LABIATAE (MINT FAMILY) 



5 a Whorls about 6-flowered 



BLUE-FLOWERED SALVIA. (S. pratensis.*) 

 b Whorls lo-many-flowered 6 



6 a Flowers blue to white ; leaves broadly ovate 



CLARY. (S. sclarea*) 

 b Flowers violet or purple; leaves ovate-lanceolate to 



linear PURPLE SAGE. (S. farinacea*) 



1 6 MONARDA. 



1 a Flowers scarlet OSWEGO TEA. (M. didyma.) 



b Flowers not scarlet 2 



2 a Flowers pink or purplish. .WILD BERGAMOT. (M. fistulbsa.) 

 b Flowers yellowish, purple-spotted. HORSE MINT. (M. punctata.) 



17 BLEPHILIA HAIRY BLEPHILIA. (B. hirsuta.) 



18 HEDEOMA AMERICAN PENNYROYAL. (H. pulegtotdes.) 



19 MELISSA GARDEN BALM. (M. officinalis*) 



20 SATURElA SUMMER SAVORY. (S. hortensis*) 



21 CLINOP6DIUM WILD BASIL. (C. vulgare.) 



22 HYSS6PUS HYSSOP. (H. officinalis.) 



23 ORIGANUM. 



i a Bracts subtending flowers purplish ; leaves ovate 



WILD MARJORAM. (O. vulgare.) 

 b Bracts subtending flowers green; leaves oval or obovate 



SWEET MARJORAM. (O. majorana*) 



24 KOELLIA. 



1 a Leaves entire, linear or linear-lanceolate 2 



b Leaves toothed, ovate or ovate-lanceolate 3 



2 a Leaves broadest near the middle, linear to linear- 



lanceolate 



NARROW-LEAVED MOUNTAIN MINT. (K. flexubsa.) 

 b Leaves broadest near the base, lanceolate to linear-lance- 

 olate VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN MINT. (K. virginiana.) 



3 a Leaves covered with whitish wool beneath ; flower 



clusters 1-2 in. broad 



HOARY MOUNTAIN MINT. (K. incana.) 

 b Leaves hairy beneath only when young; flower clusters 

 about % in. broad 



SHORT-TOOTHED MOUNTAIN MINT. (K. mutica.) 



25 THtMUS. 



i a Plant creeping; leaves ^4-Ms in. long 



CREEPING THYME. (T. serpyllum*) 

 b Plant erect or ascending; leaves %-i in. long 



COMMON THYME. (T. vulg&ris.*) 



26 CUNJLA DITTANY. (C. origanoides.) 



27 Ly-COPUS. 



i a Calyx teeth not pointed, usually not longer than the 



mature nutlets BUGLE WEED. (L. virginicus.) 



b Calyx teeth pointed, longer than the mature nutlets. . 2 



207 



