412 FLORA OF TEXAS. 



HEDEOMA, Pers. 



Herts, with small leaves, and axillary few-flowered cymes; 

 calyx tubular, somewhat gibbous under the base, equally 

 6-toothed or bilabiate, with the upj^er lip 3-toothed, the 

 loiuer 2-cleft, hairy in the throat; corolla 2-lipped, the U})- 

 per Up notched or entire, the lower 3-cleft; stamens 2, 

 ascending; anther-cells (\.\yQvgmg', nutlets smooth. 



H. PULEGioiDES, Pers. Stejn 1° high, much -branched; 

 leaves 1' long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, sparingly serrate, pale 

 beneath, contracted into a slender petiole; whorls 6-flow- 

 ered, shorter than the leaves ; lower lip of the calyx hispid; 

 corolla small, pale blue. — Annual, "puhescent pla7its. 



CALAMINTHA, Beuth. 



Herbs or shrubhj plants, with white, scarlet, or purple 

 jloivers ; calyx tubular, 13-nerved, 2-lipped, tlie upper lip 

 spreading, 3-toothed, the loiuer 2-cleft, bearded or naked in 

 the throat; corolla 2-lipped, open at the throat, the upper 

 lip notched or entire, the lower 3-lobed, the tube com- 

 monly exserted ; stamens 4, didynamous, arching inward ; 

 anther-cells at length diverging ; nutlets smooth. 



Slirubs; cymes nearhj sessile, axillary, few-flowered, often leafy -br acted ; pedicels 

 elongated; throat of the calyx bearded ; flowers showy. 



C. cocciis-EA, Benth. Stem 2° high, the outer harh loose 

 and shreddy ; leaves |-' long, obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire 

 or obscurely crenate, tapei'ing into a short petiole ; smooth 

 or minutely pubescent ; Jloivers solitary, or in 3-flowered 

 bracted cymes ; corolla large, scarlet. 



DICERANDRA, Benth. 



Calyx tubular, 13-nerved, 2-lipped, the upper lip entire 

 or minutely 3-toothed, the lower scarcely longer, 2-cleft, the 



