266 58. LABIATE. 



IMELIS8INE/E. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. distant ; anth.-cells 

 connected above,] 



[Melissa. Tips of stam. converging under the upper lip 

 of the cor. Anth.-cells diverging. Upper Up of cor. con- 

 cave ; lower patent, 3-fid. Cal. 2-lipped ; upper lip fiat, 

 with 3 teeth, the lateral teeth folded at their midrib.] 



Tr. IV. SCUTELLARIEjE. Stam. approaching, parallel 

 under the upper lip of the cor. Oal. 2-lipped, closed in 

 fruit. 



7. 'ScuTBLLAEiA. Tips of stam. incurved. Filaments simple. 

 Anth. of the 2 longer and inferior stam. 1-celled, of the 

 shorter and superior 2-celled. Cor. 2-lipped, upper lip con- 

 cave. Cal. ultimately closed and compressed ; lips entire, 

 upper one with a concave scale on its back. 



8. Prtinblla. Two inferior stam. longest. Filaments bifid, 

 one branch barren. AntJt. all 2-celled. Cor. ringent ; upper 

 lip concave, entire. Cal. ultimately closed and compressed ; 

 upper lip flat, truncate, 3-toothed ; lower bifid. 



Tr. V. NEPETEM. Stam. approaching, parallel under the 

 upper lip of the cor., 2 inferior shortest. Cal. tubular. 



9. Nbpeta. Anth.-cells diverging. Cor. ringent ; upper lip 

 flat, straight, emarginate or bifid. Cal. 5-toothed. 



Tr. VI. 8TACRYDEM. Stam. approaching, parallel under 

 the upper lip of the cor., 2 inferior longest. Cal. tubular 

 or beUshaped, spreading in fruit. 



* Stamens exceeding the tube of the corolla. 



10. Mblittis. Anth. approaching in pairs and forming a 

 cross, bursting longitudinally. Upper lipi of the cor. flat, 

 entire, straight ; lower lip with 3 rounded nearly equal lobes. 

 Cal. membranous, beUshaped, ample, variously lobed. 



11. LAintTM. Anth. approaching in pairs ; cells diverging, 

 bursting longitudinally. Upper lip of the cor. arched; late- 

 ral lobes of the lower lip minute toothlike or rarely long. 

 Cal. beUshaped, 5-toothed ; teeth nearly equal. — Galeobdo- 

 lon (Huds.) has the lobes of the lower lip of the cor. nearly 

 equal and acute. 



12. Lbonurus. Anth. approaching ; cells nearly parallel, 

 bursting longitudinally. Ujtpei- lip of cor. iiearlyflat ; loioer 

 with 3 blunt lobes. Cal. tubular, 5-toothed, 2 lower teeth 

 rather the longest. Nuts flatly truncate. 



