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the connectives dilated. On plains, Neb. and Colo, to Tex., Ariz, and Mex. 

 May-Sept. 



5. Salvia urticifdlia L. NETTLE-LEAVED SAGE. (I. F. f. 3128.) Peren- 

 nial; stem glandular above, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves 5-10 cm. long, irregularly 

 crenate-dentate. usually acute, abruptly contracted into margined petioles; clusters 

 in terminal interrupted spikes; bracts early deciduous; calyx oblong-campanulate, 

 about 6 mm. long, the upper lip minutely 3-toothed, the lower 2-cleft, its teeth 

 triangular-lanceolate, acuminate; corolla puberulent, 12- 16 mm. long, blue and 

 white, the lower lip broad, 3-lobed. twice as long as the upper; lower ends of the 

 connectives dilated. In woods and thickets, Md. to Ky., Ga. and La. April- 

 June. 



6. Salvia verbenaca L. WILD SAGE. WILD CLARY. (I. F. f. 3129.) Per- 

 ennial; stem glandular-pubescent, 3-6 dm. high. Leaves coarsely and irregu- 

 larly incised-dentate or pinnatifid, the lower 0.7-2 dm. long, obtuse, cordate, 

 nearly glabrous, the upper acute, much smaller; floral bracts broadly ovate, short; 

 clusters in terminal interrupted spikes; pedicels shorer than the calyx; calyx 

 6-8 mm. long, its upper lip recurved-spreading, witht 3 minute connivent teeth, 

 the lower one with 2 lanceolate mucronate teeth ; corolla blue, about 8 mm. long, 

 its upper lip scarcely longer than the lower: lower ends of the connectives dilated. 

 In waste places, Ohio to S. Car. and Ga. Nat. from Europe. June-Aug. 



7. Salvia Sclarea L. CLARY. CLEAR-EYE. SEE-BRIGHT. (I. F. f. 3130.) 

 Biennial or annual, glandular-pubescent; stem 6-n dm. high. Leaves broadly 

 ovate, rugose, cordate, irregularly dentate-crenate or denticulate, the lower long- 

 petioled, 1.5-2 dm. long, the upper small, short-petioled or sessile; clusters in 

 terminal spikes; bracts broad, ovate, acuminate, pink or white; calyx campanulate; 

 deflexed-spreading in fruit, 8-10 mm. long, its lips about equal, the teeth subulate, 

 acicular; corolla blue and white, about 2.5 cm. long; upper lip laterally compressed- 

 lower portions of the connectives dilated. In fields, Penn. to S. Car., escaped 

 from gardens. Nat. from Europe. June-Aug. 



23. MONARDA L. 



Erect aromatic herbs, with dentate or serrate leaves, and white red purple 

 yellowish or mottled flowers, in dense capitate clusters, terminal and sometimes 

 also axillary. Calyx tubular, narrow, 15 nerved, nearly or quite equally 5- 

 toothed, mostly villous in the throat. Corolla usually puberulent or glandular, the 

 limb 2-lipped; upper lip erect or arched; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, the middle 

 Icbe larger or longer than the others. Anther-bearing stamens 2, ascending, 

 usually exserted, the posterior pair (starninodia) rudimentary or wanting; anthers 

 versatile, 2-celled, the sacs divaricate, more or less confluent at the base. Nutlets 

 ovoid, smooth. [In honor of Nicolas Monardes, a Spanish physician and botanist.] 

 About 10 species, of N. Am. and Mex. 



Flower-clusters solitary, terminal (rarely also in the uppermost axils). 

 Leaves manifestly petioled, the petioles commonly slender. 



Corolla scarlet, 3-5 cm. long; bracts red. i. M. didyma. 



Corolla white, pink, or purple, 



2-3 cm. long. 



Descent, 2-2.5 i 



2. M. Clinopodia. 



Leaves membranous; corolla slightly pubescent, 2-2.5 cm. long. 



~f. Clii 



Leaves thin or firm; corolla pubescent, "2.5-3 cm> 

 Pubescence spreading ; leaves thin. 



Corolla cream-color, pink, or purplish. 3. M. fistulosa. 



Corolla and bracts deep purple or purple-red. 4. M, media. 

 Pubescence short, canescent ; leaves firm, pale. 5. M. scabra. 

 Leaves sessile, or very short-petioled. 6. M. Bradburiana. 



Flower-clusters both axillary and terminal. 



Calyx-teeth triangular-lanceolate ; corolla yellowish, mottled. 7. M. punctata. 

 Calyx-teeth subulate-aristate ; corolla white or purple, not mottled. 



8. M. citriodora. 



i. Monarda didyma L. OSWEGO TEA. AMERICAN BEE BALM. (I. F. f. 

 3131.) Perennial; stem 6-9 dm. high. Leaves thin, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 petioled, dark green, usually with some villous putrescence beneath, acuminate, 

 sharply serrate. 7-15 cm. long ; bracts commonly red ; calyx incurved, slightly 



