244 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



15. SALVIA L. 



Stems naked or with 1 or 2 pairs of reduced leaves; leaves mostly lyrate-lobed or 



pinnatifid, obovate l g lyrata 



Stems more or less leafy; leaves broadly ovate, serrate, cuneate or truncate at the base! 



2. S. urticifolia. 



1. Salvia lyrata L. Lyre-leaf sage. 

 Abundant in woods of the Piedmont Region. May-July. Eastern IT. S. 



2. Salvia urticifolia L. Mx,™,. 



JNettle-leaf sage. 



Rather rare m dry woods. Apr.-June. Eastern U. S. 



Salvia verbenacea L. was collected at Ammendale, May 28, 1916 (Brother Arsbie). 

 Native of Eur.; locally established in the northeastern States. 



16. MONARDA L. 



Corolla yellowish, spotted with purple 1. M. punctata. 



Corolla purplish to dull white, sometimes spotted. 

 Leaves thin, with spreading pubescence; calyx teeth bristle-pointed. 



2. M. clinopodia. 

 Leaves firm, canescent beneath with minute appressed hairs; calyx teeth with thin 



point8 3. M. mollis. 



1 .Monarda punctata L. . Horsemint. 



Common, especially in the Coastal Plain, usually in dry fields. July-Oct East- 

 ern U. S. 



2. Monarda clinopodia L. 



Rather abundant in woods of the Piedmont Region. June-Aug. Eastern U S 

 All specimens referred to M. fistulosa L. are undoubtedly this species, except one 



from the Seaman collection, which was probably from outside our range, and one 



specimen of M. mollis. 



3. Monarda mollis L. 



Woodley, Aug. 16, 1899 (Steele). Eastern U. S., west to Colo. 

 M. didyma L. is listed in Brereton's Prodromus but it is doubtful if it occurs here 

 now. 



17. BLEPHILIA Raf. 



1. Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Torr. WoOD MINT 



Plummers Island and near Beltsville. July. Eastern N. Amer. 



18. HEDEOMA Pers. 



1. Hedeoma pulegioides (L) Pers. American pennyroyal. 



Common m dry soil, mostly in the Piedmont Region. July-Sept. Eastern N. 

 Amer. 



19. MELISSA L. 



1. Melissa officinalis L. r^^™ D1I „ 



~ 7 IjARDEN balm. 



Waste places about Washington. June-Aug. Native of Eur.; widely naturalized 



in N. Amer. 



20. CLINOPODIUM L. 



Flowers in dense clusters; bracts large, conspicuous 1. c. vulgare. 



Flowers in loose clusters; bracts small and inconspicuous . .2. C. nepeta. 



1. Clinopodium vulgare L. Basil 



Woods and alluvial banks, mostly in the Piedmont Region. June-Sept, Widely 

 distributed in N. Amer.; also in Eur. and Asia. (Saturcja vulgaris Fritsch' Cala- 

 mmtha clinopodium Benth.) 



