- 

 lary false-whorls or terminal spikes. 



An extensive European and Asiatic genus, the great centre of which is western Asia. 



1. W. glechoma, Benth. in BO. Prod. xii. 391. A more or less haiiy 

 perennial, creeping and rooting at the base, often to a great extent ; the 

 flowering stem shortly ascending. Leaves orbicular, crenate, deeply cordate 

 at the base ; the lower ones on I'ather long stalks. Mowers blue, from f to 

 near 1 in. long, in axillary false-whorls of about 6 ; the tube of the corolla at 

 least twice as long as the calyx. 



At Sheako, but rare in Hongkong, Hance. Common in Europe and temperate Asia, 

 extending eastward to Japan. 



8. SCUTELLABIA, Linn. 



Calyx divided into 2 entire lips ; the upper one bearing on its back a hollow 

 scale-fike protuberance. Corolla with a rather long tube and small nearly 

 closed lips, the upper one concave, the lower one 3-lobed. Stamens 4, in 

 pairs ; the anthers of the lower pair 1 -celled. Nuts raised on a short, oblique. 



