FLORA. 



petioled, hispid-ciliate but otherwise mostly glabrous, 1-2.5 cm - l n g, the lower 

 much shorter and smaller; clusters numerous, crowded; pedicels pubescent, shorter 

 than the calyx; bracts subulate, hispid; calyx oblong, gibbous, hispid, its teeth 

 subulate, upwardly curved in fruit, about one-half as long as the tube, the 2 lower 

 ones somewhat narrower and more hispid than the upper; corolla about 6 mm. 

 long, bluish-purple; sterile stamens rudimentary or none. On dry plains, 111. to 

 the N. W. Terr., La., Ark. and Colo. May- Aug. 



3. Hedeoma Drummondii Benth. DRUMMOND'S PENNYROYAL. (I. F. i. 

 3143.) Perennial from a woody base, with an ashy down nearly all over; stems 

 1.5-4.5 dm. high. Leaves oblong or linear, short-petioled or sessile, obtuse, 

 1-2 cm. long, the lowest shorter; clusters loosely few-flowered; pedicels puberu- 

 lent, about one-half as long as the calyx; calyx cylindric-oblong, hirsute, slightly 

 gibbous, its teeth subulate, upwardly curved and connivent in fruit; corolla purple, 

 8-12 mm. long; sterile stamens rudimentary or none. In dry soil, Neb. and Colo, 

 to Tex., Ariz, and Mex. April- Aug. 



26. MELISSA L. 



Leafy herbs, with broad dentate leaves, and rather small white or yellowish 

 axillary clustered flowers. Calyx oblong-campanulate, deflexed in fruit, 13-nerved, 

 nearly naked in the throat, 2-lipped; upper lip flat, 3-toothed, the lower 2-parted. 

 Corolla exserted, its tube curved-ascending, naked within, the limb 2-lipped; 

 upper lip erect, emarginate; lower lip 3-cleft, spreading. Anthers 2- celled, their 

 sacs divaricate. Nutlets ovoid, smooth. [Greek, bee.] About 4 species, of 

 Europe and western Asia. 



i. Melissa officinalis L. GARDEN OR LEMON BALM. BEE-BALM. (I. F. f. 

 3144.) Perennial, pubescent; stem 3-8 dm. high. Leaves ovate, petioled. mostly 

 obtuse at both ends, sometimes cordate, 2.5-6 cm. long; pedicel shorter than the 

 calyx; calyx about 6 mm. long, the teeth of its lower lip slightly exceeding those 

 of the upper; corolla white, 1-1.5 cm - l n g- I n waste places, thickets and woods, 

 Me. to Ga. and W. Va. Nat. from Europe. Plant lemon-scented. June-Aug. 



27. SATUREIA L. 



Herbs or shrubs, with small entire leaves, sometimes with smaller ones fascicled 

 in their axils, and bracted purple flowers in dense terminal or axillary clusters. 

 Calyx campanulate, mostly lO-nerved, 5 -toothed, naked or rarely villous in the 

 throat. Corolla-limb 2-lipped, the upper lip erect, flat, entire or emarginate, the 

 lower spreading, 3-cleft. Anthers 2-celled, the sacs parallel or divaricate. Nut- 

 lets oblong or oval. [The classical Latin name.] About 18 species, the following 

 introduced as a garden herb from Europe, one of doubtful affinity in Florida, the 

 others of the Mediterranean region. 



i. Satureia hortensis L. SAVORY. SUMMER SAVORY. (I. F. f. 3145.) 

 Annual, puberulent; stems much branched, 1.54.5 dm. high. Leaves linear or 

 linear-oblong, short-petioled, acute, 1-4 cm. long; clusters 6-10 mm. in diameter, 

 terminal and in many of the upper axils; calyx about equalling the corolla-tube, 

 somewhat pubescent, its teeth subulate, about as long as the tube, ciliate; corolla 

 little longer than the calyx; stamens scarcely exserted. In waste places, N. B. 

 and Ont. to Penn., west to Nev. Nat. or adventive from Europe. July-Sept. 



28. CLINOPODIUM L. 



Herbs, or low shrubs, with entire or sparingly dentate leaves, and rather large 

 flowers variously clustered. Calyx mostly gibbous at the base, about 13-nerved, 

 2-lipped, the upper lip 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft. Corolla usually expanded at 

 the throat, the tube straight, the limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect, entire or emar- 

 ginate; lower lip spreading, 3-cleft. Stamens somewhat connivent in pairs, the 

 longer mostly exserted ; anthers 2-celled, the sacs divergent or divaricate. Nutlets 

 ovoid, smooth. [Greek, bed-foot, the flowers likened to a bed-caster.] About 50 

 species, of the north temperate zone. Besides the following, 3 others occur in the 

 southeastern U. S. and in Cal. 



