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middle lobe of the lower lip much the largest, the lateral ones 

 reflexcd ; upper lip folded round the stamens^ which project a 

 litt/e beyond it. Style bifid at the point. 

 Hab. Near Cambridge, in the State of New-York. Dr. Ste- 

 ■V ens on. — indigenous? Coldenham, (Orange Co.) New- 

 York. Co I den. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. Wil- 

 liamstown, Massachusetts. Dewey. Oswego Tea, 



^. anguslifolia : leaves ovate-Ianceolale, acuminate, and 

 with the stem, pubescent. M. Kalmiana P urs h FL I. p. 17, 

 t.l, Roem. ^ Schult. I. p. 213. 



Hab. Near the Little Falls of the Mohawk. Coo fie r. Fair- 

 field, New-York. Prof. Ha dley. In boggy woods in rich 

 black soil, near Onondaga and Oswego, New-York. Pursh. 

 July. 



After a careful examination of the Monarda Kalmiana of 

 Pur shy I cannot discover sufficient characters to distinguish 

 it as more than a variety of M. didyma o^ Linn a us. Speci- 

 mens received from Prof. Ha dley have the leaves a little cor- 

 date at the base, and the heads of flowers sometimes proliferous. 

 In specimens collected by Mr. Co o/ie r, the leaves are some- 

 •what narrowed at the base, but not so much as mPursh's 

 figure. The M. didyyna «.. I have never found indigenous. 



2. M. oblongata A i t. : pubescent ; heads sinnple, exte- 

 vtor bracts ovate ; calyx short, throat bearded, teeth divari- 

 cate ; stem obtuse-angled, hairy above ; leaves oblong-lance- 

 olate, rounded at the base. Pursh FL I. p. 18. Ait, 

 Kew,ed.'2,\.p.5\. WiUd. Spec. \. ^. Uo, Roem,'^ 

 Schult. I. p. 212. 



Root perennial. Stem 2—3 feet high, pubescent, especially on 

 the upper part, much branched. Leaves 2 — 3 inches long, 

 hairy, with unequal remote teeth ; base more or less cordate ; 

 petioles about 3-fourths of an inch long, almost villous. Flowers 

 in large terminal heads ; bracts ovate, very acute, coloured. 

 Calyx striate, bearded at the throat ; teeth subulate, spreading. 

 Corolla pubescent ; tube moderately long, flesh-coloured ; up- 

 per lip villous at the end. 



Hab. In rocky and mountainous situations: New-Jersey. In 

 Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. Near Williamstown, Massa- 

 chusetts. Prof. Dewey. July. 



Pursh., who appears to have examined the genus Monarda 

 with considerable attention, separates the M. mollis of Lin- 

 n<Eus (M. allophylla Mich.*) from the present species. 

 They are, however, united by Mu hi en berg without any 

 mark of doubt. {Cat. p. 3) The M. mollis of Pursh may 

 be only a variety, occasioned by a difference of situation. 



• " Foliorum figura, serratura, pubescentia, &c. adeo variant, ut ex hujus 

 varietatibus species plures statuerint !' Mich. FL I. p. 16. 

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