1038 LAMIACEAE 
or glabrate, becoming 8-9 mm. long; tube finely ribbed, curved; lobes subulate, 1.5-2 
mm. long, glandular-ciliate : corolla slender, 2-3 cm. long: nutlets about 1 mm. long. 
On hillsides, Arkansas. Summer and fall. 
10. Monarda Stanfiéldii Small. Perennial, 4-9 dm. tall. Stem and branches finely 
and closely pubescent: leaf-blades lanceolate, 4-7 cm. long, rather coarsely serrate, glab- 
rous or nearly so, slender-petioled : bracts foliaceous, pale: bractlets plumose : calyx 9-10 
mm. long; tube finely pubescent, copiously bearded in the throat ; lobes lanceolate, copi- 
ously pubescent: corolla about 1.5 cm. long: nutlets less than 1.5 mm. long. 
On prairies, the Indian Territory and Texas. Spring. 
11. Monarda lasiodónta (A. Gray) Small. Perennial, 1.5-4 dm. tall. Stems 
mainly simple or branched near the base, puberulent: leaf-blades linear-oblong to linear- 
lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, shallowly serrate: bracts white or pale, foliaceous: bractlets 
plumose: calyx 6-7 mm. long ; tube finely pubescent, densely bearded in the throat ; lobes 
triangular, copiously pubescent : corolla 1.5 cm. long: nutlets less than 1.5 mm. long. 
On plains or prairies, the Indian Territory and Texas to Arizona. Spring and summer. 
12. Monarda punctata L. Perennial, 3-10 dm. tall. Stems and branches finely 
pubescent : leaf-blades linear-oblong to lanceolate, 2-8 cm. long, serrate, usually remotely 
or shallowly so: bracts foliaceous, more or less colored: bractlets merely ciliate: calyx 
8-10 mm. long; tube minutely puberulent or nearly glabrous at maturity, the throat not 
bearded ; lobes triangular, puberulent or glabrous at maturity : corolla about 2 cm. long: 
nutlets fully 1.5 mm. long. 
In sandy soil, swamps or meadows, New York to Wisconsin, Floridaand Texas. Summer and fall. 
—A form, M. punctata leucántha Nash, with white corollas, occurs in Florida. 
13. Monarda dispérsa Small. Annual, 2-8 dm. tall. Stems often branched, the 
branches puberulent : leaf-blades oblong to oblong-spatulate or oblanceolate on the lower 
part of the stem, narrowly oblong to linear above, 2-11 cm. long, shallowly serrate: bract- 
lets mn oblong and abruptly narrowed into the terminal bristle, 1.5-2 cm. long, often 
colored within: calyx-tube 8-9 mm. long, puberulent, the lobes setaceous, spreading, 
sparingly ciliate : corolla about 2.5 cm. long: nutlets 1.5 mm. long. 
On plains and prairies and in meadows, Kansas and Missouri to Georgia, Florida, Texas, New 
Mexico and Mexico. Spring and summer. Naturalized eastward. 
14. Monarda tenuiaristàta (A. Gray) Small. Annual and similar to M. dispersa 1n 
habit, but relatively more slender: leaf-blades mainly tapering to the base : bractlets typi- 
cally lanceolate or linear-lanceolate and gradually narrowed into the terminal bristle: 
calyx-tube 7-8 mm. long, puberulent, the lobes setaceous, sparingly ciliate, spreading : 
corolla about 2 cm. long: nutlets about 1.5 mm. long. [M. aristata Nutt., not Hook. 
citriodora var. tenuiaristata A. Gray. ] 
On plains and prairies, Kansas to Arkansas, Texas, Arizona and Mexico. Spring and summer. 
15. Monarda clinopodioides A. Gray. Annual, 3-6 dm. tall. Stems usually 
branched at the base, the branches closely pubescent : leaf-blades oblong to narrowly linear- 
oblong, 2-5.5 em. long, sharply serrate : bractlets elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, gradually 
narrowed into the terminal bristle, pubescent on the back and copiously ciliate : calyx-tube 
pubescent, 6-7 mm. long, the lobes setaceous, erect, plumose-ciliate : corolla 2-2.5 cm. 
long: nutlets 1.5 mm. long. 
On plains and prairies, the Indian Territory and Texas. Spring and summer. 
24. BLEPHILIA Raf. 
Perennial caulescent herbs, with pubescent foliage. Leaves opposite: blades flat, 
usually shallowly toothed. Flowers in dense remote or contiguous axillary clusters. Calyx 
glabrous in the throat, 2-lipped : tube nearly tubular, 13-nerved : lobes of the lower lip 
much longer than those of the upper. Corolla bluish or purplish, much longer than the 
calyx : tube glabrous within: upper lip erect, entire: lower lip 3-lobed, spreading: fila- 
ments various, 2 anther-bearing, sometimes exserted ; the other 2 reduced to staminodia 
or wanting : anthers 2-celled ; sacs somewhat confluent at the base. Nutlets smooth. 
Foliage softly pubescent with short hairs: leaf-blades shallowly toothed. H $: oak 
Foliage hirsute or villous-hirsute: leaf-blades decidedly serrate. ard 
1. Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf. Stems softly pubescent, 3-6 dm. tall, simple or priis 
branched: leaf-blades lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, acutish, remotely serrate, round ee ole 
cordate at base, short-petioled or nearly sessile : heads contiguous or lower ones - eoe 
2-2.5 em. thick : calyx 8-10 mm. long; tube ribbed, the upper lip with 3 subulate ce 
the lower lip with 2 subulate-lanceolate lobes: corolla pink or purplish, about:1 em. tong; 
