J. Nepeta L. 
Perennial herbs with toothed or crenate leaves, the stems erect or 
prostrate, Flowers in small axillary clusters or in terminal panicled 
spikes, Calyx equally 5-toothed. Corolla white, tinged with rose or blue, 
é-lipped, the upver lip concave, subgaleate, notched, the lower 3-lobed, 
Stamens 4, those inserted beneath the upper lip longest. lWutlets smooth, 
Oo Brect plants 1m, tall or more; flowers white |. Ne Cataria 
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O Prostrate plants, rooting at the nodes; flowers blue 2, Ne hederacea 
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l. Ne. Cataria Le Catnip. Stems erect, branching, 1 m. tall or more, 
“ashy-tomentose; leaves numerous, the bledes 3-5 cm, long, ovate, acute, 
deeply cordate at the base, the lobes rounded, the margin coarsely 
serrate-dentate, both surfaces softly -tomentose, petioles 1-1.5 om, 
long; flowers crowded in terminal more or less panicled svikes; calyx 
tubular, 7 mm, long, canescent, the mouth oblique, the teeth, subequal, 
2mm, long, subulate-acuminate; corolla 2.5 m, long, the lower lip 
spreading, rosy-punctate, the lateral lobes deflexed, the middle lobe 
spreading, eroded, 5 mm, wide, 3 mm, long, palate provided with 2 tufts 
of hairs; anthers purple, included, 
Occasional along roadways at low elevations, Thatuna Hillis, 
26 N. heceracea (L.) Trev. Ground Ivy. A pretty herb with creeping slender 
stems rooting at the nodes; leaf-blades rotund-reniforn, crenate~dentate, 
hirtellous, 2-4 cm, broad, long-petiolate; flowers 2-3 in axillary clusters; 
calyx tubular, 5 mm, long, hirtellous, the mouth oblicue, equally toothed, 
the teeth 1,5 mm, long, acuminate; corolla light blue or violaceous, 15-20 
mm. long; nutlets smooth, 
Infrequent around doorsteps in moist places, Uoolins Moscow, 
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