Oedeb 89.— labiate. 639 



funtiel-forra, the tube long-exserted ; limb obliqiio, sublabiate, upper lip 

 bifid or entire, lower trifid ; stam. didynamous, included, inserted in the 

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

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

 flowers. 



1 L. Camara L. Branches and pad. scabrous-puiesceni, often aculeate; Iva. 

 ovate and ovate-oblong, or suboordate, short-petiolate, serrate ; reticulate-rugous, 

 scabrous; ped. many, denae-flowered, subumbellate, as long as the leaves; bracts 

 lance-linear, half as long as the corolla. — S. G-a., Fla. to La., and S. to Brazil. 

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

 red. Drupes small, blue. Jn. — Aug. (L. Barlramii Baldw.) f 



2 Ii. mixta L. Plant jjs'tous-Ziirsute, with wide-spread branches, mostly armed 

 with reversed prickles ; Ivs. shaped as in IsTo. ] ; ped. longer than the leaves; bracts 

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

 3 to 4f high. Fls. at first whitish, then yellow, next orange, lastly red. f 



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

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

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

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

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



A. citriodora Kunth. Lemon-soeuted Aloysia. Smooth or the branches 

 roughish ; Ivs. verticil, in Ss and 4s, linear-lanceolate, 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 

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

 bruised leaves, f Paraguay. 



7. CLERODEN'DRUM, L. (Gr. lc^pog, chance, 66v6pov, a tree ; re- 

 ferring to its doubtful medicinal eff'ects.) Cal. bell-shapod, 5-toothed ; 

 cor. salver-form, tube often elongated, limb subequally 5-cleft ; drupe 

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

 opposite leaves and fls. in cymes. 



1 C. panioul^tum L. Lvs. long-petioled, 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) corollas. 

 f Asia. 



2 C. squamatum Tahl. 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 revolute. •)• Japan. 

 — Other species are rarely cult. 



8. VITEX, L. CiiASTE-TKEE. Calyx 5-toothed ; cor. cup-shaped, 

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

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

 and paniculate cymes. 



1 V. Negdndo. Leaves long-petiolate, digitately ternate or quinate, Ifts. ob- 

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

 ulent. Stam. little exserted. f Mauritius. 



2 V Agnes-cdstus L. Lvs. long-petioled, 5 — '7 -foliate; Ifts. lanceolate, 

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

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



Order LXXXIX. LABIATjG. Labiate Plants. 



■. Herbs with square stems and opposite, aromatic, exstipulato leaves. Fhwers 

 axillary, in vertioiUasters, sometimes as if spiked or in heads. Corolla labiate 



