Blephilia LAB I AT AE Pycnanthemum 



B. hirsuta (Pursh) Bentham. Wood Mint. 



One collection : in woods along Beaver Valley road near Brandy- 

 wine Creek (NC), R. R. Tatnall, 14 June 1925 (T). 



Hedeoma Pers. Pennyroyal. 



H. pulegioides (L.) Pers. 



Frequent in dry soil of the Piedmont; less common on the Coastal 

 Plain. Aug. 



Melissa L. Balm. 

 M. officinalis L. 



Escaped, and established about dwellings and on roadsides, 

 northern New Castle County, July, Aug. Introd. from Europe. 



Satureja L. 



S. hortensis L. Summer Savory. 



Escaped to waste ground in Wilmington, Commons, 25 Aug. 

 1897 (A). Introd. from Europe. 



S. Nepeta (L.) Scheele. Basil Thyme. 



Occasional, on dry soil: dry hills, Fredericktown (Ce), Commons, 

 13 June 1876 (A); "Eastern Shore of Virginia," Canhy, Oct. 1891 

 (D); farm 3^ mi. w. n. w. of Longwoods (Ta), Earle, 3738, 6 Sept. 

 1942 (P); % mi. s. w. of Easton (Ta), Earle, 3984, 1 Oct. 1944 (P). 



S. vulgaris (L.) Fritsch var. neogaea Fern., in Rhodora 46, 388. 

 1944. (Calamintha Clinopodium Benth.) Basil. 



Frequent in dry woods and on roadsides of the Piedmont; rare 

 on the Coastal Plain, at least as far south as Sussex County. Late 

 June to early Sept. 



Origanum L. 



O. vulgare L. Wild Marjoram. 



Frequent on dry sandy banks, New Castle and Cecil Counties. 

 Mid-June to early Sept. Nat. from Europe. 



Appears to reach its southern limit in lower New Castle County. 



Pycnanthemum Mx. Mountain Mint. 

 P. clinopodioides T. & G. 



Rare, in the Piedmont of New Castle County: Wills Rock, 

 Wilmington, Commons, 18 Aug. 1876 (A). According to Commons, 

 this species was collected by Canhy "near Swayne Station, W. & N. 

 R. R." in 1872, but no specimens have been seen. 



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