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THE UMBELLATE FAMILY. 



XVII. GERMANDER. TEUCEIUM. 



Herbs or underslirubs, varying much in habit ; the flowers few in each 

 whorl, usually turned to one side. Calyx of 5 teeth, often arranged in 

 two lips. Corolla apparently without an upper lip ; the 2 upper lobes 

 forming 2 small teeth, one on each side of the base of the lower lip, 

 which has thus 5 lobes, the middle one large and concave. Stamens 4, 

 protruding between the two upper teeth of the corolla. 



A numerous genus, spread over all parts of the world, and always 

 known by the shape of the corolla. 



Mowers all axillary. Calyx-teeth nearly equal 2. Water G-. 



Flowers in terminal one-sided spikes or racemes. 



Flowers pale-yellow, 2 to each whorl. Calyx with 1 broad 



and 4 small teeth 1. Wood G. 



Flowers purple-red, 4 to 6 in each whorl. Calyx-teeth nearly 



equal 3. Wall G. 



1. Wood Germander. Teucrium Scorodonia, Linn. 

 (Fig. 808.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 1543. Wood Sage.) 



Rootstock creeping, the stems as- 

 cending or erect, hairy, about a foot 

 high, slightly branched, hard and al- 

 most woody at the base. Leaves stalked, 

 ovate or lanceolate, coarsely toothed, 

 much wrinkled, downy, and green on 

 both sides. Flowers of a pale yellow, 

 in pairs, with a small bract under each 

 pedicel, forming terminal and axillary 

 one-sided-racemes. Upper tooth of the 

 calyx very broad and turned back, the 

 4 lower teeth small. Tube of the corolla 

 slender, twice as long as the calyx ; the 

 lip almost as long, with a terminal con- 

 cave lobe and two small lateral teeth on 

 each side. 



In woods and hedges, throughout Eu- 

 rope and Russian Asia, except the ex- 

 treme north. Abundant in England, 

 Ireland, and the greater part of Scot- 

 land. Fl. summer and autumn. 



Fig. 808. 



