124 FAM. 157. 



lowish white; more conspicuous is the fruit, consisting of purple drupes; 

 leaves in whorls of 3's or 4's, long lanceolate. 



C. Balfouri. A climber, with bright scarlet flowers enclosed in a bag-like calyx 



of pure white, in panicles. 

 C. falax. Leaves broad, evergreen, on long petioles; flowers scarlet. 



4. Flowers in axillary cymes, sessile or peduncled, ------ 5 



5. Landplant; fruit a 4-seeded drupe; — leaves opposite, entire or toothed; 



corolla with 4 equal lobes; stamens 4, often exserted; ovary 



imperfectly 2-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, 



Callicarpa, French Mulberry 

 C Americana. Bushy, scurfy-pubescent; leaves serrate; corolla bluish or pink; 



fruit violet or purple. Sandy soil and cult. Summer. 

 5. Evergreen maritime shrub; fruit a compressed oblique capsule; — 



leaves opposite; calyx 5-lobed, bracted; corolla 4-lobed; stamens 4, 



adnate to the corolla-tube; ovary 1-celled, with a free central 



placenta, and 4 ovules; style 1 with 2-cleft stigma, - - Avicenaia 

 A. nitida, Black Mangrove. Leaves dark-green above, paler beneath, short- 



petioled; calyx and corolla pubescent; corolla white; fruit oblong or elliptic. 



Along the coast. 



157. Lamiaceae (Labiatae), Mint Family. 



Herbs and shrubs with 4-angled stems and opposite or 

 whorled, exstipulate, simple leaves; flowers in axillary 

 cymes; calyx regular or irregular, gamosepalous ; cor- 

 olla bilabiate or nearly regular, gamopetalous ; stamens 

 4 and didynamous, or one pair abortive, adnate to the 

 corolla-tube; ovary superior, deeply 4-lobed; style single, 

 arising from between the lobes of the ovary; ovules soli- 

 tary in each cell; fruit usually consisting of 4 nutlets in- 

 cluded in the calyx. 



1. Calyx 5- or 10-lobed, not 2-lipped, --------2 



1. Calyx 2-lipped, 11 



2. Corolla 2-lipped or very irregular, _____---3 



2. Corolla nearly regular, ---------- 10 



3. Corolla 2-lipped, lower lip 3-lobed, --------4 



3. Corolla irregular, lowest lobe saccate or boat-shaped, 9 



4. Middle lobe much longer than the two lateral lobes, ----- 5 

 4. Middle lobe much broader than the lateral lobes, and often notched, - 6 



4. Middle lobe nearly equal to the two lateral lobes, ----- 8 



5. Stamens didynamous, exserted between the lobes of the upper lip of 



the corolla: — flowers in raceme-like panicles; calyx-tube 10- 



ribbed, 5-lobed; upper lip of corolla short. - Teucrium, Germander 



T. Nashii. Stem downy, grayish- white; leaves narrow-oblong to lanceolate; 



calyx prominently ribbed when mature; corolla pink. Near the coast. 



Spring and summer 

 T. littorale. Stem downy, grayish- white; leaves narrow-oblong to lanceolate; 



calyx scarcely ribbed; corolla pale pink. Near the coast. Summer. 

 5. Stamens with anthers 2, the other 2 rudimentary or wanting; — flow- 



