oppers <= | 07 
Cow- wheat, the Rattles, Bartsia, are the best known examples 
of this. : 
- Many plants belonging to this Order are cultivated in 

Pic t27.—-CoroLba or Fig. 128.—CoRrouLa OF 
MULLEIN. ~ TOADFLAX. 
gardens —Calceolaria, Snapdragon, Gloxinia, Foxglove. 
: Over the whole globe, but more eapecially 1 in 
Distribution. 
sigpaeaptees temperate zone. 
- LABIAT.AR, 
DEAD NETTLE. 
Type. 
A perennial herb with square stem, leaves 
opposite and decussate. 
Inflorescence : axillary cymes, generally described as verti- 
cillasters or false whorls, because the flowers are so numerous 
and crowded together that they appear at first sight to come 
off from all sides of the stem. 
Flower : irregular, hypogynous. 
Calyx (sepals): 5, joined, inferior. . 
Corolla (petals): 5, joined, hypogynous. The corolla is 
bilabiate, or two-lipped ; one anterior petal forms the lower 
lip. There are two lateral petals and two posterior which 
form the upper lip. 
Andrecium (stamens): 4, attached to the petals. If care- 
fully pulled down it will be seen that they are attached to 
the two lateral and the anterior petals, none to the posterior. — 
Gryecium (carpels) : 2, joined, superior, two stigmas. Each 
