816 



Labiatae 



Blephilia 



50 



Map 1769 



Blephilia clliata (U Raf. 



50 



Map 1770 



Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth. 







Map 1771 



Hedeoma pulegioldes (LJ Pers. 



and Brown, Illus. Flora, ed. 2.) Horsemint. Map 1768. Found in the 

 open on sandy knolls and dunes. Where it is found, it is usually abundant. 

 Found also by Chas. M. Ek in Kokomo, Howard County, on the siding of 

 the old plate glass works. Introduced here from glass sand. 



The herb and oil have long been used in medicine. 



N. Y. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



7297. BLEPHILIA Raf. Blephilia 



Stems generally simple; leaves usually only slightly serrate; upper leaves generally 

 lanceolate or oblong, sessile or on petioles up to 5 mm long; outer bracts ovate, 



acute or acuminate, colored, as long as the calyx; corolla generally hairy 



1. B. ciliata. 



Stems generally with 2 or more branches; leaves generally sharply serrate; upper 

 leaves ovate to ovate-lanceolate, on petioles generally 10-15 mm long; outer bracts 

 mostly linear, with aristate tips usually shorter than the calyx; corolla generally 

 not hairy 2. B. Mrsuta. 



1. Blephilia ciliata (L.) Raf. Map 1769. Found throughout the state 

 although we have no reports for the counties bordering Lake Michigan. 

 This is a species generally of open dry places but sometimes it is found 

 in moist places in dense shade such as the base of wooded ravines where 

 it develops long, stoloniferous branches which root at each node. These 

 creeping branches have leaves which vary greatly in shape, some truncate 

 and even cordate at the base. Blatchley had such a specimen from Monroe 

 County, which I now have, which he reported to be Meehania cordata. 

 The specimen is the creeping form of this species which had not yet de- 

 veloped a flowering head. Also when it grows in dense shade it some- 

 times develops a pubescence much like that of the next species. This 

 species rarely develops branches. I have one specimen with axillary 

 heads on peduncles up to 5 cm long. I have an albino specimen from Noble 

 County. I recommend this species highly for cultivation both for its 

 beauty and for its long flowering period. 



