818 Labiatae Melissa 



barren places in fallow, clayey fields, in sandy, fallow fields, and on sandy 

 spill-banks of dredged ditches. 



Conn., N. Y., 111. to Sask., southw. to Tenn., La., Ark., and Colo. 



7304. MELfSSA [Tourn.] L. 



1. Melissa officinalis L. Common Balm. Map 1773. This plant 

 was frequently cultivated by the pioneers because of its medicinal qualities. 

 It has, in some instances, persisted on the sites of pioneer habitations and 

 sometimes escaped, especially to roadsides. I have found it in such places 

 and also on open, wooded hills near the Ohio River. 



Nat. of Eu.; Maine to Fla., westw. to Mo. and Ark.; also in Oreg. and 

 Calif. 



7305. SATUREJA [Tourn.] L. Savory 



Plants puberulent or pubescent. 



Leaves linear or linear-oblong; bracts shorter than the pedicels; annuals 



1. S. hortensis. 



Leaves ovate; bracts shorter or longer than the pedicels; perennials. 



Bracts very small, linear, shorter than the pedicels, introduced plant. (See ex- 

 cluded species no. 539, p. 1086) S. Nepeta. 



Bracts setaceous, longer than the pedicels; native plant 2. S. vulgaris. 



Plants glabrous. 



Leaves linear or the lowest spatulate, those of the runners broader and longer 



petioled; stem leaves generally entire; corolla less than 10 mm long 



3. S. glabra. 



Leaves oblong or elliptic, sparingly serrate, short-petioled; corolla more than 10 

 mm long. (See excluded species no. 538, p. 1086) S. glabella. 



1. Satureja hortensis L. Summer Savory. This species has been 

 rather extensively cultivated as a kitchen herb and for its medicinal prop- 

 erties and no doubt it sometimes escapes. It was reported for Clark 

 County in 1878 and for Porter County in 1930 by Lyon. I have seen his 

 specimen. Evidently it is only an occasional escape or the reports would 

 be more numerous. 



Nat. of Eu. ; N. B. to Mich, and Ky. 



2. Satureja vulgaris (L.) Fritsch. Basil. Map 1774. In wet woods 

 and moist roadsides. Rare. Probably introduced. 



Newf. to Man., southw. to Mass., Va., and Ind. ; also in Eurasia. 



3. Satureja glabra (Nutt.) Fern.* Map 1775. Common in moist sandy 

 soil on the dune just south of Pine, in Lake County; local in the crevices 

 and in the talus at the base of the limestone escarpment of the Wabash 

 River below Logansport and Georgetown in Cass County; and in the 

 Elliott's Mill Bog about 4 miles southeast of Richmond. It has also been 

 reported for Porter County and for Clark and Jefferson Counties. This 

 species is easily cultivated and because of its stoloniferous habit, it soon 

 spreads and covers the ground or rocks on which it is planted. We have 

 had it in cultivation for several years and it is perfectly hardy and is 

 admired by visitors. 



Ont. and w. N. Y. to Minn., southw. to s. Ind., Mo., Ark., and Tex. 



* The latest name proposed for this plant is Satureja glabella var. angustifolia 

 (Torr.) Svenson. (Rhodora 42: 7. 1940.) 



