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LABIATAE. 



VOL. III. 



2. Monarda clinopodia L. 



Fig. 3637. 



Basal Balm. 



Monarda clinopodia L. Sp. PI. 22. 1753. 

 Pycnanthemum Monardella Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 2 : 8. 

 pi. 34. 1803. 



Perennial; stem slender, simple, or with few long 

 ascending branches, glabrous or somewhat villous, 

 i-3 high. Leaves lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, membranous, bright green, mostly slender- 

 petioled, more or less villous on the veins beneath 

 and puberulent above, acuminate at the apex, round- 

 ed, narrowed or rarely subcordate at the base,sharply 

 serrate, 2'-^ long, -2' wide; clusters solitary, ter- 

 minal; bracts pale or white; calyx curved, nearly 

 glabrous without, somewhat hirsute in the throat, 

 its teeth subulate, slightly spreading, about as long 

 as the diameter of the tube; corolla whitish or yel- 

 lowish-pink, slightly pubescent, io"-i2" long ; stamens 

 exserted. 



In woods and thickets, New York to Illinois, Georgia 

 and Kentucky. Recorded from Ontario. Ascends to 

 5000 ft. in North Carolina. June-Aug. 



3. Monarda fistulosa L. Wild Bergamot. 

 Fig. 3638. 



Monarda fistulosa L. Sp. PI. 22. 1753. 



Perennial, villous-pubescent or glabrate; stem 

 slender, usually branched, 2-3 high. Leaves 

 thin but not membranous, green, usually slender- 

 petioled, lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate at the apex, serrate, rounded, narrowed 

 or sometimes cordate at the base, ii'-4' long, 

 \'-2\' wide ; clusters solitary and terminal, or 

 rarely also in the uppermost axils ; bracts whitish 

 or purplish ; calyx puberulent or glabrous, densely 

 villous in the throat, its subulate teeth rarely 

 longer than the diameter of the tube; corolla 

 pubescent, especially on the upper lip, yellowish- 

 pink, lilac or purplish, i'-ii' long; stamens ex- 

 serted. 



On dry hills and in thickets, Maine and Ontario 

 to Minnesota, Florida, Louisiana and Kansas. As- 

 cends to 2500 ft. in Virginia. Oswego-tea. June- 

 Sept. 



4. Monarda media Willd. Purple Ber- 

 gamot. Fig. 3639. 



Monarda media Willd. Enum. 32. 1809. 

 Monarda fistulosa var. rubra A. Gray, Syn. F!. 2 : 



Part i, 374. 1878. 

 M. fistulosa var. media A. Gray, loc. cit. 1878. 



Perennial, sparingly hairy or glabrate ; stem 

 stout, commonly branched, 2-3i high. Leaves 

 thin, but not membranous, dark green, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, or the uppermost lanceo- 

 late, slender-petioled, acuminate at the apex, 

 sharply toothed, usually rounded at the base, 

 3'~5' long, i'-3' wide ; flower-clusters terminal, 

 solitary, large ; bracts deep purple, very con- 

 spicuous ; calyx curved, glabrous, or very 

 nearly so, slightly villous in the throat, teeth 

 slightly spreading; corolla purple or purple- 

 red, about i long, its upper lip pubescent; 

 stamens exserted. 



In moist thickets, Maine and Ontario to Penn- 

 sylvania and Virginia. June-Aug. 



