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2. Monarda Clinopodia L. Perennial, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Stems 3-8 

 dm. tall, simple or branching above : leaf-blades ovate to lanceolate, 3-12 cm. long, acute 

 or acuminate, serrate, rounded or cordate at base : heads not showy, the bracts green or 

 slightly colored : calyx 7-9 mm. long ; tube slightly curved, hirsute in the throat ; lobes 

 subulate, 1-1.5 mm. long, more or less pubescent : corolla greenish or cream-colored ; tube 

 slightly dilated upward, the lower lip with an oblong base, 2 rounded lateral lobes and a 

 narrow notched middle lobe : nutlets 0.5 mm. thick. 



On hillsides and in woods or thickets, Ontario to Georgia and Kentucky. Spring to fall. 



3. Monarda fistulosa L. Perennial, sparingly villous, bright green. Stems 5-12 

 dm. tall, purple or purple-spotted, usually branched above : leaf-blades ovate or lanceolate, 

 2-12 cm. long, acute or acuminate, remotely but sharply serrate, rounded or subcordate at 

 base, slender-petioled : bracts of the involucre pale or purplish : calyx nearly cylindric, 

 7-12 mm. long ; tube slightly curved, villous in the throat ; lobes subulate, many times 

 shorter than the tube : corolla lilac, about 3 cm. long, usually minutely pilose, the lower 

 lip obovate-spatulate, with a broad notched upturned mucro : nutlets 1-1.5 mm. long. 



On dry hillsides and in thickets, Maine to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Florida and Louisiana. 

 Summer aiid fall. Horse-mint. Wild Bergamot. 



4. Monarda m^dia Willd. Perennial, glabrate or softly hirsute, deep green. Stems 

 6-12 dm. tall, commonly branching above : leaf-blades ovate, lanceolate or oblong, acumi- 

 nate, serrate, rounded or truncate at base, slender-petioled : head showy, the bracts deep 

 purple foliaceous : calyx becoming 10 mm. long ; tube finely ribbed ; lobes subulate, 1 mm. 

 long or slightly longer : corolla red-purple, 1.5-2 cm. long, villous-hirsute ; tube dilated 

 above the middle, the upper lip linear-lanceolate, the lower lip oblong, 3-lobed at the apex, 

 its middle lobe linear : nutlets nearly 1.5 mm. long. 



In moist thickets, Maine to Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Tennessee. Summer. 



5. Monarda hirsutissima Small. Perennial, densely hirsute. Stems apparently 

 4-7 dm. tall, simple or usually so: leaf-blades thick, ovate, 1.5-3_cm. long, acute or 

 slightly acuminate, serrate, truncate or subcordate at base, short-petioled : heads showy, 

 solitary, subtended by ciliate bracts : bractlets slender, pectinate-ciliate : calyx puberulent 

 and glandular-dotted, becoming 8-9 mm. long ; tube nearly straight, finely ribbed, bristly 

 about the throat ; lobes subulate, about 1 mm. long : corolla lilac or purplish, villous and 

 glandular-dotted, 1.5-2 cm. long, the lower lip crisped, its narrow middle lobe bearded : 

 nutlets nearly 1.5 mm. long. 



In dry soil, Texas. Summer. 



6. Monarda scabra Beck. Perennial, closely velvety-pubescent. Stems 2-10 dm. 

 tall, commonly branching above : leaf-blades firm, ovate to lanceolate, 2-8 cm. long, acute 

 or slightly acuminate, sharply often rather remotely serrate, rounded, truncate or cordate 

 at base : those of the lower leaves short-petioled, those of the upper nearly sessile : heads 

 showy, subtended by colored bracts : calyx 7-9 mm. long, lobes 1 mm. long or shorter : 

 corolla lilac or bluish, 2-2.5 cm. long, villous and minutely glandular-dotted ; tube gradu- 

 ally dilated, the upper lip linear-lanceolate, conspicuously bearded at the apex, the lower 

 lip 3-lobed at the apex, its middle lobe linear, notched : nutlets about 1.5 mm. long. 



On dry plains and prairies, Northwest Territory and British Columbia to Missouri, Texas and Ari- 

 zona. Summer. 



7. Monarda mollis L. Perennial, similar to M. fistulosa in habit and to 31. scabra 

 in its short close pubescence. Stems finely and often copiously puberulent-canesoent : leaf- 

 blades ovate to lanceolate, coarsely serrate, usually gradually or abruptly narrowed at the 

 base ; petioles slender, those of the lower leaves 1-1.5 cm. long, those of the upper some- 

 what shorter : heads subtended by bracts more or less colored like the corollas. 



In dry soil. New England to South Dakota, Georgia and Texas. Summer. 



8. Monarda Bradburiana Beck. Perennial, villous-hirsute above, or glabrate. Stems 

 3-6 dm. tall : leaf-blades ovate to lanceolate, 3-10 cm. long, acute or acuminate, ciliate, 

 serrate or nearly entire, sessile or nearly so, rounded or cordate at the base : heads showy, 

 the bracts more or less deeply colored, ciliate : calyx becoming about 10 mm. long ; tube 

 slightly curved, little pubescent in the throat; lobes slender-subulate, 2-2.5 mm. long, 

 glandular-ciliate : corolla 2-2.5 mm. long, tube dilated above, the upper lip linear-lanceo- 

 late, bearded, the lower lip 3-lobed, the middle lobe cleft : nutlets fully 1 mm. long. 



In thickets and on dry hillsides, Illinois to Kansas and Alabama. Spring and summer. 



9. Monarda Russelliana Nutt. Perennial, sparingly hirsute above. Stems slender, 

 3-6 dm. tall, simple or sparingly branched, commonly pubescent on the angles : leaf-blades 

 lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, shallowly serrate, rounded or subcordate 

 at the base, sessile or short-petioled : heads often solitary, showy : calyx sparingly pubescent 



