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MONARDA FlSTULOSA, VCLT. CRIMSON 



MONARDA. 



Clafs and Order. 



DlANDRIA MoNOGYNlA. 



Generic Chara&er. 



Corolla insequalis : labio fupcriore lineari filamenta involventc. 

 Semina 4. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



MONARDA fifiulofa capitulis terminalibus, caule obtufan- 

 gulo. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 68. ed. 14. Murr- 

 Hort. Kew. v. 1. p. 36. 



ORIGANUM fiftulofum Canadenfe. Corn. Canad. 13. /. 14- 



The Monarda fyhilofa ) a hardy herbaceous plant, growing 

 fpontaneoufly in Canada, and other parts of North-America, 

 has long been cultivated in the Englifh gardens, to which it - 

 recommends itfelf as much by the fragrance of its foliage, 

 as the beauty of its flowers; of this Tpecies the plant here 

 hgured is an uncommonly beautiful variety, its bloffoms far 

 farpaffing thofe of the original in fize, as well as brilliancy of 

 colour, the floral leaves alfo are highly coloured ; we have 

 reprefented a fingle bloffom of the common Monarda fijlulofa, 

 that the difference of the two may be rendered obvious. 



This variety has been very lately introduced from Holland, 

 by Meffrs. Grimwood and Co. Kenfingtonj it flowers from 

 June to September, aed is propagated by parting its roots 1 

 in fpring or autumn. 



