DICOTYLEDONES— COBOLLIFLOE^ 399 



2-celle(i. Ovary 2 — 4-oelled; style 1, terminal; stigma undi- 

 vided or bifid. Fruit dry or drupaceous, composed of from 2 to 4 

 carpels, which when ripe usually separate into as many 1-seeded 

 achsenia. Seed erect or ascending, with little or no albumen, 

 and an inferior radicle. 



Diagnosis. — Known at once from the Labiatse by their more 

 united carpels and terminal style. 



Distribution and Nvmibers. — They are found both in tempe- 

 rate and tropical regions. lUustraiive Genera : — Verbena, iimn. ; 

 Clerodendron, Linn. There are more than 660 species. 



Properties amd Uses. — Many of the plants are slightly 

 aromatic and bitter, but there are no important medicinal plants 

 included in this order. Some are valuable timber trees ; other 

 species have fleshy fruits, which are edible ; and the leaves of a 

 few are used as substitutes for China Tea. Many are cultivated 

 in our gardens for the beauty of their flowers or 

 Fig. 1171. f<"^ their fragrance, as the different species and 

 varieties of Verbena, the Aloysia citriodora, the 

 Lemon-plant, &c. 



Order 210. Myopoeacb^, the Myopora order. 

 Diagnosis. — This order is sometimes regarded 

 as a sub-order of the Verbenacese, from which 

 it only differs essentially in having two seeds in 

 each cell of the fruit, and by the embryo having 



Pig. 1171. Pistil ■ j- i 



oi the veryain "■ superior radicle. 



(Verbena). Distribution and Numbers. — Chiefly natives 



of the southern hemisphere. Illustrative 

 Genera : — Myoporum, Banhs et Sol. ; Avicennia, Linn. There 

 are about 40 species. 



Properties and Uses. — Unimportant. The bark of Avicennia 

 tomentosa, "White Mangrove, and other species, is much used in 

 Brazil for tanning. 



Order 211. Labiate, the Labiate Order. — Character. — 

 Herbs or shrubby plants, with usually square stems. Leaves 

 opposite or whorled, commonly strong-scented, entire or divided, 

 exstipulate. Flowers generally in axillary cymes, which are 

 arranged in a somewhat whorled manner so as to form what 

 are called verticillasters. Calyx inferior, persistent, either 

 tubular, 5- or 10-toothed, and regular or nearly so, or irregular 

 and somewhat bilabiate ; with 3 — 10 divisions ; the odd tooth 

 or division always posterior. Corolla usually more or less 

 bilabiate, with the upper lip undivided or bifid, and commonly 

 more or less arched over.< the lower lip, or sometimes nearly 



