63 • MONARDA. No. 64 



deemed species, but all the Monardas with scarlet flow- 

 ers, appear to me to form onlj one species, and as the 

 lAnnstan name of M. diibjma applies to only one varie- 

 tj, I have changed it for a better one. 



1. Var. Cordata. Leaves subcordate, oval lanceolate, 



acum 



2. Var. Didyma, Leaves ovate, acuminate, heads 

 double. 



^:.y^^' ^r'^^if^^a- Leaves oval or lanQeolate, heads 

 proliferous. 



4. Var. Grandiflora. Leaves oval lanceolate, acute, 

 heads simple, very large. This is figured here. 



5. Var. Angustljolia. Leaves ovate lanceolate, acu- 

 minate, base attenuated, stem slender. 



DESCRIPTION. Root perennial, large fibrose stem, 

 erect, three to four feet high, branched, tetragone, an^'les 

 acute, somewhat pubescent; leaves opposite, petioltte, 

 commonly oval lanceolate, but. sometimes almost ovate, 

 base round or subcordate, end acute or acuminate, mar- 

 gn with remote serratures, surface pubescent and nerved. 

 Flowers in terminal multiflore heads, of a bright scarlet 

 colour, the heads sometimes prolifei;ous, involucrate by 

 large lanceolate bracts, coloured red, acuminate, mem- 

 branaceous; flowers sessile, crowded, with smaller bracts 

 mterjected; calix tubular, cylindrical, striated, with 



pre%?d htt'^r •''''';^ ^T^l" '''^ ^^'S^' *"b« "m^ 

 pressed, th^ two Jjps elongated narrow, upper curved 



diannelled, notched, lower with three smalf Lbes^ sta- 

 m^^lS-^^^'^""g and filiform. '' ' '*^ 



America wi?h* .S^'^l ^'"^ »^an^somest plants of North 

 ofThri^hf f^e^le^ves and many heads of>flowers 



Ame^"cl an.?R *• ^r' 'I 'l^"^''^'^^ ^" '^' S^^^ens of 



llrf^R ^i ^"l^'^'^^^^ ^alue. The whole genus Mo- 

 nardais beautiful, and peculiar to North Amfrica- it is 



Sf?*'"^ *f ^^"^^' ^ ^^^«<^^ botanist. There are 



found fromrana.int ^"^""^^r- -Ine M. cocanea is 

 South in the ASeltn'' ^^^^^^^^^^^^a, and even further 

 streams and ii rifh tofl."'°" "' ' '^ '^^^'"'^^^^ »«^^ P""'^ 



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