1166 LAMIACEAE 
ROYAL.)—Dry fields and open woods, various provinces, Fla. to Nebr., Minn., 
and N. S.—Sum. 
23. STACHYDEOMA Small. Perennial erect herbs. Leaf- blades toothed. 
Flowers pale-lilac, in long leafy- -braeted spike-like panicles. Calyx strongly 
of the lower lip subulate. Corolla 2-lipped: 
upper lip entire: lower lip drooping, 3-lobed, 
the lateral lobes about e the termi- 
nal one. "agro ns 2, serted:  anthers 
shorter the Nou Staminodia 
present. red glabrous.—One species. 
S. graveolens (Chapm.) Sm Stem 
2-6 dm. tall, hirsute: leaf- ae ODE 
Sud to ovate, 10-15 mm. long: ealyx becom- 
ing 7-9 mm. long; mis lip are nutlets 
0.5mm.long. [Hedeoma ici dd ns Chapm.] 
—Low pinelands, N Fla.—Sum 
24. MELISSA [Tourn.] L. Perennial, erect herbs. Leaf-blades broad, 
toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters. Nod m the broad upper lip 
with 3 minute lobes, the 2 lobes of the 1 
lip slender. Corolla 2-lipped: upper wee 
mostly notched: lower lip 3-lobed, the middle 
lobe very broad. Stamens 4, exserted.— 
About 4 species, Eurasian. 
1. M. officinalis L. Plant lemon-scented, 
M 
: : . -longc- 
(BEE-BALM. LEMON-BALM.)—Roadsides and ^ 
waste-places, various provinces, Fla. to Ark. 
Mo., and Me. Nat. of Eu.—Sum 
25. CONRADINA A. Gray. Shrubs with virgate branches. Leaf-blades 
narrow, entire, revolute, fasciculate. Flowers pou together in ec 
eymes which are sometimes approximate. Calyx 2-lipped; upper lip 3 
short and broad lobes; lower lip with 2 long and narrow lobes: corolla pes 
or purplish, 2-lipped; upper lip erect, slightly concave; lower lip divergent, 
3-lobed, usually dotted, the terminal lobe about the same size as the lateral 
ones or smaller. Stamens 4, exserted or lying under the upper corolla lip.— 
Four species, the following: 
Lower corolla-lip 12-15 mm. long; lateral lobes wider than long. 
1. C. grandiflora. 
Lower corolla-lip 8-10 mm. long; lateral lobes longer than wide. 
Calyx-tube hirsute, “villous. hirsute, or hirsutulous. 
Lea f-blades pubescent on both sides: ca yx-tube hirsute or 
illous-hir 2. C. canescens. 
Leaf- blades EID ous above: calyx-tube hirsutulous, 3. C. montana, 
Calyx-tube minutely canescent. 4. C. puberula. 
