Family 83. VERBENACE^. Herbs or shrubs 
(rarely trees). Lea. mostly opposite, exstipulate. 
Flow, usually zygomorphic, generally 5-merous. 
Cal. tubular. Cor. + 2-lipped. vSta. usually 4, 
didynamous. Carp, mostly (2), each with 2 ovules; 
ovary usually 4-celled by false partitions, but 
scarcely 4-lobed, each cell with i ovule ; style simple, 
terminal. Fr. of 4 nutlets (in the Brit, sp.) or 
drupaceous. Seeds exendospermous. 
Verbena, [Lantana, Tectona, Clerodendron.'] 
Family 84. LABIATE. Herbs or shrubs, usually 
aromatic. Stem square. Lea. opposite (or whorled), 
simple, exstipulate. Flow. + zygomorphic, in 
axillary cymes (verticillasters). Cal. 5-cleft, often 
2-lipped. Cor. (5), generally 2-lipped. Sta. 4, didy- 
namous, occasionally reduced to 2 (in Salvia, Ros- 
marinus, etc.) ; sometimes there are i or 2 stamin- 
odes. Carp. (2), median, each with 2 anatropous 
ascending (erect) ovules ; but ovary + 4-lobed, and 
soon divided by false partitions into 4 cells, each 
with I ovule. Style springing from between the 
lobes (gynobasic). Fr. separating into 4 nutlets. 
Seeds mostly exendospermous. 
Ajuga, Teucrium, Scutellaria, Marrubium, Nepeta, 
Prunella, Melittis, Galeopsis, Lamium, Ballota, 
Stachys, Salvia, Melissa, Calamintha ( = Satu- 
reia), Origanum, Thymus, Mentha, Ly copus, 
[Rosmarinus, Lavandula, Phlomis, Leonurus, 
Monarda, Coleus, Draco cephalum.'^ 
H H Ovary 2’Celled : plac. axile : ovules oo- 
Family 85. SOLANACE^. Herbs or shrubs, 
usually with poisonous juices. Vascular bundles 
bicollateral. Lea. spiral or displaced by adnation. 
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