806 



Labiatae 



Marrubium 



50 



Map 1742 



Agastache nepetoides (L.) Ktze 



o 50 



Map 1743 



Agastache scrophulanaefolia 



(Willd.) Ktze. 



Ma? 1744 



Nepeta Catana L. 



7238. MARRUBIUM [Tourn] L. 



1. Marrubium vulgare L. Common Horehound. Map 1741. This 

 plant has been cultivated for its medicinal properties since pioneer times. 

 It has escaped from gardens to barnyards, roadsides, open woods, and 

 woods pastures. 



I have found it to be common in hogyards where the hogs had killed 

 all other vegetation without disturbing this plant. 



Nat. of Eu. ; naturalized in N. A. from Maine, Ont., B. C, southw. to 

 N. C, Ala., N. Mex., and Calif. 



7241. AGASTACHE Clayton 



Leaves glaucous white and minutely tomentose beneath; flowers blue. (See excluded 



species no. 526, p. 1084) A. Foeniculum. 



Leaves green beneath and glabrous or short-pubescent; flowers greenish yellow, pur- 

 plish or pinkish. 

 Blades more or less densely short-pubescent beneath; bracts broadly ovate, green, 

 gradually acuminate; flowers greenish yellow; calyx 4-5 mm long, the teeth 



1-1.5 mm long, green, obtuse or acute 1. A. nepetoides. 



Blades glabrous beneath or with a few hairs along the veins; bracts nearly orbicular, 

 abruptly acuminate, somewhat colorless; flowers purplish or pinkish; calyx 6-7 



mm long, the teeth 2-3 mm long, somewhat colorless, long-acuminate 



2. A. sarophulariae folia. 



1. Agastache nepetoides (L.) Ktze. Giant HYSSOP. Map 1742. In- 

 frequent to rare and generally found in rather open woods, in moist and 

 usually sandy soil along streams; sometimes in moist open woods and 

 fallow fields, and along roadsides. 



E. Mass., w. Que., and S. Dak., southw. to Ga., Tenn., Kans., and Ark. 



2. Agastache scrophulanaefolia (Willd.) Ktze. Figwort Giant Hys- 

 sop. Map 1743. A rare plant and found more often in the northern part 

 of the state. It is generally found in somewhat moist and sandy soil in 

 dry, open woods and along roadsides. The flowers vary greatly in color. 



