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A TEXT-BOOK OF BOTANY. 



FIG. 373. Cat Mint or Catnip (Nepeta Cataria), a hardy perennial herb with heart- 

 shaped, oblong, deeply crenate, velvety, whitish green leaves, bearing in the axils dense 

 whorls of light purplish flowers. It is a common weed and derives its common name from 

 the fact that cats are fond of it, eating it and rubbing themselves upon it. Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



bergamot are used in medicine. The oil was at one time official. 

 The oil of Monarda punctata, a perennial herb found growing 



