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CLINOPO'DIUM* * 
Linnean Class and Order. Didyna'mia f, Gymvospe'rmia 
Natural Order. Labia'TjE §, Juss. Geu. PI. p. 1 10. — Sm. Gram, 
of Bot. p. 99. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 63. — Bentham, in Bot. Regist. 
(1829). — Lindl. Syn. p. 1 96. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 239. — 
Rich, by Macgilliv. p.439. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 528. — Don’s Gen. 
Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iv. p. 665. — Mack FI. Hibern. p 209. — 
Verticillat.e of Linnaus. — Syringales ; subord. Primulos.e ; 
sect. Menthin.e ; type, Mf.nthace.e or Lariats; subtype, 
Nepetid.e; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, 968 & 973. 
Gen. Char. Whorls many-flowered, with numerous strap- 
shaped bracteas (see fig. 1.), forming a sort of involucrum. Calyx 
(see fig. 1.) of 1 sepal, inferior, tubular, 13-nerved, nearly equal at 
the base, often curved, 2-lipped ; upper lip broadest, ascending, in 
3 deep, pointed, equal segments; lower lip incurved, in 2 deep, 
slender segments ; throat closed with converging hairs. Corolla 
(fig. 2.) ringent ; tube cylindrical, rather short, throat longer and 
wider ; upper lip nearly flat, blunt, slightly notched ; lower lip in 
3 deep lobes, the middle one very broad, notched. Filaments (see 
fig. 3.) 4, didynamous, all directed to the upper lip, cylindrical, 
converging, shorter than the corolla. Anthers (see figs. 2 & 3.) 
2-lobed, each pair meeting so as to form a cross. Gcrmen (see 
fig. 4.) 4-lobed, small. Style (fig. 4.) thread-shaped, equal to the 
stamens. Stigma in 2 pointed lobes. Seeds 4, egg-shaped, in the 
bottom of the closed tumid calyx. 
The 2-lipped, many-ribbed calyx ; and the flowers with numer- 
ous strap-shaped bracteas ; will distinguish this from other genera 
in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
CLINOPO'DIUM VULGARE. Common Wild Basil. Stone 
Basil. Basil- Weed. 
Spec. Char. Leaves egg-shaped, obscurely serrated. Whorls 
hairy. Bracteas bristle-shaped. Pedicels branched. 
Engl. Bot. 1. 1401. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 821.— Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p.261. — 
W il let. Sp. PI. v. iii. pt i. p. 131. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 638. ; Engl. FI. v. iii. 
p. 105. — With. (7th edit.) v. iii. p. 718. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 385. —Lindl. 
Syn. p. 206. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 280. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. ii. p. 316. — Sibth. FI. 
Oxon. p. 188. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 132. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 58. — Purl. 
Midi. FI. v. i. p. 282. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rded.) p.245. — Hook. FI. Scot p. 184. 
— Grev. FI. Edin. p. 133. — FI. Devon, pp. 100 & 146. — Johnst. FI. Benv. v. i. 
p. 134. — Winch’s FI. of Northumbl. and Duth. p.40. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 
170. — Jacob’s West Devon, and Cornwall Flora. — Bab. FI. Bath. p.40. — Dick. 
FI. Abred. p. 44.— Irv. Lond. FI. p. 134. — Luxf. Iteig. FI. p. 53. — Cow. FI. 
Guide, p. 27. — Mack. Catal PI. Irel. p. 56. ; FI. Hibern. p. 220. — Clinopodium 
oriyano simile, Ray’s Syn. p.239. — Melissa clinopodium, Benth. Lab. p. 392. 
fide Don. — Lindl. Syn. (2nd edit.) p.202. — Don’s Gen Syst. of Gard. and Bot. 
v. iv. p. 783. — Mac. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 182. — Acynos, Johns. Gerarde, p. 675. 
Fig. 1. Calyx, subtended by 3 bracteas. — Fig. 2. Corolla. — Fig. 3 Stamens and 
Pistil, with the upper lip of the corolla. — Fig. 4. Germeu, Style, and 2-lobed Stigma. 
* From kline, Gr. a couch ; and podeon, Gr. a little foot ; the flowers growing 
in whorls, one above another, like the old-fashioned turned feet of bedsteads. 
Withering. 
t See folio 31, note t. 
f Ibid, note t. 
i See folio 94, a 
