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  of 
  flowers 
  dense. 
  Calyx 
  teeth 
  hooked 
  at 
  the 
  tip. 
  Corolla 
  \ 
  in. 
  long, 
  

   white. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Europe 
  as 
  an 
  herb 
  (used 
  in 
  preparation 
  of 
  

   horehound 
  candy) 
  and 
  somewhat 
  naturalized. 
  

  

  HI. 
  NEPETA 
  L. 
  

  

  Erect 
  or 
  prostrate 
  herbs. 
  Whorls 
  of 
  flowers 
  axillary 
  or 
  ter- 
  

   minal 
  ; 
  flowers 
  blue 
  or 
  white. 
  Calyx 
  tubular, 
  15-ribbed, 
  5- 
  

   toothed. 
  Corolla 
  tube 
  slender 
  below, 
  dilated 
  at 
  the 
  throat, 
  

   naked 
  ; 
  upper 
  lip 
  notched 
  or 
  2-cleft 
  ; 
  lower 
  lip 
  3-cleft, 
  middle 
  

   lobe 
  large. 
  Stamens 
  4, 
  ascending 
  under 
  the 
  upper 
  lip, 
  the 
  

   upper 
  pair 
  longer. 
  Lobes 
  of 
  the 
  stigma 
  awl-shaped. 
  

  

  B. 
  Fl. 
  species 
  2 
  (Glecoma). 
  

  

  1. 
  N. 
  Cataria 
  L. 
  CATNIP. 
  Stem 
  grayish, 
  downy, 
  2-3 
  ft. 
  high, 
  

   branched, 
  very 
  leafy. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  ovate-heart-shaped, 
  deeply 
  scal- 
  

   loped, 
  serrate, 
  white 
  and 
  downy 
  beneath. 
  Corolla 
  about 
  \ 
  in. 
  long, 
  

   whitish 
  with 
  purple 
  dots. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  Europe 
  ; 
  a 
  common 
  weed 
  

   about 
  dooryards. 
  

  

  2. 
  N. 
  hederacea 
  Trevisan. 
  GROUND 
  IVY, 
  GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND, 
  

   CREEPING 
  CHARLEY, 
  CROW 
  VICTUALS, 
  ROBIN 
  RUNAWAY. 
  Creep- 
  

   ing. 
  Leaves 
  roundish, 
  kidney-shaped, 
  and 
  crenate. 
  Corolla 
  bluish- 
  

   purple, 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  calyx. 
  Common 
  in 
  damp 
  places 
  

   about 
  houses 
  and 
  gardens. 
  Naturalized 
  from 
  Europe. 
  

  

  IV. 
  PRUNELLA 
  L. 
  

  

  Perennials, 
  with 
  stems 
  simple 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  and 
  sessile, 
  3- 
  

   flowered 
  flower 
  clusters 
  in 
  the 
  axils 
  of 
  kidney-shaped 
  bracts, 
  

   the 
  whole 
  forming 
  a 
  spike 
  or 
  head. 
  Calyx 
  tubular-bell-shaped, 
  

   somewhat 
  10-ribbed; 
  upper 
  lip 
  broad, 
  3-toothed, 
  the 
  teeth 
  short; 
  

   lower 
  lip 
  with 
  2 
  longer 
  teeth. 
  Upper 
  lip 
  of 
  the 
  corolla 
  upright, 
  

   arched, 
  and 
  entire 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  spreading, 
  reflexed, 
  fringed, 
  and 
  

   3-cleft. 
  Stamens 
  4, 
  reaching 
  up 
  under 
  the 
  upper 
  lip, 
  with 
  the 
  

   tips 
  of 
  the 
  filaments 
  2-toothed 
  ; 
  only 
  one 
  tooth 
  anther-bearing. 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  vulgaris 
  L. 
  SELF-HEAL, 
  HEALALL, 
  CARPENTER 
  WEED. 
  

  

  Leaves 
  with 
  petioles, 
  ovate-oblong, 
  either 
  entire 
  or 
  toothed, 
  often 
  

   somewhat 
  hairy. 
  Corolla 
  usually 
  blue 
  or 
  bluish, 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  brown-purple 
  calyx. 
  Open 
  woods 
  and 
  fields 
  everywhere. 
  

  

  V. 
  LAMIUM 
  L. 
  

  

  Annual 
  or 
  perennial 
  hairy 
  herbs. 
  Calyx 
  tubular-bell-shaped, 
  

   5-veined, 
  with 
  5 
  awl-pointed 
  teeth 
  of 
  nearly 
  equal 
  length, 
  

  

  