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1. Fraxinus Tourn. ASH. 
Flowers diclinous. Calyx 2-4 parted or 0. 
Corolla 2-4 parted; divisions 2-4 or 0. Ovary 
2-celled; cells 2-ovulate. Stigma sessile, 
2-cleft. Fruit a samara.— b. 
J. F. pretata Hook. & Arn. Petals 2. 
®,—Livermore. Niles. Spring. 
2. F. Orzcana Nutt. Dicecious, apetalous. 
b.—Near creeks. Marin County. Menlo 
Park. San Mateo. Niles. Spring. 
Infusion of leaves has formerly been used 
at the Russian settlements against rheumatism. 
OrpEr 8—LAMIALES. Corolla 2-labiate. 
Number of stamens less than lobes of the co- 
rolla. Ovaries 2-4 or ovary 2-4 celled. 
Cells 1-2 or 4-ovulate. Fruit an akene, drupe 
or capsule. Leaves opposite, Stipules 0. 
Family 1. LDABIATA, 
Ovary 4-cleft, 4-ovulate, inserted on a 
hypogynous disc. Style 1. Fruit 4 akenes. 
1, Trichostema Gronov. Buve Curis. 
Tube of the corolla slender, limb 5-cleft. 
Lobes oblong, declined. Stamens didyna- 
mous, long-exserted. Filaments spiral in the 
bud. 
1. T. tancrotatum Benth. Flowers blue. 
©.—Niles Station. Livermore. Dry river 
beds. Summer. 
