58. LABIATE. 
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glabrous. L. usually falling short of the peduncles. Fl. wholly 
blue. — Cor. sometimes as large as that of V. Bxuchaumii. — 
Fields and waste places. A. IV. — IX. Gray Field Speedwell. 
■ E. S. I. 
*16. V. Buxhaum'ii (Ten.) ; 1. all stalked cordate-ovate 
— incise-serrate, sep. lanceolate-acute, stam. from the bottom of 
the cor., caps, of 2 divaricate lobes coinjjressed upwards and 
sharply keeled, seeds about 8 in a cell. — ^. />'. S. 2769. V. 
Tournefortii (Gmel. not Schmidt). — St. long, hairy. L. falling 
short of the peduncles. Fl. twice the size of those of the 
preceding, as large as those of V. Chania;dri/s, blue. — Fields. 
A. IV.— IX. ■ E. S. I. 
17. V. hedercefdlia (L.) ; I. cordate zoith 5 — 7 large toothlike 
lobes all stalked, sep. cordate-attenuate ciliate, caps, of 2 turgid 
lobes, seeds 2 in each cell. — E. B. 784.— Fl. pale blue. — Fields 
and banks. A. IV. — VI. Ivy-leaved Speedwell. E. S. I. 
\_Acan't]Lns mollis (L.), belonging to the Order Acanthacece, 
has been introduced by unknown agency to St. Agnes Isle, Scilly, 
and Traeth Manaccan, Cornw.] 
Order LVIII. LABIATiE. 
Cal. tubular, regular or 2-lipped, persistent. Cor. 2-lipped, 
upper lip entire or bifid, lower 3-fid, or nearly regular. Stam. 
4, didynamous, rarely 2. Ovary free, 4-lobed. Style 1, from 
the base of and between the lobes ; stigma bifid. Fr. in 1 — 4 
small nutlets (not true nuts although so called). — Fl. unsym- 
metrical, often forming 2 cymes so placed as to resemble a 
whorl (a verticillaster). L. opposite. — No stipules. 
Tribe I. MENTHOIDE.E. Cor. bellshaped, nearly regular. 
Stam. distant, straight, diverging upwards. 
1. Mentha. Cor. 4-fid, tube very short. Cal. regular, 5- 
toothed. Stam. 4 ; anth. -cells parallel. 
2. Lycopus. Cor. 4-fid, scarcely longer than the regular 
5-toothed calyx. Stam. 2 ; anth. -cells parallel or ulti- 
mately diverging ; 2 upper stam. imperfect. 
Tr. II. MONARDEuE. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. 2, perfect, par- 
allel under the upper lip of the corolla. 
3. Salvia. Filaments with 2 diverging hranch'^s ; only one 
bearing a perfect anth.-cell. Cor. ringent. Cal. tubular, 
2-lipped. 
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