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LAEIATiE. 
Tr. II. MONARDEjE. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. 2, fertile, par- 
allel under the upper lip of the corolla. 
3. Salvia. Two upper stam. wanting or rudimentary ; con- 
nective filiform, elongate, with 2 diverging branches, one 
bearing a perfect cell the other barren. Cor. ringent. Cal. 
tubular, 2-lipped. 
Tr. III. SATUREINE^. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. 4, distant; 
cells of anth. separate, divergent ; connective dilated. 
4. Origanum. Stam. divergent, connective subtriangular. 
Upper lip of cor. straight, nearly flat ; lower patent, 3-fid. 
Cal. with 5 equal teeth and 10 — 13 nerves ; throat hairy. 
Spikes 4-sided, resembling catkins, imbricated with bracts. 
5. Thymus. Apices of stam. patent. Anth. -cells at first 
nearly parallel, afterwards divergent ; connective subtri- 
angular. Upper lip of cor. straight, nearly flat; lower 
patent, 3-fid. Cal. 2-lipped and 10 — 13-nerved; throat 
hairy. Fl. whorled, axillary or spiked. 
6. Calamintha. Apices of stam. connivent under the upper 
lip of the corolla. Anth. -cells at length divergent; con- 
nective subtriangular. Upper lip of cor. straight, nearly 
flat; lower patent, 3-fid. Cal. 2-lipped. 
Tr. IV. MELISSINEAL. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. distant; anth.- 
cells connected above. 
7. Melissa. Apices of stam. connivent under the upper lip 
of the cor. Anth. -cells divergent. Upper lip of cor. con- 
cave ; lower patent, 3-fid. Cal. 2-lipped ; upper lip flat, 
with 3 teeth, the lateral teeth folded at their midrib. 
Tr. V. SCUTELLARIEjE. Stam. approximating, parallel 
under the upper lip of the cor. Cal. 2-lipped, closed in fruit. 
8. Scutellaria. Apices of the stam. incurved. Filaments 
simple. Anth. of the 2 longer and inferior stam. 1-celled, 
of the shorter and superior 2-celled. Cor. 2-lipped, upper 
lip concave. Cal. ultimately closed and compressed; lips 
entire, upper one with a concave scale on its back. 
9. Prunella. Two inferior stam. longest. Filaments bifid, 
one branch barren. Anth. all 2-celled. Cor. ringent; upper 
lip concave, entire. Cal. ultimately closed and compressed ; 
upper lip flat, truncate, 3-toothed ; lower bifid. 
Tr. VI. NEPETEJS. Stam. approximating, parallel under the 
upper lip of the cor., 2 inferior shortest. Cal. tubular. 
10. Nepeta. Anth. -cells diverging. Cor. ringent; upper lip 
flat, straight emarginate or bifid. Cal. 5-toothed. 
