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which is a good deal more like G. Oreganum than is G. Kampt- 
schaticum. I propose to distinguish this as G. circezans gla- 
brum.* 
MEEHANIA: A PROPOSED NEW GENUS OF LABIATA. 
(PLATE 173.) 
The genus Cedronella Moench, Meth. 411 (1794) is based ona 
tall, perennial herb of the Canaries and Madeira, the Dracoceph- 
alum Canariense L. Sp. Pl. 594; Cedronella triphylla Mcench, loc. 
cit. It was taken up by Bentham (Lab. Gen. et Sp. 501-502 
(1834) ) and two American species added: C. cordata, based on 
Dracocephalum cordatum Nutt. Gen. 2: 35 and C. Mexicana, based 
on Dracocephalum Mextcaum H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 2: 
322, 4. 160. It has since been further augmented by Mexican and © 
Arizona species described by Lindley, A. Gray and Greene. © 
Cedronella cordata is a local herb of Eastern North America, 
ranging through the central and southern Alleghanian region, and 
is one of the most beautiful of our native Labiates. It is so en- 
tirely different in habit and aspect from the typical species and. 
from those of the Southwest, and has such a limited geographical — 
distribution, that it has long seemed to me to represent a distinct — 
generic type, and recent comparative study has convinced me that 
this position can readily be maintained. 
The typical species of the Atlantic islands is an erect fruticose. ) 
herb with 3-foliolate leaves, or the lower sometimes with the — 
lateral leaflets 2-parted. The verticillate clusters are many- 
flowered and crowded in dense round spikes. The calyx is — 
tubular-oblong, its teeth lance-acuminate, almost subulate-tipped : 
and nearly equal. The.corolla has a narrow tube abruptly dilated — 
above the calyx into a short throat. : 
The Alleghanian plant is a low, straggling herb producing: : 
long, slender, leafy stolons, the leaves simple, cordate. The clus- : 
ters are but 1-3-flowered in loose, secund spikes. The calyx is 
distinctly campanulate and 2-lipped, the 3 teeth of the upper lip 
* GALIUM CIRCZANS GLABRUM,n. var. Glabrous except the ciliate-margined : 
leaves with sparingly pubescent upper surfaces, Leaves oblong, obtuse; corolla 
glabrous ; flowers very nearly sessile; fruit not seen, Near Whitehall, N. Y., C. H 
Peck, July, 1892, : 
