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often fonning 2 cymes so placed as to resemble a whorl, aiid 
tixerefore said to be whorled. — Figures of all tlie genera will be 
found in G. F. G. Gam. ii. 
Tribe I. MENTHOIDEjE. Cor. bellsliaped, nearhj 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 regidar 5- 
toothed calyx. Sttmi. 2 ; anth. -Cells parallel or ultimately 
diverging ; 2 upper stam. imperfect. 
Tr. n. MONARDEJE. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. 2, perfect, par- 
allel under the upper lip of the corolla. 
3. Sax VIA. Filaments with 2 diverging branches ; only one 
bearing a perfect anth. -cell. Cor. ringent. Cal. tubular, 
2-lipped. 
Tr. m. SA TUREIINEJE. Cor. 2-lipped. Stam. 4, distant ; 
cells of anth. sepai-ate, diverging ; connective dilated. 
4. Origanitm. Stam. diverging ; connective subtriangidar. 
Upper lip of cor. straight, nearly flat ; lower patent, 3-fid. 
Cut. with 5 equal teeth and 10—1.3 veins ; throat hairy. 
Spikes A-sidedf resembling catkins with imbricate bracts. 
5. Thymus. Tips of stam. patent. Anth.-cells at first nearly 
parallel, aftei-wards diverging; connective subtriangular. 
Upper lip of cor. straight, nearly flat ; lower patent, 3.-fid. 
Cal. ^-lipped and 10 — 13-veined ; throat hairy. Fl. whorled, 
axUlary or spiked. 
6. Caxajitntha. Tips of stam. converging imder the upper 
lip of the corolla. Anth.-cells at length diverging ; con- 
nective sub triangular. Upper lip of cor. straight, nearlyflat; 
lower patent, 3-fid. Cal. 2-lipped. 
IMELISSINEJS. 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. con- 
cave ; lower patent, 3-fid. Cal. 2-lipped ; upper lip flat, 
with 3 teeth, the lateral teeth folded at their midrib.] 
Tr. IV. SCUTELLAJRIE^. Stam. approaching, parallel 
under the upper lip of the cor. Cal. 2-lipped, closed in 
fruit. 
7. Scutellabia. Tips of stam. incurved. Filaments simple. 
