1038 LAMIACEAE 



or glabrate, becoming 8-9 mm. long ; tube finely ribbed, curved ; lobes subulate, 1.5-2 

 mm. long, glandular-ciliate : corolla slender, 2-3 cm. long : nutlets about 1 mm. long. 

 On hillsides, Arkansas. Summer and fall. 



10. Monarda Stanfieldii Smijll. Perennial, 4-9 dm. tall. Stem and branches finely 

 and closely pubescent : leaf-blades lanceolate, 4-7 cm. long, rather coarsely serrate, glab- 

 rous or nearly so, slender-petioled : bracts foliaceous, pale : bractlets plumose : calyx 9-10 

 mm. long ; tube finely pubescent, copiously bearded in the throat ; lobes lanceolate, copi- 

 ously pubescent : corolla about 1.5 cm. long : nutlets tess than 1.5 mm. long. 



On prairies, the Indian Territory and Texas. Spring-. 



11. Monarda lasiodonta (A. Gray) Small. Perennial, 1.5-4 dm. tall. Stems 

 mainly simple or branched near the base, puberulent : leaf-blades linear-oblong to linear- 

 lanceolate, 2-5 cm. long, shallowly serrate : bracts white or pale, foliaceous : bractlets 

 plumose : calyx 6-7 mm. long ; tube finely pubescent, densely bearded in the throat ; lobes 

 triangular, copiously pubescent : corolla 1.5 cm. long : nutlets less than 1.5 mm. long. 



On plains or prairies, the Indian Territory and Texas to Arizona. Spring and summer. 



12. Monarda punctata L. Perennial, 3-10 dm. tall. Stems and branches finely 

 pubescent : leaf-blades linear-oblong to lanceolate, 2-8 cm. long, serrate, usually remotely 

 or shallowly so : bracts foliaceous, more or less colored : bractlets merely ciliate : calyx 

 8-10 mm. fong ; tube minutely puberulent or nearly glabrous at maturity, the throat not 

 bearded ; lobes triangular, puberulent or glabrous at maturity : corolla about 2 cm. long : 

 nutlets fully 1.5 mm. long. 



In sandy soil, swamps or meadows. New York to Wisconsin, Florida and Texas. Summer and fall. 

 —A form, M. punctata Icucdntha Nash, with white corollas, occurs in I'lorida. 



13. Monarda dispersa Small. Annual, 2-8 dm. tall. Stems often branched, the 

 branches puberulent : leaf-blades oblong to oblong-spatulate or oblanceolate on the lower 

 part of the stem, narrowly oblong to linear above, 2-11 cm. long, shallowly serrate : bract- 

 lets typically oblong and abruptly narrowed into the terminal bristle, 1.5-2 cm. long, often 

 colored within : calyx-tube 8-9 mm. long, puberulent, the lobes setaceous, spreading, 

 sparingly ciliate : corolla about 2.5 cm. long : nutlets 1.5 mm. long. 



On plains and prairies and in meadows, Kansas and Missouri to Georgia, Florida, Texas, New 

 Mexico and Mexico. Spring and summer. Naturalized eastward. 



14. Monarda tenuiaristata (A. Gray) Small. Annual and similar to M. dispersa in 

 habit, but relatively more slender : leaf-blades mainly tapering to the base : bractletstypi- 

 cally lanceolate or linear-lanceolate and gradually narrowed into the terminal bristle : 

 calyx-tube 7-8 mm. long, puberulent, the lobes setaceous, sparingly ciliate, spreading : 

 corolla about 2 cm. long : nutlets about 1.5 mm. long. [M. aristata Nutt., not Hook. M. 

 eitriodora var. tenuiaristata A. Gray.] 



On plains and prairies, Kansas to Arkansas, Texas, Arizona and Mexico. Spring and summer. 



15. Monarda clinopodioides A. Gray. Annual, 3-6 dm. tall. Stems usually 

 branched at the base, the branches closely pubescent : leaf-blades oblong to narrowly linear- 

 oblong, 2-5.5 cm. long, sharply serrate : bractlets elliptic or lanceolate-elliptic, gradually 

 narrowed into the terminal bristle, pubescent on the back and copiously ciliate : calyx-tube 

 pubescent, 6-7 mm. long, the lobes setaceous, erect, plumose-ciliate : corolla 2-2.5 cm. 

 long: nutlets 1.5 mm. long. 



On plains and prairies, the Indian Territory and Texas. Spring and summer. 



24. BLEPHILIA Raf. 

 Perennial caulescent herbs, with pubescent foliage. Leaves opposite : blades flat, 

 usually shallowly toothed. Flowers in dense remote or contiguous axillary clusters. Calyx 

 glabrous in the throat, 2-lipped : tube nearly tubular, 13-nerved : lobes of the lower lip 

 much longer than those of the upper. Corolla bluish or purplish, much longer than the 

 calyx : tube glabrous within: upper lip erect, entire: lower lip 3-lobed, spreading: fila- 

 ments various, 2 anther-bearing, sometimes exserted ; the other 2 reduced to staminodia 

 or wanting : anthers 2-celled ; sacs somewhat confluent at the base. Nutlets smooth. 



Foliage softly pubescent with short hairs : leaf-blades shallowly toothed. 1. B. ciliata. 



Foliage hirsute or villous-hirsute : leaf-blades decidedly serrate. 2. B. hirsuta. 



1. Blephilla ciliata (L. ) Raf. ' Stems softly pubescent, 3-6 dm. tall, simple or rarely 

 branched: leaf-blades lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, acutish, remotely serrate, rounded or sub- 

 cordate at base, short-petioled or nearly sessile : heads contiguous or lower ones remote, 

 2-2.5 cm. thick : calyx 8-10 mm. long; tube ribbed, the upper lip with 3 subulate lobes, 

 the lower lip with 2 subulate-lanceolate lobes : corolla pink or purplish, about 1 cm. long, 



