642 THE LABIATE FAMILY. 



1. Monaede^:. Two ascending stamens, in which one cell of each anther 

 is either wanting or separated from the other. Genus, — 1. Sage. 



2. Satueeine^:. Two or four spreading or ascending stamens. Upper lip 

 of the corolla with the lobes usually flat. Genera-.— -2. Ltcopus : 3. Mint; 

 4. Thyme ; 5. Mae joe am ; and 6. Calamint. 



3. Nepete^:. Four ascending stamens, of which the upper or middle pair 

 are the longest (project above the others), whilst in the preceding and two 

 following tribes the lower or outer pair are the longest. Genus, — 7. Nepeta. 



4. Stachyde^:. Four ascending stamens. Upper lip of the corolla usually 

 concave or arched. Genera : — 8. Peunella ; 9. Skullcap ; 10. Melittis ; 



11. HOEEHOUKD ; 12. STACHYS ; 13. GrALEOPSIS ; 14. BALLOTA ; 15. LEONU- 



etts, and 16. Lamium. 



5. Ajugolde^;. Stamens ascending (4 in the British genera). Corolla 

 apparently 1-lipped. Genera : — 17. Geemandee, and 18. Bugle. 



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 Ratcliouly, 

 in our hothouses ; the shrubby JPhlomis and Leonotis, and the herba- 

 ceous Rerilla, Monardas and Dracocephalums, and occasionally a few 

 others, in our flower-gardens. 



I. SAGS. SALVIA. 



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 3 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 

 connectivum, having the appearance of a filament, fastened by the 

 centre to the very short real filaments, 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 distin- 

 guishes them from all other Labiates. 



Leaves mostly radical. Corolla large, near thrice as long as the 



calyx 1. Meadow S. 



Stem leafy. Corolla small, not twice the length of the calyx . 2. Wild S. 



Many exotic species are cultivated in our gardens, the common or 



