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false, (k-af. (luiiil). blind or <k'a(l. The term "archan^^cl" ap- 

 plied til tlii> plant lia> been .t;i\en Ic several others in reterencc 

 to their si/.e ^r heiielieial (jualities. The trne "arehani^er', at 

 least on the auth(iril\ ot' tiie seienlilie name, is . In liangclica 

 a j^enus >>{ rniheililers allied to llu- earn it and eelery. The 

 species of this genns ha\e an aromatic odor and it is possible 

 that our [jlants mav ha\ e been named with reference to this 

 ([uality ; certainly thev are (|nite unlike it in appearance. Lmiii- 

 iiiii mnplcxicaiilc has been named the "henbit" or "henbit dead 

 nettle". "Henbit". according to ilie dictionary is a morsel 

 for hens but how it applies to this s[)ecies is a m)stery. Laim- 

 iiiii piirf^urcitiii is the "red dead nettle", and "sweet archangel". 

 Old names for it are " dog nettle", "French nettle" and "deaf 

 nettle." The name "rabbit meat" doubtless refers to the idea 

 that rabbits eat the plant. 



The list of plants called mints has not been used up with 

 the species already mentioned. There is still the "stone-mint" 

 or "sweet horse-mint", by which our only species of Cunila is 

 known. Us more familiar title is "dittany" which is itself 

 said to be derived from Pictanniits the name of a European 

 plant so named because it was abundant upon Mt. Dicte in 

 Crete. The true "dittany" is regarded as being Dictaniuus 

 fraxinella. Our plant is another of the "basils". Still other 

 mints are the "wood mint", by which name Blcphilia Jiirsiita 

 is known and "Ohio horsemint", the common name of an 

 allied species, B. ciliata. Nor have we yet listed the familiar 

 "catmint" {Ncpeta cataria) beloved of cats, and whose leaves 

 are made a s(X)thing tea for babies and irritable adults. It is 

 also known as "catnep" or "catnip" the latter title being the 

 more familiar. From the fondness of cats for it, the plant 

 was known as "cat's heal-all". Agastache nepetoidcs, which, 

 as the specific name indicates, resembles the better known 



