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Tr. III. SATUREINEjE. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. 4, distant; 
cells of anth. separate, diverging ; connective dilated. 
4. Origanum. Stam. diverging ; connective subtriangular. 
Upper lip of cor. straight, nearly flat ; lower patent, 3-fid. 
Cal. with 5 equal teeth and 10 — 13 veins ; throat hairy. 
Spikes i-sided, resembling catkins ^vith imbricate bracts. 
5. Thymus. Tijis of &tam. patent. An th.-cells at first nearly 
parallel, afterwards diverging ; connective subtriangular. 
Upper lip of cor. straight, nearly flat ; lower patent, 3-fid. 
Cal. 2-lippeda.nd 10 — 13-veined ; throat hairy. Fl. whorled, 
axillary or spiked. 
6. Calamintha. Tips of stam. converging under the upper 
lip of the corolla. Anth. -cells at length diverging ; con- 
nective subtriangular. Upper lip of cor. straight, nearly 
flat ; lower patent, 3-fid. Cal. 2-lipped. 
[MELISSINE.E. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. distant ; anth.-cells 
connected above.] 
[Melissa. Tips of stam. converging under the upper lip 
of the cor. Anth.-cells diverging. Upper lip of cor. cmi- 
cave ; lower patent, 3-fid. Cal. 2-lipped ; upper lip flat, 
with 3 teeth, the lateral teeth folded at their midrib. 
Tr. IV. SCUTELLARIEjE. Stam. approaching, parallel 
under the upper lip of the cor. Cal. 2-lipped, closed in 
fruit. 
7. ScuTELLAHlA. Tips of stam. incurved. Filaments simple. 
Anth. of the two longer and inferior stam. 1-celled, of the 
shorter and superior 2-ceUed. Cor. 2-lipped, upper lip 
concave. Cal. ultimately closed and compressed ; lips 
entire, upper one with a concave scale on its back. 
Nutlets with a long carpophore. 
8. Brunella. Two inferior stam. longest. Filaments bifid, 
one hraiu-h 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. V. NEPETE^E. Stam. approaching, parallel under the 
upper lip of the cor., 2 inferior shortest. Cal. tubular. 
9. Nepeta. Anth.-cells diverging. Cor. ringent ; upper lip 
flat, straight, emarginate or bifid. Cal. 5-toothed. 
