344 THE LABIATE FAMILY. [Salvia 
Low, procumbent plant, with small leaves. Calyx distinctly 2-lipped. 
15 : 4, THYMUS. 
Erect plant. Flowers in heads, intermixed with bracts in a terminal panicle. 7 
Calyx nearly equally 5- toothed . : , . 5. ORIGANUM. 
16 { Calyx with 10 recurved teeth. Stamens all perfect «me 11. MARRUBIUM. 
(Calyx with 5 teeth. Stamens mostly barren : 14 
Short upper lip of the corolla deeply cleft into 2 teeth, between which ‘the sta- 
ur! mens protrude. .. 17, THUCREM. 3 
Short tooth-like upper lip entire or notched, behind the stamens . 18 AJUGA. 
The genera of Labiates have been distributed into eight Tribes, of 
which the five following are represented in Britain. 
1. MONARDEX. Two ascending stamens, in which one cell of each anther is either ~ 
wanting or separated from the other. Genus—l. SALVIA. 
2. SATUREINEX. Two or four spreading or ascending stamens. Upper lip of the 
corolla with the lobes usually flat. Genera :—2. LYCOPUS; 3. MENTHA; 4. THYMUS; 
5. ORIGANUM; and 6. CALAMINTHA. 
3. NEPETEH. Four ascending stamens, of which the upper or middle pair are the 
longest (project above the others), while in the preceding and two following tribes 
the lower or outer pair are the longest. Genws—7. NEPETA. 
4. STACHYDE®. Four ascending stamens. Upper lip of the corolla usually con- 
cave or arched. Genera :—8. PRUNELLA : 9, SCUTELLARIA; 10. MELITTIS; 11. MAR- 
RUBIUM ; 12. STACHUS; 18. GALEOPSIS ; 14. BALLOTA ; 15. LEONURUS; and 16. LAMIUM. 
5. AJUGOIDEH. Stamens ascending (4 in the British genera). Corolla apparently 
1-lipped. Genera :—17. TEUCRIUM; and 18. AJUGA. 
Among Labiate genera entirely exotic, the sweet Basil (Ocymum), 
Lavender (Lavandula), Rosemary (Rosmarinus), Balm (Melissa), Savory 
(Satureia), and Hyssop (Hyssopus), are cultivated among our culinary 
potherbs; several species of Coleus, including the Patchouly, in our hot- 
houses ; the shrubby Phlomis and Leonotis, and the herbaceous Perillas, 
Monardas, and Dracocephalums, and others, in our flower-gardens, 
J. SALVIA. SAGE. 
Herbs, or, in some exotic species, shrubs, with the flowers (usually 
in whorls of 6 or more, forming terminal racemes or spikes, the floral 
leaves all or most of them reduced to mere bracts. Calyx 2-lipped, 
the upper lip entire or with 8 small teeth, the lower one 2-cleft. 
Corolla with the upper lip erect, concave, or arched; the lower 
spreading, 3-lobed; the middle lobe often notched or divided. 
Stamens really 2, although easily mistaken for 4, for the anthers 
have a long slender connective, having the appearance of a fila- 
ment, fastened by the centre to the very short real filament, and 
bearing at one end a perfect anther-cell under the upper lip of the ~ 
corolla, and at the other end a small cell, almost always empty, and 
usually much deformed, 
A very large genus, widely spread over the temperate and warmer 
regions of the globe, although within the tropics the majority of 
species are mountain plants.. The structure of the stamens readily, 
distinguishes them from all other Labiate. 
Leaves Jnontly radical. Corolla large, near thrice as long as the 
‘calyx! . . LL. S. pratensis. 
Stem | leafy. Corolla small, not twice the length of the calyx. . 2. S. Verbenaca. 
Many ae species are cultivated in our gardens, the Common or 
garden Sage (S. oficinalis) from southern Europe, as a potherb, and — 
several American ones for the beauty a their flowers. | 
