LAMIACEAE 1) 
2. Monarda Clinopódia L. Perennial, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Stems 3-8 
dm. tall, simple or branching above: leaf-blades ovate to lanceolate, 3-12 cm. long, acute 
or acuminate, serrate, rounded or cordate at base: heads not showy, the bracts green or 
slightly colored: calyx 7-9 mm. long; tube slightly curved, hirsute in the throat; lobes 
subulate, 1-1.5 mm. long, more or less pubescent: corolla greenish or cream-colored ; tube 
slightly dilated upward, the lower lip with an oblong base, 2 rounded lateral lobes and a 
narrow notched middle lobe: nutlets 0.5 mm. thick. 
On hillsides and in woods or thickets, Ontario to Georgia and Kentucky. Spring to fall. 
3. Monarda fistulósa L. Perennial, sparingly villous, bright green. Stems 5-12 
dm. tall, purple or purple-spotted, usually branched above : leaf-blades ovate or lanceolate, 
2-12 cm. long, acute or acuminate, remotely but sharply serrate, rounded or subcordate at 
base, slender-petioled : bracts of the involucre pale or purplish: calyx nearly cylindric, 
7-12 mm. long; tube slightly curved, villous in the throat ; lobes subulate, many times 
shorter than the tube: corolla lilac, about 3 cm. long, usually minutely pilose, the lower 
lip obovate-spatulate, with a broad notched upturned mucro : nutlets 1-1.5 mm. long. 
On dry hillsides and in thickets, Maine to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Florida and Louisiana. 
Summer and fall. HonsE-MINT. WILD BERGAMOT. 
4. Monarda média Willd. Perennial, glabrate or softly hirsute, deep green. Stems 
6-12 dm. tall, commonly branching above : leaf-blades ovate, lanceolate or oblong, acumi- 
nate, serrate, rounded or truncate at base, slender-petioled : head showy, the bracts deep 
purple foliaceous : calyx becoming 10 mm. long ; tube finely ribbed ; lobes subulate, 1 mm. 
long or slightly longer: corolla red-purple, 1.5-2 cm. long, villous-hirsute ; tube dilated 
above the middle, the upper lip linear-lanceolate, the lower lip oblong, 3-lobed at the apex, 
its middle lobe linear: nutlets nearly 1.5 mm. long. 
In moist thickets, Maine to Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Tennessee. Summer, 
5. Monarda hirsutíssima Small. Perennial, densely hirsute. Stems apparently 
4-7 dm. tall, simple or usually so: leaf-blades thick, ovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, acute or 
slightly acuminate, serrate, truncate or subcordate at base, short-petioled : heads showy, 
solitary, subtended by ciliate bracts : bractlets slender, pectinate-ciliate: calyx puberulent 
and glandular-dotted, becoming 8-9 mm. long; tube nearly straight, finely ribbed, bristly 
about the throat ; lobes subulate, about 1 mm. long: corolla lilac or purplish, villous and 
glandular-dotted, 1.5-2 cm. long, the lower lip crisped, its narrow middle lobe bearded : 
nutlets nearly 1.5 mm. long. 
^ Indry soil, Texas. Summer. 
6. Monarda scabra Beck. Perennial, closely velvety-pubescent. Stems 2-10 dm. 
tall, commonly branching above : leaf-blades firm, ovate to lanceolate, 2-8 cm. long, acute 
or slightly acuminate, sharply often rather remotely serrate, rounded, truncate or cordate 
at base: those of the lower leaves short-petioled, those of the upper nearly sessile : heads 
showy, subtended by colored bracts: calyx 7-9 mm. long, lobes 1 mm. long or shorter: 
corolla lilac or bluish, 2-2.5 em. long, villous and minutely glandular-dotted ; tube gradu- 
ally dilated, the upper lip linear-lanceolate, conspicuously bearded at the apex, the lower 
lip 3-lobed at the apex, its middle lobe linear, notched : nutlets about 1.5 mm. long. 
On dry plains and prairies, Northwest Territory and British Columbia to Missouri, Texas and Ari- 
zona. Summer. 
7. Monarda móllis L. Perennial, similar to M. fistulosa in habit and to M. scabra 
in its short close pubescence. Stems finely and often copiously puberulent-canescent : leaf- 
blades ovate to lanceolate, coarsely serrate, usually gradually or abruptly narrowed at the 
base ; peus slender, those of the lower leaves 1-1.5 cm. long, those of the upper some- 
what shorter: heads subtended by bracts more or less colored like the corollas. 
In dry soil, New England to South Dakota, Georgia and Texas. Summer. 
8. MonardaBradburiana Beck. Perennial, villous-hirsute above, or glabrate. Stems 
3-6 dm. tall: leaf-blades ovate to lanceolate, 3-10 cm. long, acute or acuminate, ciliate, 
serrate or nearly entire, sessile or nearly so, rounded or cordate at the base: heads showy, 
the braets more or less deeply colored, ciliate: calyx becoming about 10 mm. long; tube 
slightly curved, little pubescent in the throat; lobes slender-subulate, 2-2.5 mm. long, 
glandular-ciliate : corolla 2-2.5 mm. long, tube dilated above, the upper lip linear-lanceo- 
late, bearded, the lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe cleft: nutlets fully 1 mm. long. 
In thickets and on dry hillsides, Illinois to Kansas and Alabama. Spring and summer. 
9. Monarda Russelliana Nutt. Perennial, sparingly hirsuteabove. Stems slender, 
3-6 dm. tall, simple or sparingly branched, commonly pubescent on the angles : leaf-blades 
lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, shallowly serrate, rounded or subcordate 
at the base, sessile or short-petioled : heads often solitary, showy : calyx sparingly pubescent 
